The 19 passengers had to endure on Monday to seven o’clock in the gondola of the Dornbirn Car Touwen. The gondola floated at an altitude of about 80 meters, the most feared for their lives.
Despite the emotionally tense situation, passengers would have behaved very disciplined and therefore also facilitated the salvation, according to a press release from the city. Because they were exposed to a high mental burden and some of them feared, the participants will be invited in the coming days for a meeting together with employees of the crisis intervention team (kit) to talk to each other. The focus of the conversation should be the fears and emotions, as well as other care options.
Since Tuesday, employees of the cable car manufacturer and the technician of Seilbahn AG have been working on determining the cause of the incident and clarifying the extent of the damage. After the highest cable car authority, the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, the company was hired, a representative of the Ministry was also on site.
Working with special bottles
At the mountain station, the storm has excavated and overloaded both the carrying ropes and the pull rope. The wind moved 30 tons of weight per travel cable, which testifies to an enormous strength of the gust of wind. As a first step, the ropes must be withdrawn to the mountain station after analyzing the damage. The voltage rope must also be “thread” again after the robbery. This work is performed by the cable cars with special bottle trains.
Only when the ropes make the huts possible again, can they be entered in the stations. The entire system is then checked for further damage. All ropes are investigated with a special X -ray device to guarantee safety.
Further measures planned
In addition, measures are drawn up by the ministry intended to guarantee safe operation. Only when the operator can prove that everything has been implemented, can the cart cable car go back into operation.
Source: Krone
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