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| Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples | Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples |
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| Watch: Passengers rescued from Naples cable car after deadly crash | Watch: Passengers rescued from Naples cable car after deadly crash |
| Four tourists have died after a mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say. | Four tourists have died after a mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say. |
| Another person was "extremely seriously injured" in the crash at Mount Faito and airlifted to hospital, officials said. | Another person was "extremely seriously injured" in the crash at Mount Faito and airlifted to hospital, officials said. |
| Italian media outlets reported that the cabin had been near the top of the mountain when one of the cables supporting it snapped. | Italian media outlets reported that the cabin had been near the top of the mountain when one of the cables supporting it snapped. |
| A second cabin was also on the line at the time but located near the bottom of the valley - 16 people were rescued from it and winched to safety. | A second cabin was also on the line at the time but located near the bottom of the valley - 16 people were rescued from it and winched to safety. |
| Prosecutors have launched an investigation. | |
| Other passengers were rescued from a second cabin further down the mountain | Other passengers were rescued from a second cabin further down the mountain |
| The president of the region, Vincenzo De Luca, said all the victims were tourists. | The president of the region, Vincenzo De Luca, said all the victims were tourists. |
| De Luca added that poor weather conditions including fog, wind and rain had made it difficult for rescuers to access the area where the cabin had crashed. | |
| More than 50 firefighters took part in the rescue efforts, the fire department said. | |
| Italian media reported that the cable car had been travelling over a steep area when the cable snapped. Mount Faito is some 1,100m above sea level. | Italian media reported that the cable car had been travelling over a steep area when the cable snapped. Mount Faito is some 1,100m above sea level. |
| The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia - where the cable car was located - said it was believed a traction cable had snapped. | The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia - where the cable car was located - said it was believed a traction cable had snapped. |
| "The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that was about to reach the top of the hill," he told Italian media. | "The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that was about to reach the top of the hill," he told Italian media. |
| He added that there had been regular safety checks on the cable car line which runs three kilometres from the town to the top of the mountain. | He added that there had been regular safety checks on the cable car line which runs three kilometres from the town to the top of the mountain. |
| The company which runs the service, the EAV public transport firm, said the seasonal cable car had "reopened 10 days ago with all the required safety conditions". | |
| "What happened today is an unimaginable, unforeseeable tragedy," EAV's CEO Umberto de Gregorio said. | |
| Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was on a trip to Washington at the time of the incident, expressed her "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims. | |
| The Mount Faito cable car has been operating since 1952. A similar accident on the line in 1960 left four people dead. | |
| In 2021,14 people died when a cable car linking Lake Maggiore in Italy's northern Piedmont region with a nearby mountain plummeted to the ground. The cause was determined to be a snapped cable and emergency brake failure. | |
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