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Four people were killed on Thursday, April 17, in a cable car accident in the Naples region, Italy. The cable would have broken, resulting in the fall in their cabin.
Four people were killed and a injured on Thursday, April 17, 2025, in the afternoon, after the cabin fall in a cable car in the Naples region.
“Four lifeless bodies were found while a fifth injured person was rescued and transported to the hospital,” said the firefighters, adding that “more than 50” of them participated in the rescue operations.
Bad weather disrupts help
The accident occurred following the breakdown of a cable, while a cabin with 16 passengers was very close to the city and the ground, while a second cabin was at Mont Faiso above a precipice. The 16 passengers of the first cabin were all quickly rescued, going down with strings in particular, but the bad weather and the fog at altitude prevented the passengers from the second cabin quickly.
Firefighters now seek to safely put this cabin to prevent it from slipping towards the valley and does not cause other damage.
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Two English tourists among the victims
Inside, four people were killed: an Italian, two English and a third Israeli national, specifies the media Corriere della Serra. The victim of Italian origin was identified as Carmine Parlato, the 59 -year -old cabin operator.
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The head of the Giorgia Meloni government, traveling to Washington, where she met President Donald Trump earlier in the evening, wished to “express on behalf of the Italian government and on his personal name, her proximity and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded”, according to a statement from her services.
The consequences of the investigation
“The cable car has reopened 10 days ago with all the security conditions required by the regulations. What happened today is an unimaginable, unpredictable tragedy, on which it will of course be clarified,” said Umberto de Gregorio, the president of the cable car manager.
An investigation was opened by the local prosecutor’s office and many political leaders expressed their sadness following this tragedy. The investigation will now have to determine the reasons why the towing cable, which connects the resort to the city at the top of the mountain, has detached.
The Mont Faiso cable car, inaugurated in 1952, had an accident in 1960, when a cabin had fallen to the ground also causing the death of four people including a child.
