A ski gondola carrying a Danish family of four plunged 23 feet to the ground at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps on Tuesday, seriously injuring everyone on board.
The accident happened in the resort of Hochoetz in the Tyrol region in the late morning, when a tree apparently fell on the cables supporting the gondola, causing it to crash to the ground.
Because the cable car landed in a rocky and impassable area, rescuers had to lift the victim to safety using a rope hanging from a hovering helicopter.
Three of the gondola occupants were hospitalized with serious injuries in the town of Zams, and one was sent to a hospital in Innsbruck in critical condition.
The Austrian outlet reported that four of the victims were Danish nationals.
They are described as a 49-year-old man; his children, a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman; and their 46-year-old uncle.
A ski gondola carrying four Danish families plunged 23 feet to the ground at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps. Zoom.Tirol The accident occurred when a tree apparently fell on the cables supporting the gondola, causing it to crash to the ground. Eiswind / CC BY-SA 3.0
A German couple, aged 62 and 58, who occupied the next gondola were also injured by cable vibrations, police commander Hubert Juen told the Austrian Press Agency.
Their condition is unknown.
Juen told Austrian news website Kurier that the Germans were “so shocked that they can’t be interviewed yet.”
Three of the occupants of the gondola were hospitalized due to serious injuries in the town of Zams. APA/BMI/FLUGPOLIZEI/AFP via Getty Images All four victims were Danish: a man, 49, his children, a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman, and their 46-year-old uncle. Zoom. Tirol
Experts are still trying to determine how the crash happened, but “there is nothing to indicate technical or human failure,” Juen said.
The commander said either a tree or a branch landed directly on the part of the Danish family’s gondola that connected it to the cable, according to the Kurier.
The operator of the cable car line, known as Acherkogelbahn, said nothing unusual was noticed during a test of the gondola early Tuesday.
Another 60 cable cars that were in circulation at the time of the accident were brought down safely, before the line was temporarily closed.
With Postal wire
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
