Mottarone cable car, prosecutor: “Stopped, they have admitted blockade several times”

“As far as we know, the ‘fork’, which blocks the braking system in an emergency, has been inserted several times. I am unable to say whether constantly or only when there were malfunctions: surely Sunday will not it was the first time, they admitted it “. This was reported by the prosecutor of Verbania Olimpia Bossi (VIDEO) a few hours after the detention order against three people – two employees and the operator of the cable car – accused of multiple manslaughter for the tragedy of Mottarone in which they lost their life 14 people. Read also Tomorrow there will be the assignment of the assignment to the experts “for the purpose of an inspection”, then “the assignment of unrepeatable investigations, for which we need more time”, he announced.
The three arrested – two employees and the manager of the Mottarone cableway – “trusted in good luck” (VIDEO) and that the voluntary blocking of the safety braking system would never have caused a disaster like the one that last Sunday caused the death of 14 people, said the prosecutor of Verbania. The decision not to respect the safety rules is a “choice not of a single one, but shared and above all not limited to the day” of the disaster. A custom to “bypass the problems of the system that had to be solved with more radical interventions”, on the other hand the two interventions “of May 3 and one previous” are not decisive, suggesting a not simple solution, therefore the possible stop for a long period “The cableway on Saturday, the day before the disaster, stopped: I can think that the episode is part of this story, but for now it is difficult to say we will verify it by asking these technicians why they were called”, he concluded the prosecutor Bossi. The three arrested, now in the Verbania prison, respond in concurrence for the accusations including multiple manslaughter. “The cable car system is managed by the company that has a plurality of employees and maneuvers: we will check if the staff was aware of this practice “added the prosecutor of Verbania, replying to those who ask her if there will be other suspects in the investigation that brought to light the awareness of three people now in custody of giving up security in order not to block the system of the cable car and not to lose money. “At this moment we have no elements to believe the two facts connected”, namely the breaking of the cable car’s cableway and the blocking of the safety braking system, “or mutually connected. We cannot hypothesize about the cable: we are always waiting for the technical checks which I will speak with the technical consultant who will arrive tomorrow “he explained. If the malfunction of the safety system is attributable to the three stopped, “I cannot add anything to the cable because we are at the point where we were yesterday”.