On 26/05/2021 13:22, GB wrote:
On 26/05/2021 13:02, jon wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2021 12:57:28 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 26/05/2021 12:54, GB wrote:
One official told Italian TV channel Rai 3 that the suspects had
admitted disactivating the emergency brake following "malfunctions in
the cable car", which repair workers had been unable to fix, according
to Ansa new agency.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57252289



As one does, of course. What a load of plonkers.

How could that have caused the cable to break?


That was the other problem.



Indeed. Most safety features are not needed until there's a fault.

The poor 5 year old kid is being brought out of an induced coma today,
and at some stage somebody is going to have to tell him his entire
family has been wiped out. Grandparents, parents, sibling.

Yes. I do hope his other grandparents, uncles, aunts or whatever are
well known to him and can take care of him.