Fourteen killed in cable car crash in Italy
Three people have been arrested under suspicion of causing a cable car to crash in the northern Italian mountainside resort town of Stresa. The crash killed 14 people, including two children.
The cable car was about 300 metres from its peak when the structure’s load-bearing cable snapped at the last pillar before the dock, and the emergency brakes failed to deploy. The car that was headed in the opposite direction, down the mountain, does not appear to have had any mechanical issues; however, those passengers had to disembark using the car’s emergency stairs because the cable broke before the car was docked.
This is our 9/11 : Italian mayor describes how cable car tragedy has devastated the town as message from the Pope is read to packed church commemorating the victims and praying for survivor Eitan This is September 11 for Stresa, Mayor Marcella Severino said last night as a message from the Pope was relayed by the local priest during a service for the victims and the sole survivor, five-year-old Eitan Biran The Holy Father thinks with emotion of so many lives tragically broken . and sends his prayers to the victims and for little Eitan, Father Gianluca Villa told the congregation which included firefighters, nurses and police
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Engineers noticed brake faults when the service reopened after lockdown but chose not to carry out repairs
A temporary fork device was installed in the brakes to keep the service running and avoid delays
But the device kept apart the emergency brakes, causing them to fail on Sunday when the cable snapped
Three people at the cable car company have been arrested on manslaughter charges overnight
Sole survivor Eitan Biran, five, was placed in a coma after suffering head injuries and a broken leg
His parents, two-year-old brother and great-grandparents were killed in the crash
Engineers noticed brake faults when the service reopened after lockdown but chose not to carry out repairs
A temporary fork device was installed in the brakes to keep the service running and avoid delays
But the device kept apart the emergency brakes, causing them to fail on Sunday when the cable snapped
Three people at the cable car company have been arrested on manslaughter charges overnight
Sole survivor Eitan Biran, five, was placed in a coma after suffering head injuries and a broken leg
His parents, two-year-old brother and great-grandparents were killed in the crash