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| Tests concluded on crash gondola | Tests concluded on crash gondola |
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| The results of forensic tests on a gondola that crashed at the Nevis Range ski centre near Fort William have been made available to safety inspectors. | The results of forensic tests on a gondola that crashed at the Nevis Range ski centre near Fort William have been made available to safety inspectors. |
| However, the Health and Safety Executive said it would be weeks before a report into July's incident, where five people were hurt, was completed. | However, the Health and Safety Executive said it would be weeks before a report into July's incident, where five people were hurt, was completed. |
| The report's conclusions will decide whether the Nevis Range company will face legal proceedings. | The report's conclusions will decide whether the Nevis Range company will face legal proceedings. |
| Experts have examined the clamp which attached the gondola to the cable. | Experts have examined the clamp which attached the gondola to the cable. |
| The incident saw one gondola car collide with another before plunging 30ft to the ground. | The incident saw one gondola car collide with another before plunging 30ft to the ground. |
| A family of three, including a three-year-old girl, were injured, along with a man in his 50s and his 24-year-old son. | |
| They have all since been discharged from hospital. | They have all since been discharged from hospital. |
| The gondola system's Austrian manufacturers said they believed the incident was the result of operator error but the exact cause will be up to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to determine. | |
| An HSE spokesman confirmed forensic tests run at a laboratory in Derbyshire have been completed. | An HSE spokesman confirmed forensic tests run at a laboratory in Derbyshire have been completed. |