Eitan Biran, the five-year-old
Israeli boy who was the sole survivor of the Mottarone mountain
cable-car disaster in Piedmont last month, was discharged from
Turin's Regina Margherita children's hospital Thursday and
returned home with his aunt, his only surviving relative.
Eitan's parents, great grandparents and two-year-old brother
were among the 14 victims of the disaster.
Prosecutors have said the three people suspected of being
responsible for the May 23 cable-car disaster in Piedmont face
charges of "extraordinary gravity".
The owner of the company that runs the cable car, the company's
director and the service's operational chief have been arrested
over the disaster.
Prosecutors in the city of Verbania said the cable car's
emergency braking system, which should have prevented the
disaster after one of the cables snapped, was deactivated
deliberately "for economic reasons in total disregard for the
most basic safety rules".
The emergency braking system was allegedly deactivated to stop
it kicking in and halting the service after a series of recent
technical problems.
In the warrant for the detention of the three, the prosecutors
wrote that the operation chief "admitted to having deliberately
and repeatedly inserted brake-blocking devices, deactivating the
emergency braking system".
They said the director and the owner did not allow "the
necessary maintenance operations" to take place.
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