The Italian authorities on Friday identified all four victims of Thursday’s fall of the cable car near Naples. There are two tourists from Britain and one of Israel, the fourth victim is a cable car driver from Italy. The misfortune was survived by a tourist from Israel, who was hospitalized with severe injuries in the hospital, AFP and DPA reported.
A accident of a cable car leading from Castellammare di Stabiana on the top of Monte Faito (1131 m) lying about 45 kilometers southeast of Naples began to investigate the prosecutor’s office. The aim of the investigation is to clarify, Why the cabin shortly before reaching the top due to rupture of the carrier rope rushed several hundred meters into the valleyuntil it collapsed to the ground at one of the supports, although it is equipped with an emergency brake.
The misfortune that occurred around 3pm It could have been required by other victims, because there were nine tourists in the second cabin, which reached almost the valley station. In this case, however, the brake worked. Each of the two cabins can accommodate up to 35 tourists. At the time of the disaster, however, the weather was bad, so the cable car transported fewer passengers than usual.
“The cable car was re -launched ten days ago with all the required safety checks,” Umberto de Gregorio, head of ENTE Autonomo Volturno (EAV), said, which operates public transport in the area of Naples. De Gregorio stressed that the accident was not caused by unfavorable weather conditions. If the weather is too bad, the operation of the cable car will always stop automatically.
The cable car on Monte Faito has been in operation since 1952. It is popular among tourists as it offers views of the Gulf of Naples, including the Vesuvius volcano and the islands like Capri. Driving to the top takes about eight minutes. A fatal accident happened there in August 1960, when four people died in the fall of the cabin and 31 suffered injuries. In July 2021, one of the cabins with 31 passengers on the road down for more than an hour for a power outage was stuck.
