Cavalese cable-car disaster (1976)
- Cavalese cable-car disaster (1976)
In the worst cable car accident ever, 42 people including 15 children died when the steel cable of their cable car broke. This occurred on 9 March 1976 near the Italian ski-resort Cavalese, located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento. Most of the victims were Germans from Hamburg. The cabin fell some 200 m (700 ft) down a mountainside, and then a heavy overhead carriage assembly fell on top of it. Only one passenger survived, a 14 year old girl. ["42 Skiers Are Killed in Italy When Cable Car Falls 200 Feet", "The New York Times", March 10, 1976]
ee also
* Cavalese cable-car disaster of 1998, when an American military plane cut the cables of a cable car near Cavalese
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