Two Britons are believed to be among the four people killed after a mountain car cable snapped and plunged into a ravine in southern Italy.
Four tourists and an engineer were on board the cable car when it plunged at “maximum speed” into woodland in Naples after striking a pylon on Thursday afternoon, triggering a major rescue operation in the face of bad weather and fog.
Initial reports suggested that a traction cable may have snapped as the cable car ascended Monte Faito, in the town of Castellammare di Stabia. The cable car plunged into a ravine after stopping very close to the station at the top of the peak, at around 3,400 feet.
The British victims were identified as Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, and Graeme Derek Winn, 65, Italian news agency Ansa reported.
Janan Suliman, an Arab woman with Israeli citizenship, was the third foreign victim to be identified, according to the outlet.
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