Italian Tram Accident Kills 14

[thetrailboss]

Looks like a track line broke sending the cabin to the ground. One child is dead and another is in the hospital. Apparently the tram had been closed for the last year due to COVID and had only recently reopened. The lines were replaced in 2016.

Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14

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 14 people. The lone survivor, a young child, was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said...

www.yahoo.com

14 Dead in Italian Tram Crash

A cabin from the Stresa-Mottarone tramway fell on Sunday, killing 14 people and critically injuring a five year old child. The cable car is located west of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region near…

liftblog.com

At least 14 killed as Italian cable car plunges into woodland

At least 14 people died in a cable car accident in northern Italy on Sunday, officials said.

www.cnn.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Italy cable car fall: 14 dead after accident near Lake Maggiore

The dead include a child who was earlier airlifted from the Stresa-Alpine-Mottarone crash scene.

www.bbc.com

 

[deadheadskier]

So awful.

Remember how pissed folks were at the Sugarloaf chair failure? Imagine if something like this happened in the US

 

[thetrailboss]

So awful.

Remember how pissed folks were at the Sugarloaf chair failure? Imagine if something like this happened in the US

I hear you. It seems odd that a line that was only five years old failed. I'm sure that LiftBlog will provide updates as to the investigation. Certainly having it out of service for a year did not help.

 

[thetrailboss]

Reminded me of this terrible accident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(1998)

 

[Nick]

terrible.

 

[Edd]

Reminded me of this terrible accident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(1998)

Me too. That was so bad.

 

[thetrailboss]

Me too. That was so bad.

That was just a freak thing. Anyone who has been to any part of the Alps know that there are TONS of aerial lifts everywhere--and a lot of them are trams. If you are going to fly that low you need to know where the hell you are and stay away from lifts.

 

[thetrailboss]

Only one survivor and it is a 5-year old kid who is barely hanging on:

Deadly Italy cable car crash probed as child fights for life

Investigators were on Monday probing the causes of a horrific cable car crash in the Italian mountains that left 14 people dead and a five-year-old child as the sole survivor.

www.yahoo.com

 

[ScottySkis]

This is horrible

""Suspects include owner and lead engineer of cable car company; prosecutors say they made ‘conscious action’ to deactivate emergency brake; victims’ bodies to be flown to Israel""

3 arrested, accused of manslaughter over Italy crash that killed Israeli family

Suspects include owner and lead engineer of cable car company; prosecutors say they made 'conscious action' to deactivate emergency brake; victims' bodies to be flown to Israel

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[thetrailboss]

This is horrible

""Suspects include owner and lead engineer of cable car company; prosecutors say they made ‘conscious action’ to deactivate emergency brake; victims’ bodies to be flown to Israel""

3 arrested, accused of manslaughter over Italy crash that killed Israeli family

Suspects include owner and lead engineer of cable car company; prosecutors say they made 'conscious action' to deactivate emergency brake; victims' bodies to be flown to Israel

www.timesofisrael.com

Yeah, disabling the E-Brake so you can operate is pretty bad.

Three Arrests Made in Italy Tramway Disaster

The owner and two employees of the Stresa-Mottarone cable car operating company were arrested overnight, charged with manslaughter and intentional removal of precautions against accidents at work. …

liftblog.com

 

[deadheadskier]

Video released

Absolutely terrifying

Video of Cable Car Accident in Italy Released

May 23, 2021: Fourteen people were killed when the lead cable of the Mottarone funicular overlooking Lake Maggiore in northern Italy snapped and the emergency brake failed to prevent the cable car from reeling backward down the support line. A ne…

www.bitchute.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Video released

Absolutely terrifying

Video of Cable Car Accident in Italy Released

May 23, 2021: Fourteen people were killed when the lead cable of the Mottarone funicular overlooking Lake Maggiore in northern Italy snapped and the emergency brake failed to prevent the cable car from reeling backward down the support line. A ne…

www.bitchute.com

Holy shit that was intense. Well, we can see what precipitated the accident--the haul rope snapping. Unreal that someone was there filming it with their phone (presumably) at the time. The other footage looks like it's from a surveillance camera.