Lift Accident in Austria

Started by coskibum, Nov 21 2005 08:10 PM

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#1 coskibum

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Posted 21 November 2005 - 08:10 PM

From http://www.safetynews.co.uk/papers.htm

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Passenger breaks leg in malfunctioning alpine ski-lift 18.11.05
A malfunction on the Rotadl chairlift, on the Tirol's Stubai Glacier, left one passenger with a broken leg and several others injured when one of the 4-seater gondolas slid back and struck the next one, around 150 passengers were on the chairlift at the time, 3 helicopters were deployed to complete their rescue from the lift which climbs to a height of 3,000m.

This chairlift is a doppelmayr high speed quad...

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