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Footage of the bottom station of the aerial tramway filmed several days after the tragic 1998 Cavalese cable car disaster, when a U.S. military plane collided with and severed the supporting cable, causing a cabin with 20 people on board to plunge ~90 meters to their deaths. (Note: the year in the video is incorrect; the incident occurred in 1998, not 1997.) https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/med... Just out of interest, this is the same aerial tramway where on 9. March 1976 the worst ever incident on an aerial tramway occurred, killing 42 people (1 survivor). This time not involving a plane, but the traction cable crossed the supporting cable, severing it and sending a full cabin with at least 14 children ~70 meters down after which it slid (or was dragged by the traction cable) another ~100 meters before stopping at a meadow. 00:00 Bottom station of cable car 00:15 Severe damage from cable and counterweighs 00:32 View of pylon that doesn't exist anymore 00:43 Details of damage 00:53 View from station to valley 01:25 Zoom-in on area where cabin impacted ground 02:05 TV News covering the incident I have made a detailed analysis about this 1976 incident:    • The first Cermis disaster - detailed analysis   More videos of the 1976 disaster: https://reuters.screenocean.com/recor... https://www.rainews.it/tgr/trento/vid... https://reuters.screenocean.com/recor... https://www.ina.fr/contenus-editoriau... #AviationAccident #History #Cavalese #CableCarAccident #AlpineDisaster #HistoricalEvents #1998Disaster #MountainTragedy #ItalianAlps