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May 28, 2021 The mechanical and aerospace engineering teacher at the Polytechnic of Turin,

Giorgio Chiandussi, appointed consultant to the Public Prosecutor's Office

, went up to the accident site together with the carabinieri to closely observe the broken rope and the connection of the cables of the cabin that fell from the Mottarone , he will have to establish the cause that led to

the cable breaking

.

"This is the subject of our question", explains Captain Luca Geminale, commander of the Stresa Carabinieri Company who coordinates the investigative activities on the accident.



The sheared cable does not seem to present easily identifiable anomalies and it is not excluded that contacts will be made with the manufacturer for further comparisons. The maintenance checks are in order and problems have never been encountered previously. Yet the rope on which booth number 3 was attached, which featured the brake block, has broken and is now wrapped in the red and white tape that delimits the area under seizure. The so-called 'fork', the jaw that blocks the emergency brakes, was covered with a large cloth on the recommendation of Chiandussi, who in addition to analyzing the mechanical elements went to the various stations of the cable car: those of departure, arrival and intermediate. Between

hypothesis there is the possibility that the rope has frayed due to the 'forks' inserted in order not to activate the emergency brake

. "We need to evaluate all the details that the scene offers and understand the exact location of the accident and the cause of the cable break," said Geminale.



In the meantime, the prosecutor Olimpia Bossi and the prosecutor Laura Carrera transmitted to the investigating judge Donatella Banci Buonamici, who is also the president of the office, the request for

validation of the arrest of Luigi Nerini

(owner of Ferrovie del Mottarone), the director of the business

Enrico Perocchio

and the head of service

Gabriele Tadini

. The judge set the interrogations on Saturday morning, to then decide whether or not to accept the request. With the situation that has already emerged from the detention order, the outcome seems obvious. The defender of the cable car operator, the lawyer Pasquale Pantano, after visiting him in prison, said that "the thought of his client is for the victims, we are already dealing with compensation".



Still on the investigative front,

the investigators are also evaluating the position of the team of plant workers who would have implemented the "wicked" choice

, according to the magistrates, for tampering with the braking system. The carabinieri seized new documentation at the headquarters of the management company, which is located on the Lido di Stresa at the departure station of the cable car. It will be necessary to understand whether or not the employees were aware of the consequences that the activation of the forks could have on the safety and safety of passengers. This could lead to new entries in the register of suspects, such as those who had the task of carrying out maintenance and overhaul (there are a number of companies) of the plant and the cabin.