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Cable car in Italy falls, 13 confirmed dead
Posted on 5/23/21 at 7:38 am
Posted on 5/23/21 at 7:38 am
AP article
I found some images of a cable car accident in Italy back in '98. Pretty gruesome.
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A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing at least 13 people and sending two children to the hospital in serious condition, authorities said.
Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground. At that point, the car overturned “two or three times before hitting some trees,” she said. Some of those who died were thrown from the cabin.
Images from the site showed the crumpled car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the Mottarone peak overlooking Lake Maggiore.
“It was a terrible, terrible scene,” Severino told Italy’s SkyTG24. She said that in addition to the two children, a third person was injured.
The plunge on the the Stresa-Mottarone line happened about 100 meters (yards) before the final pylon, in a spot where the cables were particularly high off the ground, said Walter Milan, spokesman for Italy’s Alpine rescue service.
Milan noted that the cable line had been renovated in 2016 and had only recently reopened after coronavirus lockdowns in Italy curtailed travel and forced the suspension of many leisure activities. Milan suggested many families may have flocked to the mountain on a sunny Sunday after months of restrictions.
The line is popular with tourists and locals alike to scale Mottarone, which reaches a height of 1,491 meters (4,900 feet) and overlooks several picturesque lakes and the surrounding Alps of Italy’s Piedmont region.
The mountain hosts a small amusement park, Alpyland, that has a children’s rollercoaster, and the area also has mountain bike paths and hiking trails.
Premier Mario Draghi offered his condolences to the families of the victims “with a particular thought about the seriously injured children and their families.”
It appeared to be Italy’s worst cable car disaster since 1998 when a low-flying U.S. military jet cut through the cable of a ski lift in Cavalese, in the Dolomites, killing 20 people.
Italy’s transport minister, Enrico Giovannini, was following the rescue effort, which involved deploying three helicopters to the mountainside.
While the cause hasn’t been determined, it’s the latest episode to raise questions about the quality of Italy’s transport infrastructure. In 2018, the Morandi bridge in Genoa collapsed after years of neglect, killing 43 people.
I found some images of a cable car accident in Italy back in '98. Pretty gruesome.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 5/23/21 at 7:45 am to sicboy
This is my nightmare.
Also, a nice reminder that I need to watch Where Eagles Dare again soon.
Also, a nice reminder that I need to watch Where Eagles Dare again soon.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 8:55 am
Posted on 5/23/21 at 8:38 am to sicboy
When is someone going to blame this on COVID?
COVID deaths?
COVID deaths?
Posted on 5/23/21 at 8:50 am to sicboy
I wouldn’t want to be on one of those in Louisiana in two weeks.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 9:07 am to sicboy
Was the '98 incident cause by an A-6 pilot out of Aviano hotdogging?
Can't remember the year, but IIRC, a pilot flying out of Aviano clipped the cable with his vertical stabilizer sending a bunch of people to their death. I seem to recall it was an A-6, but I'm not positive.
Can't remember the year, but IIRC, a pilot flying out of Aviano clipped the cable with his vertical stabilizer sending a bunch of people to their death. I seem to recall it was an A-6, but I'm not positive.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 9:43 am to White Roach
It's in the story, 20 people were killed when the pilot clipped the line.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:17 am to sicboy
Every time I get in something like that, I think, "what if..."
These people probably had the same fears and it came true. Poor kids.
These people probably had the same fears and it came true. Poor kids.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:19 am to sicboy
Holy frick, that is something out of a nightmare.
I’d be lying if that wasn’t a fear of mine whenever I ride ski lifts.
I’d be lying if that wasn’t a fear of mine whenever I ride ski lifts.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 10:20 am
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:21 am to sicboy
Hopefully they were wearing their mask.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:23 am to sicboy
This is why they haven't installed a lift on Mount Driskill
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:26 am to PhilipMarlowe
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Also, a nice reminder that I need to watch Where Eagles Dare again soon.
"Broadsword to Danny Boy"
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:26 am to Ham And Glass
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When is someone going to blame this on COVID?
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had only recently reopened after coronavirus lockdowns forced the closures of ski lifts across Italy.
I think you are going to see more accidents like this, especially airliners, where operations have been shut down or significantly curtailed due to COVID and are starting up again. Improper equipment maintenance of equipment during shutdown and operators being rusty.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:41 am to LSU Coyote
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We are bags of meat.
So are tits but I’m rather fond of those too.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 10:53 am to fr33manator
If your wife's tits have meat, her surgeon effed up.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 11:02 am to sicboy
I remember seeing the bloody pictures of the aftermath of the one in '98.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 11:06 am to sicboy
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The cause has not been determined.
It brokeded.
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