Other Incidents
There had been a similar incident in August 1961 when six people died after a low-flying French military plane cut the cables of a cable car between the Helbronner peak and the Aiguille du Midi, in the French Mont Blanc massif.
On 9 March 1976 in the worst cable car accident ever, the Cavalese cable-car disaster, 43 people including 15 children were killed on the same cable car system as this incident, when the supporting cable snapped. Only one passenger survived.
Read more about this topic: Cavalese Cable Car Disaster (1998)
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