A fire brigade Erickson S64 helicopter
on Monday took away the wreckage of the cabin involved in the
Mottarone mountain cable-car disaster in Piedmont in which 14
people died in May.
The cabin, weighting around one and a half tonnes, was taken to
a nearby sports ground.
From there it will be transferred by lorry to a warehouse.
The cable slipped out of control after a haulage cable snapped.
It crashed to the ground after hitting a pylon.
Prosecutors in the city of Verbania said the cable car's
emergency braking system, which should have prevented the
disaster, was deactivated deliberately "for economic reasons in
total disregard for the most basic safety rules".
Three people are under investigation.
The only survivor of the disaster, an orphaned Israeli boy, is
at the centre of a custody battle between the paternal and
maternal sides of his family.
Eitan Biran was taken out of Italy and flown to Israel by his
maternal grandfather in September during a visit.
But a Tel Aviv court recently ruled that the child must return
to Italy and the care of his paternal aunt.
Eitan, who moved to Italy with his parents in 2018, had been put
into the care of his Italian-based paternal aunt, Aya Biran,
after the disaster by the Italian authorities.
Eitan's parents, great grandparents and two-year-old brother
were among the victims of the disaster.
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