Mountain gondola accident in Northern Italy kills 14
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Tender Branson
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« on: May 23, 2021, 03:03:31 PM »
Mostly young people of Italian, Israeli and Iranian origin.

The youngest victim is 2 years old.

Of the 15 inside, only a 5-year old boy survived.

The cabin is made for 40 people, but the most likely scenario was a cable carrying it that ripped apart.

The gondola then crashed a hundred meters into a wooded area.





https://orf.at/stories/3214470
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2021, 10:02:43 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2021, 01:32:18 AM »

Terrible

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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2021, 06:57:37 AM »
Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2021, 07:23:31 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2021, 01:58:34 PM »
Well, actually comes close to sabotage for the sake of profit. Hopefully the responsible will be brought to justice.



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Three men arrested over a cable car crash that killed 14 people in northern Italy knew there were technical problems with the cabins, but kept them running for financial reasons, prosecutors said in a legal filing.

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The owner of the cable-car company and two employees were aware the system was not working properly and deliberately placed fork-shaped clamps on the emergency brakes to prevent them from constantly kicking in, prosecutors said.

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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2021, 09:40:17 AM »
Again, people are referred to my previous post.
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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2021, 01:24:53 PM »
That terrible

But,


I read this as mountain goat accident and did a double take.
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