KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of tourists were stranded for hours after a cable car broke down on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, authorities said on Monday, with some left dangling in cabins over a jungle-clad mountain as night fell.

Over 1,000 tourists, including some Western and Chinese visitors, and scores of cable car workers were trapped on Sunday when a faulty part caused the popular attraction to grind to a halt, officials said.

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