I am sure they said the car could hold 40 so it was nowhere near capacity, probably due to social distancing? so many more lives saved maybe

from the link

Corriere della Sera said rescue efforts have been made more difficult by the fact that the cabin, which has a capacity of 40, fell into a wood in an inaccessible area.

Well i've been on many cable cars in the past with a few people in but i don't think i'd like to be in one with 39 other people.

That's scary, It would make me think twice about getting in one of those things in future (even though I know this was probably a freak occurrence)

Yes, I don't think they're safe and I won't be getting in another one.

how can a box hanging from a cable high in the sky be inherently safe, it's just not

cctc footage of the crash

horrific that they endured the first bit and then no wonder everyone but one child perished

The poor guy at the top waiting to let them off ...

Yes a real Shock
the speed it went down


Cables snapping

You have to wonder if the months of disuse from lockdown has affected normal maintenance...

No checking was done
Thats why it went bad

if you want to see the cctv footage its on Itemfix

It got Removed by a Mod.


Thank you LT for posting that link
helps us understand the speed it went backwards

No I think some emergency back up brakes were disabled, two people were arrested at the time

i think the long lay off won't have helped for sure. I expect to see a lot more maintenance related issues appearing over the summer. Another good reason not to head abroad this year

Thats Terrible

Italy's public broadcaster Rai has faced strong criticism for airing leaked CCTV footage of a fatal cable car crash that killed 14 people.

The cabin is seen nearing its final stop before suddenly rearing up, then speeding back down the mountain and crashing to the ground.

The prosecutor in the case spoke of "the absolute inappropriateness" of publishing the footage.

The head of Rai TV said he was "deeply shocked" by the decision to show it.

Five families were on board the car when it crashed, including two children who were among the dead.

Five-year-old Eitan Biran was the sole survivor when the main cable holding the car snapped on 23 May. He lost his parents and two-year-old brother, originally from Israel, and his great grandparents.

Prosecutors say the emergency brake, which could have prevented the accident, had been intentionally disabled. The car reversed at over 100km/h (62mph) on a support cable, passing a support pylon and then plummeting to the ground and rolling down the mountain.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57510661

The footage is pretty horrifying. So close to making it to safety and then it all goes wrong. There cant have been any survivors.

One 5 year old boy but his parents died. I would imagine they both protected him :(

It’s a miracle he survived.

I’m glad the footage was released. I never understood how crazy this was. I though it had just fallen off the cables at the time

Yes footage like that should never be censored