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Four tourists, two of them children, were stranded around 150-feet above ground in a ‘sky-dining’ restaurant in Kerala’s Idukki district on Friday after the crane lifting the restaurant malfunctioned.
According to a PTI report, the tourists were stranded for over two hours before the fire and rescue personnel reached the site around 4 pm. According to locals, the tourists had been stranded since around 1.30 pm.
The rescue teams came to know about the malfunction at the restaurant, situated in Anachal, through news reports. A fire official said the restaurant management did not seek assistance from the fire and rescue service, but units from Munnar and Adimali were dispatched after reports of the incident emerged.
An officer from Adimali police station said the management also did not inform the police, and it was residents who alerted authorities.
The rescue teams safely evacuated the four-member family, the report said. Visuals on television showed personnel climbing ropes to reach the restaurant.
The two children and their mother were brought down first, followed by the father and a female restaurant staff member. By around 4.30 pm, all four tourists and the staff member had been safely evacuated.
The staff member told TV channels that there was no panic as they had received training to handle such situations. According to the restaurant staff, the family hailed from Kozhikode.
An official said the crane’s hydraulics appear to have malfunctioned, leaving the restaurant suspended over a hundred feet above ground.
The ‘sky-dining’ experience is part of the adventure tourism initiative in the hill district, the official noted.
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