The November 2000 Kaprun 2 Glacier Railway Fire. Considered Austria's darkest day postwar, a


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Geschichte. Die Gletscherbahn 2 führte vom Kapruner Tal südlich des Ortszentrums von Kaprun zum Alpincenter Kaprun auf dem Gletscher führte. Die Bahn verband das Tal mit dem Schmiedingerkees, dem Gletscher unterhalb des Gipfelbereichs des Kitzsteinhorns, einem Ganzjahresschigebiet in den Hohen Tauern.. Nach der Eröffnung des Gletscherskigebietes auf dem Kitzsteinhorn in den Hohen Tauern.


Besucherrekord bei Gletscherbahnen Kaprun Pinzgau

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.


The November 2000 Kaprun 2 Glacier Railway Fire. Considered Austria's darkest day postwar, a

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


ehemalige Gletscherbahn Kaprun II / Salzburger Land / Österreich SAGEN.at FOTOGALERIE

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.


ehemalige Gletscherbahn Kaprun II / Salzburger Land / Österreich SAGEN.at FOTOGALERIE

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


Gletscherbahn 2 Kaprun Gletscherdrachen funiculair train C… Flickr

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 … Flickr

Willkommen zur offiziellen Website des Kitzsteinhorn Gletschers, dem schneesicheren Skigebiet und ganzjährigen alpinen Ausflugsziel auf über 3.000 Metern in Zell am See - Kaprun in Österreich.


Gletscherbahn Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn Spektakuläre hohe Seilbahnstütze YouTube

Die Gletscherbahn Kaprun 1 ist eine in drei Sektionen ausgeführte Luftseilbahn, die am 12. Dezember 1965 in Betrieb ging. Mit den hierdurch erschlossenen Gletschern Schmiedingerkees und Maurerkees war das Kitzsteinhorn das erste Gletscherskigebiet Österreichs. Sektion 1 und 2 Die Kabinenbahn wurde am 12. Dezember 1965 in Betrieb genommen.


Schnee von Gestern Gletscherbahn Kaprun Pinzgau

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).


Gletscherbahn Kaprun

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.


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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.


Bild "Gletscherbahn auf dem Gipfel" zu Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun

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.


Gletscherbahn Kaprun

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


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, two on the descending train and three in the mountain station). There were 12 survivors.


Funimag on Twitter "Just few meters near the old funicular Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 which burnt

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.


Gletscherbahn 2 Kaprun Gletscherdrachen Funiculair train … Flickr

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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