Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples

Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples. These are Tourists who were having a good time in the Italian valley.

Four people have died after a mountain cable car cabin crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say.

Another person was “extremely seriously injured” in the crash at Mount Faito and was being airlifted to hospital, officials said.

Several Italian media outlets report one of the cables supporting the cabin had snapped while the cable car was traversing the valley.

The president of the region, Vincenzo De Luca, said the victims were tourists.

De Luca added that poor weather conditions including fog, wind and rain were making it very difficult for rescue workers to reach the area where the cabin had crashed, at an altitude of 1500m.

Italian outlets had earlier on Thursday reported that the cable car had come to a halt and several people had been rescued from another cabin which had stopped further down the valley.

The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia – where the cable car was located – said they 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 the top of the hill,” he told Italian media.

He added that safety checks are done on the cable car system regularly.

Italy’s alpine rescue is responding to the accident at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia.

Rescue operations at an altitude of about 1,200 metres have been complicated by bad weather and fog, which are hampering communications.

The cable car accident happened just a week after the destination reopened for the season.

The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.

The Torre Annunziata public prosecutor’s office says it will open an enquiry into the incident once emergency operations are completed.

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