Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998, also called the Strage del Cermis ("Massacre at Cermis") occurred on 3 February 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people died when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft, while flying lower than regulations allowed in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway, causing it to plunge 260 feet to the ground. Joseph Schweitzer, one of the American aircrew, confessed in 2012 that upon return to the American base, he burned the tape that contained incriminating evidence. The pilot, Captain Richard J. Ashby, and his navigator, Captain Joseph Schweitzer, were put on trial in the Unit
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Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998, also called the Strage del Cermis ("Massacre at Cermis") occurred on 3 February 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people died when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft, while flying lower than regulations allowed in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway, causing it to plunge 260 feet to the ground. Joseph Schweitzer, one of the American aircrew, confessed in 2012 that upon return to the American base, he burned the tape that contained incriminating evidence. The pilot, Captain Richard J. Ashby, and his navigator, Captain Joseph Schweitzer, were put on trial in the Unit
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Beim Seilbahnunfall von Cavale ...... iner dort verkehrenden Kabine.
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De kabelliftramp in Cavalese w ...... ussenstop over de vallei gaat.
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L'accident du téléphérique de ...... re les États-Unis et l'Italie.
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L'incidente della funivia del ...... ioni tra Stati Uniti e Italia.
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La catástrofe del funicular Ca ...... entre Estados Unidos e Italia.
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The Cavalese cable car disaste ...... n the United States and Italy.
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Катастрофа на канатной дороге ...... тношениях между США и Италией.
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チェルミス・ロープウェイ切断事件（チェルミス・ロープウェイせ ...... 情を刺激し、アメリカ合衆国とイタリア間の外交問題に発展した。
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1998-02-03
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Beim Seilbahnunfall von Cavale ...... iner dort verkehrenden Kabine.
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De kabelliftramp in Cavalese w ...... ordelijk gesteld voor de ramp.
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L'accident du téléphérique de ...... pe le câble d'un téléphérique.
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L'incidente della funivia del ...... fessò di aver distrutto al suo
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La catástrofe del funicular Ca ...... una góndola de un teleférico.
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The Cavalese cable car disaste ...... were put on trial in the Unit
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Катастрофа на канатной дороге ...... а борту самолёта не пострадал.
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チェルミス・ロープウェイ切断事件（チェルミス・ロープウェイせ ...... 情を刺激し、アメリカ合衆国とイタリア間の外交問題に発展した。
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Accident du téléphérique de Cavalese
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Accidente del funicular de Cavalese (1998)
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Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)
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Incidente della funivia del Cermis
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Kabelliftramp in Cavalese
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Seilbahnunfall von Cavalese (1998)
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Катастрофа на канатной дороге в Кавалезе
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チェルミス・ロープウェイ切断事件
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