Four people died and one was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon, when a cable car fell in the Naples region, southern Italy, the local town hall said.
Called cable car/photo: National Mountal and Speleological Salvation Body (CNSAS)
“The latest news, five minutes ago, were that there are three or four dead and missing, it is not clear“, said an official from Castellammare Di Stabia commune, where the accident occurred, writes Agerpres.
According to Republicca, three passengers and the cable car operator died from the incident.
After the tragedy, the mining Italian tourism, Daniela Santanche, transmitted condolences to the families of the deceased.
“I am deeply saddened by the tragic accident of the cable car in Mount Faito. Sincere condolences to the families of the victims. In the face of such a misfortune, I have no words. Thanks the rescuers who engaged in this dangerous effort, given the fog outside and the bad weather”, Declared the Minister of Tourism.
The USB Italian Italian union said that the incident occurred after breaking the cable on which the cable car was circulating: two cabins aboard which were 16 people, including tourists and workers, were suspended in the air. The cable car had been reopened for the tourist season just seven days ago, after the winter vacation.
“The tragedy of this afternoon deserves, first of all, respect for the victims, but immediately after the reasons that caused a failure of the installation, and then the breaking of a cable, resulting in a cabin with 5 persons on board, of which 4 passengers and the EAV mechanic, must be clarified.”, It is shown in a statement of the USB trade union organization.
Sixteen passengers were helped to get out of the cable car that stopped in the air near the foot of the mountain. They were evacuated one by one, with the help of harnesses, as shown by images broadcast by the public television RAI and other means of information, writes news.ro.
Vincenzo de Luca, the head of the Campania region, told RAI that the rescue operations were difficult by the fog and the strong wind.
