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Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.

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1976 Cavalese cable car crash

1976 deadly cable car crash in Cavalese, Italy

The Cavalese cable car crash is the deadliest cable car crash in history. On 9 March 1976, the steel supporting cable broke as a fully loaded cable car was descending from Mt. Cermis, near the Italian ski resort of Cavalese in the Dolomites, 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Trento.…
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March 9

Day of the year

March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 297 days remain until the end of the year.
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