Rescue workers recover the bodies of six people who died following a ... more >In 1998, a U.S. Marine jet, flying low on a training run from a nearby air base, accidently sliced a ski gondola’s cable, sending the cable car crashing to the ground and claiming 20 lives. The accident triggered months of tensions between Italy and the United States, two traditional good allies.
In 1976, a ski gondola broke off from its cable and plunged to the slope, killing 42 persons.
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