Seconds from Disaster

Season 4 Episode 5: Cable Car Collision

The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento. The disaster, which led to the death of 20 people, occurred when a U.S. military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

7

Episodes:

75

Cast:

Ashton Smith

Quality:

HD

Duration:

45 min

First Air:

2005

Rating:

7.2