A gondola cabin detached from its cable at the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort in central Switzerland, killing its passenger, according to the cantonal police. One killed as cable car plunges down Swiss mountainsideA gondola cabin detached from its cable at the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort in central Switzerland, killing its passenger, according to the cantonal police. Photo / Kantonspolizei Nidwalden, AFPOne person has been killed after a cable car suddenly detached amid strong winds and plunged down a snowy slope at a Swiss Alpine ski resort, police said. The incident happened at the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort, high up in the Alps in central Switzerland. This person sustained fatal injuries,” Senad Sakic, with the regional police in Nidwalden canton, told reporters.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 18, 2026 22:12 UTC