Articles for Cable Cars

How safe are ski lifts?
11 months, 1 week ago

How safe are ski lifts?

BBC  

How safe are ski lifts? Apart from external factors such as something falling on the lift, the main risk to the construction is "human behaviour, actually", says Eisinger, who researches rope technology and also inspects ropes for safety. – Armin Joas The secret of a safe rope Eisinger, the rope researcher, performs similarly gravity-defying feats when he tests cable car …

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NDRF carries out nationwide security audits of passenger ropeways, cable cars
2 years, 5 months ago

NDRF carries out nationwide security audits of passenger ropeways, cable cars

India TV News  

NDRF ropeway audit: The NDRF has begun a nationwide survey of passenger cable cars and ropeway systems to find out possible security flaws in them and to prepare a structural blueprint that will help it launch effective rescue operations in case of an emergency or accident. Three people were killed while 12 were rescued after a 40-hour-long operation conducted by …

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Jharkhand’s Deoghar ropeway accident isn’t the only such incident: When cable cars turned fatal
2 years, 8 months ago

Jharkhand’s Deoghar ropeway accident isn’t the only such incident: When cable cars turned fatal

Firstpost  

A ride on a cable car is a fun thing to do until it turns into a nightmare. As per new reports, three people lost their lives after the cable cars were left dangling mid-air due to a malfunction of the ropeway, which resulted in the trolley cars colliding on Sunday. #ActOfGod: say officials on cable car crash in #Gulmarg …

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Deoghar ropeway accident: Man falls from IAF chopper during rescue operation, dies
2 years, 8 months ago

Deoghar ropeway accident: Man falls from IAF chopper during rescue operation, dies

India Today  

Amid ongoing rescue operations in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand, where 15 people are still stuck after some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other, a video has emerged in which a man can be seen falling off an Indian Air Force helicopter. READ | Stranded in air for 19 hours and counting, passengers inside cable cars pray …

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Cable Cars and Ropeway Projects: At the Peak of Development or Barely Getting Started?
2 years, 8 months ago

Cable Cars and Ropeway Projects: At the Peak of Development or Barely Getting Started?

News 18  

How do we make ropeways safer? The Jharkhand ropeway accident has brought to light a form of transport that is rarely talked about – cable cars. Things like fitting the cabin with airbags, a deployable parachute that opens in case of the cabin is detached from the rope or even an integrated Internet of Things system where the cabin relays …

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Stranded in air for 19 hours and counting, passengers inside cable cars pray for evacuation in Jharkhand
2 years, 8 months ago

Stranded in air for 19 hours and counting, passengers inside cable cars pray for evacuation in Jharkhand

India Today  

As many as 48 people are stuck on Jharkhand’s highest ropeway in Trikut, Deoghar. The people have been stranded since 5 pm, Sunday, after two of the ropeway cars collided, resulting in a complete halt in operations. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said: "Efforts are being made by NDRF personnel and state rescue teams to bring the stranded people to …

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Cable cars to return to San Francisco as pandemic ebbs, city reopens
3 years, 6 months ago

Cable cars to return to San Francisco as pandemic ebbs, city reopens

LA Times  

A pair of cable cars pass each other on San Francisco’s Powell Street in September 2019. San Francisco’s iconic cable cars will traverse the city’s steep hills once again in August as San Francisco reopens after more than a year of pandemic restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. “Nothing says San Francisco like a cable car ride — up …

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