On 26 May 2021 at 14:25:52 BST, "The Natural Philosopher"
wrote:

On 26/05/2021 14:11, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 26 May 2021 at 12:57:28 BST, "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?

The point of the emergency brake is that the cable car is lifted up the the
main 'unbreakable' possibly dual support cables by a relatively vulnerable,
thin and wincheable cable which is vulnerable to wear and mechanical
misadventure. I'm sure you knew that.


How could that have caused the main 'unbreakable' cable to break?
And what has that to do with the emergency brake?

The winching cable broke. While this probably related to poor maintenance it
is not automatically criminal negligence because the lifting cable can be
damaged so all cable cars have an emergency brake to stop them sliding back
down the main cable at increasing speed until they crash. QED.

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Roger Hayter