Re: Miyajima cablecar accident
"Giny" <g.speelman@GEENROTZOOIxs4all.nl> wrote:
> 2 of our customers were in May in Miyajima and reported that there had
been
> a serious accident with the cablecar.
> Several injured, maybe also deaths, but I did not see anything about this
on
> JSTV here in Holland (Japan satelite Television).
>
> Does anyone of you know this accident?
> Is the reason known?
> Does anyone of you know whether cablecars are generally safe in Japan?
There was an accident in May in which the system made an emergency stop. 13
people were trapped in the cablecars for three hours, and one person
suffered minor injuries caused when the system came to a sudden halt. I
think the cablecar system there is still closed for investigation.
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Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
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