Two British tourists among the four killed in cable car crash at tourist attraction in Italy
17 April 2025, 18:41 | Updated: 17 April 2025, 23:47
Two British tourists were killed after a cable car crashed when the cable snapped, killing at least four people and injuring one near Naples, Italy.
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Officials say that one other person's remains are missing.
Italy's alpine rescue was responding to the accident at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia on Thursday.
The governor of Campania told Sky News the four victims were "two couples of tourists".
Two of them have now been identified as British tourists. One other victim was Israeli, and the fourth was the driver of the cable car.
The one survivor, a middle-aged man, is reportedly in critical condition - he is also reportedly from Israel.
"The cabin at the top has crashed," Umberto De Gregorio, chairman of the EAV public transport company which runs the cable car service, wrote on Facebook, calling it "a tragedy."
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One of the cables that supports the cabin had snapped, causing it to crash, according to Italian media.
16 passengers were then helped out of a cabin that stopped in mid-air near the foot of the mountain.
Around 50 rescuers joined the search, a local fire department said to Sky News.
The passengers were rescued from the cable car one by one using safety harnesses, footage on RAI public television and other media showed.
Vincenzo De Luca, head of the Campania region around Naples, told RAI that rescue operations were being hampered by fog and high winds.
The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.
