New developments in the investigation into the Mottarone cable car disaster in Verbano, which cost the lives of 14 people in May 2021 .
According to the report filed by the experts at the Court of Verbania, the cabin collapsed "due to the deterioration of the hauling cable" .
A rope that would have been extremely damaged: "At the breaking point - we read in fact in the document drawn up by the experts - about 68% of the wires have fracture surfaces that testify to a break " caused by "fatigue / corrosion of the wires reasonably prior the precipitation of 23 May 2021 ".
" A correct implementation of the controls - the report still reads - would have made it possible to detect the signs of degradation , or the presence of even a single broken wire or signs of corrosion and, therefore, to replace the cast head as required by the regulations" .
Ultimately, according to the experts, the accident was caused by the degradation of the hauling rope "in correspondence with the graft" in the cast head and the presence of forks which excluded the operation of the emergency brakes.
(Unioneonline / lf)
