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  2. Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash - Wikipedia

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    On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a traction or haulage cable snapped about five metres (16 ft) from the summit of Mottarone, a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Normally, a hydraulic safety brake would have stopped the runaway car immediately but the cable car ...

  3. Old Quebec Funicular - Wikipedia

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    In October 1996, Briton Helen Tombs was killed when the cable snapped and the emergency brake failed to stop the cabin before it crashed into the lower station. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a result of this fatal crash, the funicular was closed and entirely revamped with modern technology.

  4. Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash - Wikipedia

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    The Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash occurred on 1 July 1999 in Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France, when a cabin which was being operated on a privately owned aerial tramway detached from the cable it was traveling on, and fell into the valley below. The accident killed all twenty people on board.

  5. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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    In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the parking pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking the car ...

  6. List of elevator accidents - Wikipedia

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    An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable. [16] Hengshui, China: 11 4 2011-07-29 A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine. [17] Makiivka, Ukraine: 10 5 1964-03-27 A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals. [18] Heeßen, Germany: 10 0 2014 ...

  7. HandBrake - Wikipedia

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    HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. [ 3 ]

  8. Zip line - Wikipedia

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    It is a single cable of 3.2 km reaching speeds up to 120km/h. [ 30 ] From 31 January 2018 it was the 'Jebel Jais Flight' from one of the peaks of the Jebel Jais mountain in Ras Al Khaimah , United Arab Emirates, with a single unbroken span of 2,831.88 metres (9,290.9 ft).

  9. Rita (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of 24 July 2012, the ride's launch cable snapped during testing while attached to an empty train. [6] A similar incident also happened in 2005. No injuries were reported, but the incidents were similar to the 2009 failure of the Xcelerator rollercoaster's launch cable in the United States. [7] Rita re-opened on 26 July 2012.