Rescue teams are battling to reach six children and two adults stuck in a cable car 900ft above the ground in Pakistan.

The youngsters were traveling to school in the mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when the chairlift's cable snapped at 9 a.m. local time.

Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said a helicopter was able to reach the location of the lift. However, reaching the youngster in the lift is a more difficult operation.

Officials said chairlift connects two communities in the region and runs on two cables. One of the cables snapped, causing the chairlift to become stranded.

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar ordered all 'dilapidated and non-compliant chairlifts' to close immediately.