Local officials have said they believe the mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground after one of the cables supporting it snapped. Friends say the pair were keen motorcyclists, and on Sunday ...

“We are hypothesising that as the cable cars were moving at the same time. "The one at the top was meant to arrive, (it) was around 20 to 25 seconds from the entrance of the station at the ...

He added that there had been regular safety checks on the cable car line, which runs 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from the town to the top of the mountain. Local prosecutors have opened an ...

The mountain cable ... di Stabia - where the cable car is located - said it was believed a traction cable had snapped. "The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that ...

A British couple died after a cable car wire in southern Italy snapped and the brakes failed when they were 20 seconds away from arriving at the top, it is believed. Graeme Winn, 65, and Elaine ...

The catastrophe unfolded in the Italian city when a wire broke, causing the cable car near a mountain to crash to ... He posted on Facebook: "The cabin at the top has crashed, casualties are ...

At the same time as disaster was unfolding at the top of the mountain, the cable car which had almost reached the station at the bottom of the mountain also ground to a halt. On board the ...