Overview

• The accident occurred on April 17, 2025, when a cable snapped on the Monte Faito line, causing one cabin to fall and leaving three dead, one seriously injured, and one person missing.
• Rescue teams saved 11 passengers from a second cabin within two hours using ropes and harnesses, while the fallen cabin was located after a fog-hindered helicopter search.
• The missing individual is believed to be the cabin operator, while the fatalities and injured were tourists visiting the popular site near Naples.
• Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has launched an inquiry into the cable car’s maintenance and safety protocols, managed by Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV).
• The cable car, a regional tourist draw since 1952, had reopened just one week earlier following its annual winter maintenance.