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    One dead after gondola cabin plunges in Swiss resort of Engelberg


    One person died in a cable car accident in the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort in central Switzerland on Wednesday morning. The individual was alone in the gondola, Nidwalden cantonal police have confirmed. The exact cause of the accident is unknown, though strong winds were reported in the region.

    https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/one-dead-after-gondola-cabin-plunges-in-swiss-resort-of-engelberg/91119330

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    1. LesserValkyrie on

      Seeing more and more bullshit you could only imagine from Chinese likeleak videos in Switzerland makes me think this country is going downhill

      It is absolutely probably a bias of course but lol

    3. TodayStandard4491 on

      I never get into a Gondola anywhere else in the world, except Switzerland. 🥺

    4. HeatherJMD on

      Nooo, I’m going skiing next week and I already torture myself thinking about how the maintenance guys probably didn’t do their jobs 😫

    5. disrespectfuluser on

      Swiss safety standards, more holes than Emmentaler.
      How, why, keep it open with such a wind?

    6. Prize-Director-752 on

      I was there today. The winds were like nothing I’ve ever seen anywhere, ever. I doubt it’s a purely maintenance issue. Probably decision making of the operators not to stop sooner. I hope the investigation is thorough and transparent. The system was put to an extreme test today. And there it failed.

      Condolences to the family of the victim.

    7. Vegansaurus_flex on

      The resort should have closed today. I also feel its more operational. it was forecasted to be gusting even higher than 80km at engelberg and they will have to give a reason why its still running even with that forecast

      I was already in melsee with 20-55km/h winds and left in 2 hour wondering how they can operate chair lifts then.

    8. ZorroStyleX on

      Man we went a lot of times to Engelberg with the school and remember a bunch of classmates used to jump and shake the gondola always hated that out of fear

    9. 77sxe1a on

      Okay strong winds can affect a gondola, but shouldn’t there be a safety margin between ”max wind speed for gondola operation“ and ”wind gets actually dangerous“?

    12. Natural-Rub-2463 on

      Get your shit together Swiss, recent events and UBS shit show stopped our emigration efforts entirely.