The in-depth story of the Kaprun funicular railway fire disaster. It’s November 11, 2000, and winter sports are in full swing at the picturesque Alpine village of Kaprun.

Twelve people survived the Kaprun disaster, which happened while the car was inside a tunnel. In 2004, Yasser Arafat, the longtime Palestinian leader whose career ranged from terrorist to diplomat ...

November 11, 2000 — 161 people board a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, for a short ride to the ski slopes. But minutes later, disaster strikes deep inside a mountain tunnel.

The Kaprun disaster was not “unavoidable,” as an editorial in Austria's Der Standard claimed, but is the product of faulty design, safety cut backs and the unrelenting competition for the ...

The film, shot in both Austria and Breckenridge, showcases the true story of the Kaprun disaster in Austria, which killed more than 150 people after a fire broke out in a train taking skiers through a ...

Thirty-seven of the victims were under the age of 20. It was an international disaster, but it was also very local tragedy. Thirty-two of the victims were from the nearby town of Wels, while in Kaprun ...

Austria: Workers brave fumes, unstable wreckage to remove remains of at least 155 killed in tunnel.

Disasters examined: The Jul. 25, 2000 Air France Concorde crash in Paris France; The Nov. 11, 2000 Kaprun 2 funicular railway tunnel fire in in Kaprun, Austria; The Apr. 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...

An investigation into a tunnel fire in the Austrian ski resort of Kaprun which killed 155 people has pinned the blame on a faulty radiator. A new report into Austria's worst peacetime disaster says a ...

Relative of victim of Kaprun rail disaster crying after verdict An Austrian court yesterday acquitted 16 defendants accused of criminal negligence over a fire on a ski train that killed 155 tourists.

Klagenfurt - Seventy-two percent of Austrians believe a disaster such as the mountain railway fire at Kaprun could happen again any time, an opinion poll said on Friday. Most answered that the ...

The film, shot in both Austria and Breckenridge, Colorado, showcases the true story of the Kaprun disaster in Austria, which killed more than 150 people after a fire broke out in a train taking ...