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Episode 165: The Kaprun funicular disaster

Episode 165: The Kaprun funicular disaster

Disaster Area · Disaster Area

May 5, 20211h 8m

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Show Notes

It was the start of the winter ski season on November 11th, 2000, and the skiers and snowboarders heading up to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier on the funicular train were excited for the day to begin. But in only a few minutes, everybody aboard the funicular in Kaprun, Austria, would be fighting to survive inside a tunnel so close to help, yet so very far away.