Langkawi Cable Car Accident
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Langkawi cable car accident. Four lift officials were jailed for their part in the. He said the company that provided the skycab service doppelmayr from austria would come down to have a look at the faulty system soon. Langkawi development authority lada chief executive officer datuk azizan noordin said the 89 tourists who arrived at the base station about 9 30pm were those stranded inside the cable cars when the system failure occurred at 5 48pm.
We have lots of other attractions and activities as well that you can try and you will surely love it. Forty three people died including 15 children between the ages of 7 and 15 and the 18 year old cable car attendant. The langkawi cable car also known as langkawi skycab is one of the major attractions in langkawi island kedah malaysia it provides an aerial link from the oriental village at teluk burau to the peak of gunung machinchang which is also the location of the langkawi sky bridge the total length is 2 2 km 1 4 mi with a journey time from the base to the top of around 15 minutes.
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Cable car ride that ends with a crash in san francisco duration. Come and explore it. Hundreds of tourists were stranded for hours after a cable car broke down on the malaysian island of langkawi authorities said monday with some left dangling in cabins.
It was reported to be the most serious accident to hit the attraction which bills itself as the one of the. Meanwhile langkawi development authority lada chief executive officer datuk azizan noordin said the incident was due to faulty equipment at the roller to move the cable cars. The inquest found that two steel cables crossed and one severed the other.
Vic87m 44 860 views. The cable car was fixed at about 11 00 pm after a faulty bearing was replaced allowing rescuers to bring down the remaining tourists and workers in batches with the operation ending after midnight hisham told afp. The only survivor was a 14 year old milanese girl alessandra piovesana who was on a school trip and was with two friends when the accident happened.