On Pentecost Sunday (May 23), the cabin in Italy fell into the depths because the pulling rope broke shortly before the mountain station. Now it is being investigated further.
Stresa – Five and a half months after the cable car accident from Lake Maggiore with 14 dead, the crashed gondola was removed. A helicopter flew the cabin on Monday morning from Monte Mottarone into the valley, where it will be examined further by experts.
The heavy-duty helicopter lifted the gondola, which was wrapped in white tarpaulin, with a long rope and withdrew after a few seconds, as can be seen on video recordings.
On Pentecost Sunday (May 23), the cabin fell down because the pulling rope broke shortly before the mountain station. According to previous knowledge, safety brackets were blocked and thus an emergency braking of the gondola was prevented. This raced down the valley, jumped out of the suspension and crashed into a forest, where it remained wedged on a steep slope on tree trunks. Several employees of the operating company are being investigated.
In addition to the forensic investigations, special forces had secured the gondola and other evidence. For a few weeks now, the fire brigade has been preparing the evacuation, cutting down tree trunks and erecting a metal structure on which the cabin was placed. Most recently, she was wrapped in foil so as not to lose any evidence on the flight into the valley. The gondola was then driven into a hall with a semi-trailer for further investigations by the experts from the public prosecutor’s office and defense lawyers.
In the accident in the spring, only the then five-year-old Eitan survived. Because his parents, the little brother and two great-grandparents were killed in the accident, a custody battle broke out between Eitan’s families in Israel and Italy. The maternal grandfather flew the boy to Tel Aviv against a court order; a court there recently ruled that Eitan should return to Italy to see his paternal aunt, who had been appointed as guardian. dpa
