The Cavalese cable car crash, also known as Strage del Cermis, occurred on 3 February 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 kilometres northeast of Trento. Twe
EA-6B BuNo 163045, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1997
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
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The Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engined, four-seat, mid-wing electronic-warfare aircraft. Operated by both the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy between 1971 and 2019, it
1998 Cavalese cable car crash
…of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people were killed when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft, flying too low and too fast, against regulations, cut a cable supporting a cable car of an aerial lift. The pilot, Captain Richard J. Ashby…
Grumman EA-6B Prowler in flight
The two-seat EA-6A (top) was followed by the four-seat EA-6B Prowler (bottom)
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