Ivan wrote:
It's a very unfortunate accident.

Most of the victims are children from a german ski club.

An electro engineer from Baden-Württemberg suggests, that
electromagnetic induction, from the lift cables, may have caused the
magnetic lockers, seuring the cargo, to unlock.

The same lift was hit by a derailing accident in november 2004,
caused by strong winds.

It's in the same spot, the snowboard and skiing worldcup opening will
take place in week 41 and 42.


I did wonder how a gondola managed to come off the cable, and for that
matter how people where "thrown out" of a modern gondola, but after thinking
about the families of the victims, I still wonder what the probability of
hitting a cable with a lump of concrete is?

Chris