Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a cable car accident in southern Turkey that killed one person.

The stranded people had been stuck on the Tunektepe cable car, just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya, since 5:30 p.m. on Friday, when the accident occurred.

The whole cable car system was immobilised while emergency workers tried to evacuate stranded passengers. An investigation into the accident has been opened, the justice ministry said.

Turkey cable car collision: All 174 people stranded in cable cars above mountain rescued a day after fatal crash. Footage taken in the aftermath of the accident shows the torn open wreckage of a ...

Turkey cable car accident leaves one dead and 40 passengers stranded above mountain. Rescue workers were eventually able to free 174 passengers who were stuck in their pods . Holly Evans.

The stranded people had been stuck on the Tunektepe cable car, just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya, since 5.30pm on Friday, when the accident occurred.

A cable car accident in a resort town in southern Turkey on Friday killed one person, injured at least 20 people and left 174 people stranded in the air, some for nearly 24 hours.