Dangerous use – defect: passengers abseiling 35 meters from the gondola

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Shock moment for passengers of the Venetbahn in the Tyrolean Zams (Landeck district) Sunday afternoon: A technical defect paralyzed the gondola around 2 p.m., the passengers got stuck at a height of about 35 meters. The alarmed emergency services had to abseil 17 people.

According to police, 17 people, including the driver, between the ages of 12 and 71 were seated in the gondola going up the mountain, which was at an altitude of about 1,130 meters at the time. With the support of the escape police, mountain rescuers climbed the suspension cable via a nearby support and rappelled down to the gondola. The passengers and driver were then roped down about 35 meters,” the director reported. After that, all people were taken to a forest road above by means of a safety rope.

Electronic failure as the cause
No one was injured. The rescue was completed around 6:45 p.m. According to the police, the cause of the downtime was a previously “undefined electronic defect”.

About 20 people who were in the gondola going down the valley were luckier. Since this gondola was located in the immediate vicinity of the middle station, everyone could get off there without any problems,” the researchers concluded.

Source: Krone

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