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Apparently, there was a failure in the return pulley of one of the chairlifts and this caused the cable to lose tension, causing some chairs to fall and others to remain hanging,
The truth is that we were very scared,
We are talking about around 30 to 35 people injured, including serious, very serious and less serious injuries,
Miguel Angel Clavero, the director of emergencies for the Aragon region, where the incident occurred, told public television TVE It’s like a cable has come off, the chairs have bounced and people have been thrown off,
All of our affection goes to the injured and their families,
We bounced up and down about five times and our backs were quite sore or we were hurt, but there were people who fell out of the chairs,
María Moreno told public television TVE Thank God we haven't fallen but others have and there are lots of people injured.
One skier who witnessed the drama said There's been a failure of the return on one of the chairlifts and that has caused loss of tension and led to chairlifts falling
Miguel Ángel Clavero, the Aragon Government's head of emergencies, said at just after 2.15pm local time today Shocked by the news of the accident at Astun ski resort
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez said in a tweet A pulley wheel appears to have broken or come loose and the cable started to jump around and every time it happened we went up and down
One of the survivors, who gave his name as Oscar, told a Spanish TV station today A chairlift accident has occurred at Astun Ski Resort with multiple casualties.
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre confirmed around midday All the necessary services of the DGA are working to assist the affected and injured people."
