Kaprun disaster
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On 11 November 2000, a fire triggered by a faulty fan heater broke out on a train of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria. The burning car came to a stop in a tunnel that funneled s
The Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular train waiting at the lower valley station a few weeks before the disaster. The train involved caught fire shortly after leaving the valley station and entered the tunnel where it came to a halt. The tunnel entrance is visible in the background.
Memorial at the base station of the Kitzsteinhorn with the decommissioned Gletscherbahn 2 in the background.
Funitel
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A funitel is a type of cableway, generally used to transport skiers, although at least one is used to transport finished cars between different areas of a factory. It differs from a standard gondola l
Kaprun disaster
…killed along with his fellow deaf skiers. The funicular was not reopened and was replaced the next year by a gondola lift, a 24-person Gletscherjet 1 funitel. The track remained in place until 2011, when the track and the supporting structure below the tunnel were removed and the tunnel entrance was sealed…
Funitel at Val Thorens, France
The funitel at Verbier, Switzerland. An evacuation line runs above the funitel
The reversible funitel Rocharbois in Megève
Yamagata zao ski 1