Still seems crazy to fly directly over the gondolas and not just to one
side!

What if the helicopter had to cross the cable car wires? Before this
accident, anybody would have said, "this won't happen, it is a
one-in-a-million chance." If the pilot had been ordered to drop the concrete
onto a cable car for some reason, he would have needed many attempts.

I bet that helicopters frequently cross cable car wires in winter, mostly
when they fly out a sick skier after an accident. Nobody cares.

Even a Boeing 747 might fly high above the cables and you would not even
notice - until it crashes.

Turan