Munnar, Nov 28 : In a dramatic incident at a newly launched sky dining facility in Anachal near Munnar in Kerala’s Idukki district, five individuals — including a four-member tourist family from Kannur and a staff member were stranded mid-air for more than three hours after a technical malfunction halted the crane used to lift the dining platform. After close to three hours of rescue work, all five who were stranded in the air were brought down safely.
The adventure tourism project, which offers guests a unique experience of dining 120 feet above ground, ran into trouble on Friday evening when the crane reportedly failed to lower the platform due to a sudden mechanical glitch. Rescue efforts were immediately initiated, and authorities managed to safely bring all individuals down. The children were rescued first as a precautionary measure, including a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler. According to officials, trained staff from the Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, along with local emergency support teams, oversaw the evacuation, ensuring that panic was avoided. Visuals of the suspended sky dining platform shown on TV channels here drew widespread attention and raised concerns over safety protocols in adventure tourism.