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Parts of the Rizina-Ribnita ropeway, fallen into the Dniester during removal, will be lifted from the bottom of the river

Parts of the Rizina-Ribnita ropeway, fallen into the Dniester, will be pull out of the water with the help of special helicopter. Funicular, which has been idling since 1991 came to the emergency state, so services began to dismantle it a few days ago.

The operation has lasted about half an hour. The helicopter has already pulled out two pieces of the cable, which was blown up on Thursday. Also to comply with security measures there had been made the necessary calculations.

There nine rescuers operating in the helicopter and 15 more are working on the ground. The operation involves experts from Moldova and from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

All in all there seven pieces of the blown cable. The helicopter will return to Chisinau for refueling.
The funicular weighing 90 tons was blown up on 18 September. For this purpose, almost 80 kilograms of explosives were used. During the negotiations "5 + 2" it was decided to dismantle it .

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