Cologne evacuated more than 70 people stranded on cable car over Rhine
In Cologne, the accident occurred on the cable car, laid on the Rhine. One of the cabins for passengers crashed into a support.
At the time of the accident on the cable car were 76 passengers, which forced the evacuation of the booths with a height of 40 meters above the ground.
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The evacuation of the passengers, among whom were children, was successful. Two passengers — a man and a pregnant woman suffered minor injuries that do not threaten their health.
A week before the crash, says The Guardian, rescuers conducted exercises to evacuate passengers from the cable car.
The cause of the accident has not yet officially reported, we only know that at the time of the accident was a strong wind.
The work of the ropeway, reported on its website, suspended to determine the causes of the incident. A similar accident, the report says, was the first time in 60 years of operation of the ropeway.
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Cable car in Cologne, connecting the banks of the Rhine, was opened in April 1957. The length of the ropeway, which has 44 cabins, is about 930 meters.