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Jul. 13, 1972 - Cablecar crashed 13 Victims, A fatal accident happened thursday evening at the Valley - station of the cablecar Betten -Bettmeralp in the upper Wallis, Switzerland. On its run upwards the cable torn when the car was about 200 meters up the station. The car crashed down and totally was destroyed in the valley stations. 13 of the 15 passengers were killed, the other two seriously injured. It is not known why the break - system did fail, a breack - system which should automatically stop the car when the cable is damaged. Photo shows The Valley station of the Batten - Bettmeralp cablecar after the catastrophy

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Automatically Batten Bettmeralp Cablecar Catastrophy Crashed Fail Fatal Happened Meters Seriously Thursday Totally Upwards Wallis

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