Contemporary era · 2021
Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash
On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a haulage cable snapped about five metres (16 ft) from the summit of Mottarone, a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Normally, a hydraulic safety brake would have stopped the runaway car immediately, but the cable car was operating illegally with the brake disabled.
- When
- 23 May 2021
- Where
- Mottarone
- Era
- Contemporary
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Text from the Wikipedia article Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash, CC BY-SA 4.0