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At least six injured and 100 evacuated after Italy cable car crash
A technical malfunction caused the cable car to hit safety barriers, injuring four people and necessitating the helicopter evacuation of 100 stranded visitors, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Macugnaga cable car crashed near Moro Pass at about 11:30 a.m., injuring people and stranding around 100 on the mountain, who were evacuated by helicopters within three hours.
- Operator Filippo Besozzi said the crash followed a technical error as the ascending cabin failed to slow on entry, hitting a barrier and impacting the upper and lower station structures.
- Three passengers in the upper cabin and an operator at the lower station were injured, including a 59-year-old man and a child treated by an on-site doctor and nurse.
- The system, renovated in 2023 for �2 million, is under inspection after the crash, with Marco Gallo saying `I have already established the highest level of communication with the cable car operators and rescuers` as nearby ski slopes and the ski lift remain closed.
- Past deadly incidents, including an April crash that killed four and the 2021 Mottarone disaster that killed 14, frame the current scrutiny, with the latter prompting safety reviews.
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At a height of about 2800 metres, a cabin bounced against a station barrier. Four people were slightly injured.
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Four people were injured and a hundred more evacuated on Tuesday after an incident on a cable car in Macugnaga, in northwestern Italy, where a cabin would have arrived too quickly at the station. ...
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