One cable car hit a pole on Friday afternoon, sending its passengers plummeting to the mountainside below.

The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety on Saturday.

The rescue operation was completed nearly 23 hours after one pod of a cable car hit a pole and burst open on Friday, killing one and injuring seven others as they plummeted to the rocks below.

Hundreds were left stranded, with more than 40 people still stuck high above the mountain 19 hours after the incident.