Rescuers are scrambling to save 6 children and 2 adults who are dangling in a cable car 900 feet over a Pakistan ravine

• A rescue is underway after eight people got stuck in a cable car over a valley in Pakistan.
• Among the eight people are six children, who were on their way to school, the BBC reported.

School children are among a group of eight people who are stuck in a cable car dangling 900 feet over a valley in Battagram, Pakistan on Tuesday morning, the BBC reported.

The children were on their way to school on Tuesday morning when one of the cables snapped, leaving the lift hanging dangerously in the air, the outlet reported, citing local officials.

A man currently on the cable car, identified only as Gulfraz, told Pakistan television channel Geo News by phone that eight passengers are on board, the BBC reported. Six of them are schoolchildren aged between 10 and 15 years old, he added.

"For God's sake help us," Gulfraz told Geo News. "People in our area are standing here and crying."

Gulfraz also said that one of the students had fallen unconscious in the past three hours, according to the BBC.

A rescue mission is underway, though officials said the cable car is in too tricky of a position to be rescued from the ground and that military helicopters have to do the job instead, AFP reported.

Emergency services are also being hampered by high winds, the BBC said.

A video of the first attempted rescue, published by the BBC, shows a helicopter trying to get as close to the cable car as a group of onlookers appear to gather on the side of a mountain.

A teacher in the area told local media that school children often take the cable car because of a lack of transport options in the area, the BBC reported.

This is a developing story.