Four tourists have died after a mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say.Another person was “extremely seriously injured” in the crash at Mount Faito and airlifted to hospital, officials said.Italian media outlets reported that the cabin had been near the top of the mountain when one of the cables supporting it snapped.A second cabin was also on the line at the time but located near the bottom of the valley – 16 people were rescued from it and winched to safety. The president of the region, Vincenzo De Luca, said all the victims were tourists.De Luca added that poor weather conditions including fog, wind and rain were making it difficult for rescue workers to access the area where the cabin had crashed.Italian media reported that the cable car had been travelling over a steep area when the cable snapped. Mount Faito is some 1,100m above sea level.The mayor of Castellammare di Stabia – where the cable car was located – said it was believed a traction cable had snapped.”The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that was about to reach the the top of the hill,” he told Italian media. He added that there had been regular safety checks on the cable car line which runs three kilometres from the town to the top of the mountain.The company which runs the service, the EAV public transport firm, has described the crash as “a tragedy” on social media. …
