Optional facility upgrade refused at Titlis

The Titlis ski lifts have not acted on a manufacturer's non-binding recommendation to upgrade. According to lift manager Norbert Patt, this was not an imperative safety requirement justifying an upgrade. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Patt confirmed to Keystone-ATS on Sunday the information contained in an article in the Sonntagszeitung, which appeared after a gondola crashed on Wednesday in Engelberg (OW), indicating that the lift operator had abandoned the upgrade. One person was killed in the accident. The manufacturer had proposed this upgrade in 2022, following a similar accident in 2019 on the Rotenflue lifts (SZ). Both installations used the same type of clamp. The upgrade involved adding an end cap to the clamp. "This was not an imperative safety requirement justifying an upgrade", said Mr Patt, adding that he could not provide the reason why the ski lifts had decided not to ask for an estimate in 2022. Adapted from French with AI/ds How we work ...