Monte Faito cable car accident near Naples: A cable car crashed to the ground on Thursday near Naples in southern Italy, killing four passengers and badly injuring another, according to firemen and mountain rescue services. Monte Faito, a peak about 45 kilometres (28 miles) southeast of Naples, is where the disaster occurred. Here’s to know more about the Italy cable car accident.
On Thursday afternoon, a cable car on Monte Faito, south of Naples, crashed to the ground, rolled down a slope, and broke apart, killing at least four people, according to Italian officials. Italy’s firefighters’ national spokesperson, Luca Cari, states that a fifth individual was in critical condition.
“The cabin at the top has crashed,” Umberto De Gregorio, chairman of the EAV public transport company, which runs the cable car service wrote on Facebook, calling it “a tragedy”
Speaking to RAI, he said that the cable car had begun operating for 10 days before the crash, with the start of the tourist season after a winter hiatus
According to a number of Italian media reports, one of the wires holding up the cabin broke. A cabin near the base of the mountain halted in midair, and sixteen guests were assisted out.
According to footage on RAI public television and other media, they were harnessed and removed one by one.
Four of the victims, who officials described as tourists, had their nationalities and identities withheld at first. According to officials, one victim worked for EAV, the public transportation provider that overseas the cable car.
According to Mr. Cari, the incident caused another cable car to halt in the valley, close to the owner of Castellammare di Stabia, trapping nine people. Using harnesses, firemen were able to rescue them and bring each one to the ground individually.
An inquiry into the collision has been launched by prosecutors in the nearby town of Torre Annunziata, which has judicial jurisdiction over Castellammare di Stabia.
The rescue efforts involved more than fifty firefighters. According to a statement from the firefighters, several workers worked to remove a section of cable that had fallen onto a house’s roof and a nearby train.
The governor of the Campania Region, which includes Monte Faito, Vincenzo De Luca, told the national station RAI that rescue efforts were challenging “even on foot” due to bad weather conditions, including strong winds and fog.
Rescue efforts were hindered by fog and strong winds, according to Vincenzo De Luca, the leader of the Campania region around Naples, who spoke to RAI.
A cable car that connected the Northern Lake Maggiore with a neighbouring mountain fell to the ground in 2021, killing 14 people in Italy.