Episode
Seconds from Disaster: Cable Car Collision
Overview
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento. The disaster, which led to the death of 20 people, occurred when a U.S. military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway.
Details
- Series
- Seconds from Disaster
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2011-10-03
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Cable Car Collision is Episode 5 in Season 4 of Seconds from Disaster. It aired on 2011-10-03. The runtime is 45 min.
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