Tragedy on the Monte Faito cable car, which connects the Castellammare di Stabia station (Naples) to the summit of Monte Faito .
Four passengers, plus a driver, were trapped in a cabin that was upstream of the system and that fell into a ravine following a failure that occurred this afternoon, April 17, after 3:00 p.m. The toll is four victims and one seriously injured.
Ambulances arrived on the scene, the Fire Department and the Alpine Rescue team were at work. The President of the Campania Region Vincenzo De Luca also went, and the wife of the train driver arrived in tears.
Sixteen people were rescued in the other cabin, the one located downstream of the system. The failure occurred shortly after 3:00 p.m., when a cable from the cableway fell onto the Circumvesuviana line below and the safety system blocked the two cabins .
All sixteen passengers in the first cabin suspended in the void, fortunately a short distance from the ground, were harnessed and lowered one at a time .
The cableway, managed by Eav (Ente Autonomo Volturno) had reopened a week ago, resuming the connection on April 10 with a route that allows you to enjoy a breathtaking view. In mid-November the last trips before the winter closure. The president of Eav Umberto De Gregorio speaks of a "tragedy".
(Unioneonline/L)
