Talk:1998 Cavalese cable car crash

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"Anti-American sentiment"

I think the article focuses too much on the "anti-American" sentiment in Italy. It should be enough to mention it in one sentence, although I don't agree with the term used. Not all criticism on the US comes from anti-American sentiment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.10.46.8 (talk) 13:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-American or not, there were 20 peoples dead. And the killers? Free. 194.105.53.118 (talk) 07:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt the offending Prowler crew are now regretting their actions, and one can at least admit in their defence that we all make mistakes.

The crew are probably now well aware of this, and will almost certainly never forget it. One suspects that if they could turn the clock back, they would have done things differently.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing - but foresight is better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 14:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have expertise in the plane involved, having served as a engineer for thirty years. Calling the pilots "murderers" and "unprofessional" is factually wrong and will not bring the dead back to life. The maps WERE current and did not show the cable; and, just because the radar altimeter passed a test, it could have failed later. Also, the radar altimeter is a 1950s technology; airliners must carry at least two. Even so, accidents happen. Turkish Airlines lost a 737 at Schiphol as one radar altimeter failed and the other one did not switch in. Nine dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.149.135.25 (talk) 19:02, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Same cable-car, which was involved in 1976?

Was it the same cable car, at which a severe catastrophe in 1976 happened? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.224.242 (talk) 10:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was the same cable car system [1]. According to Cermis the cable car system, which had two legs, has since been removed and replaced by a different style of cable car. Format (talk) 07:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]