A backpacker thought he was going to die after he was stuck in one of the world's highest cable cars - for three hours.<br /><br />Haris Minhaj, 29, was with a group of tourists when they were stranded 3,000 metres above sea level for three hours - in what should have been a 15-minute ride.<br /><br />He was travelling across south-east Asia and took a ride in a cable car on Mount Fansipan in Sapa, Vietnam. <br /><br />The cable car ride reaches a height of 3,143 metres offering spectacular views of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.<br /><br />Haris, a civil engineer, from Perth, Australia, was only in the cable car for a few minutes before it got stuck in the foggy and cloudy heights of the mountain.<br /><br />He documented his ordeal, which was later posted on TikTok. <br /><br />Keeping a level head in the video, Haris confirmed he did panic when the cable car came to an abrupt halt.<br /><br />He said: "I thought 'am I going to die here? Let’s stay positive and cheer everyone up!<br /><br />"I better start filming everything in case we die, so there is a good record of the event."<br /><br />Over the course of the three hours, Haris tried to make friends and even cracked jokes - to one passenger's dismay - as they pleaded "no dark jokes right now!"<br /><br />Eventually, the cable car started moving and made its way back down.<br /><br />Haris added: "After a few hours of waiting, electrical engineers reinstated the power to the cable car with backup power and the descent down was 10 times slower than normal."<br /><br />After exiting the cable car at the bottom, Haris said that he didn't get a refund, but "they offered us a cup of tea."<br /><br />The incident happened in June.
