A 22-year-old Australian woman died after her backpack caught on a ski lift in Japan. Photo / Getty ImagesA 22-year-old Australian woman died after her backpack caught on a ski lift in Japan. Photo / Getty ImagesAn Australian woman died after her backpack caught on a ski lift on a Japanese mountain and she became suspended mid-air, police have said. The 22-year-old woman was preparing to get off the lift on Friday morning at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Hakuba Valley, a popular ski destination in the central region of Nagano. But a loose buckle from her backpack became caught in the lift chair, according to the lift operator Tsugaike Gondola Lift.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 02, 2026 19:58 UTC