The November 2000 Kaprun 2 Glacier Railway Fire. Considered Austria's darkest day postwar, a
The train, called the Gletscherbahn 2, was carrying passengers up to the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, according to Railsystem. An investigation found that the train was poorly equipped to deal with fires, making the mountain disaster all the more tragic, as many deaths could have been avoided with better systems and care from the designers.
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At least 155 skiers--and possibly more--were killed when a car of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular burst into flames above Kaprun, Austria on Saturday, November 11, 2000. The fire occurred inside a tunnel as the funicular hauled skiers toward the slopes of the Kitzsteinhorn glacier. Another dozen skiers escaped by breaking a window with a ski.
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The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, on 11 November 2.
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The train, the Gletscherbahn 2, was a funicular railway running from Kaprun to the Kitzsteinhorn, opened in 1974. This railway had the unusual track gauge of 946 millimeters, and a length of 3900 meters, of which 3300 meters was through a tunnel.
Bild "Gletscherbahn auf dem Gipfel" zu Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun
The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, on 11 November 2000. The disaster killed 155 people (150 on the ascending train, two on the descending train and three in the mountain station). There were 12 survivors.
Die Geschichte der Seilbahn von Kaprun auf das Kitzsteinhorn • Enviadi
Geography It is located in the Pinzgau region on the northern slopes of the Alpine Glockner Group with Mt. Großes Wiesbachhorn, 3,564 m (11,693 ft), part of the Hohe Tauern range, forming the border of Salzburg with Carinthia. Located at the foot of the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, Kaprun is a year-round sports center.
Gletscherbahn Kaprun
On 11 November 2000, a fire in the tunnel of Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, killed 155 people. The cause was traced to a faulty fan heater. Most of the victims were skiers on their way to the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier. To date, this incident remains the deadliest rail disaster in Austrian history. Train
Gletscherbahn Kaprun
The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria on 11 November 2000. The disaster killed 155 people (150 on the ascending train, 2 on the descending train and 3 in the mountain station).
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Deutsch: Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 in die Einfahrt in die Bergstation. Nederlands: a kaprun gletscherbahn 2 train. Date: before November 11 th 2000: Source: Own work: Author: Ap320: Licensing . I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:.
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The Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 was a funicular in service between 1974 and 2000, before a disaster occurred on 11 November 2000, in an ascending train in the tunnel. [1] The disaster claimed the lives of 155 people, leaving 12 survivors (10 Germans and two Austrians) from the burning train.
Gletscherbahn 2 Kaprun Gletscherdrachen funiculair train C… Flickr
On 11 November 2000, a fire in the tunnel of Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, killed 155 people. The cause was traced to a faulty fan heater. Most of the victims were skiers on their way to the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier . Train
19930918 Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 Austria Gletscherbahn … Flickr
One of those was the "Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2" ("Glacier railway Kaprun 2"), which, while being a funicular, was very close to a conventional train, employing multi-car trains and running on rails rather than being suspended. Those similarities would end up being legally important.
KaprunUnglück Chronologie der Ereignisse salzburg.ORF.at Salzburg Heute
Opening in March 1974 the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 (GBK 2) was a 3900m/12800ft funicular running from the valley station (at 911m/2990ft of elevation) south of the town of Kaprun up to the.
ehemalige Gletscherbahn Kaprun II / Salzburger Land / Österreich SAGEN.at FOTOGALERIE
2000 (6 F) Media in category "Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. De-Brandkatastrophe der Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2-article.ogg 1 h 26 min 20 s; 37.54 MB Kaprun gletscherbahn 2.jpg 814 × 752; 96 KB Kaprun train.jpg 750 × 1,000; 153 KB Kaprunbahn.JPG 640 × 480; 111 KB Categories: Funiculars in Austria
Funimag on Twitter "Just few meters near the old funicular Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 which burnt
Kaprun, AustriaGletscherbahnen Kaprun AG will get back the only car which remained intact after the November 11th, 2000 tragedy.The "Kitzsteingams" car was destroyed by the fire into the tunnel.
Brandkatastrophe der Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2
Bei einem Brand in einem im Tunnel befindlichen Zug der Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 starben am 11. November 2000 155 Menschen. Es war die größte Katastrophe, die sich in Österreich seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ereignete. Im brennenden, bergauf fahrenden Zug kamen 150 der 162 Passagiere durch Rauchgasvergiftung zu Tode.