Swiss cable car slammed into pylon before falling

The fatal fall of a cable car gondola on Wednesday in central Switzerland was due to "an unexpectedly strong gust of wind", according to its manufacturer. The gust blew the cabin against a pylon. The impact unhooked it from the support cable. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox At the time of the accident, the wind was strong and blustery," Arno Inauer, managing director of the Zug company Garaventa, which built the Titlis Xpress eight-seater gondolas, wrote to the media on Friday. The checks carried out since Wednesday show that the installation in question was in perfect technical condition," he said. The gondola fell on a snow-covered slope after the intermediate station of Trübsee (1,800m), on its way up to the upper station of Stan (2,430m). It rolled several times after the fall. Its sole occupant, a 61-year-old woman from the region, did not survive. + One dead after gondola cabin plunges in Swiss resort of Engelberg The upper section of the Titlis ...