An Australian woman died after her backpack caught on a ski lift on a<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/japan-retrieves-rare-earths-from-6000-meters-deep-in-pacific-reducing-china-dependence-23614825" rel="nofollow"> Japanese mountain</a> and she became suspended mid-air, police said Monday.
<img src="http://admin.mid-day.com/images/2026/feb/Ski-lift_e.jpg" alt="Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Japan" width="1280" height="720" /> Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Japan
Brooke Day, 22, was preparing to get off the lift on Friday morning at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Hakuba Valley when a loose buckle from her backpack became caught in the lift chair.
Brooke, who had secured the rucksack with a chest strap, was then dragged by the lift and became &ldquo;suspended&rdquo; mid-air, a spokesman for Nagano regional police said.
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An Australian woman died after her backpack became caught in a ski lift at a Japan mountain resort, causing her to be suspended mid-air, according to police

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A 22-year-old Australian woman died after her backpack buckle got caught in a ski lift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Japan’s Hakuba Valley, leaving her suspended mid-air while preparing to disembark, police said.

Australian woman dies after backpack gets caught in ski lift at Japan resort

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