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For almost three hours, the rescue tasks of five people who this Tuesday, after noon, were trapped in the cabins of the aerial cable of the San Sebastián de Palmitas district, in the west of the city, were prolonged.
The detachment of one of the cables that affected seven homes generated the contingency that was attended by the Administrative Department of Disaster Risk Management (DAGRD), Firefighters personnel and system operators.
Yina Tirado, a resident of the place, told EL COLOMBIANO that his mother Marleny ospina He was one of the people rescued from one of the cabins, as he was traveling between the Las Teresitas and La Aldea trails.
“She uses the cable a lot, I spoke with her during the contingency, she was always calm, and accompanied by a neighbor,” said the woman, who added that this is the second time such a situation has occurred on the cable.
In his Twitter account, the DAGRD reported on the successful handling of the incident, which did not cause injuries, while the mayor of Medellín, Daniel QuinteroThrough the same social network, he highlighted that with rope maneuvers, the Palmitas aerial cable operators rescued two women trapped in one of the cabins and that the firefighters accompanied the evaluation made to the homes affected by the cable fall.
Previous fault
In June 2018, this transport system also suffered a malfunction that had it out of service for more than a year and a half.
At that time, the Metro company explained that the metrocables under its charge and the Palmitas cable car (operated by Terminales Medellín) have different technologies.
As indicated, the Palmitas cable is of the reciprocating type, with carrier cables on which two cabins move: one from the upper station to the lower one and vice versa, and a tractor cable that moves the cabins from one station to another.
On the other hand, the metrocables correspond to the Monocable Detachable Gondola (GMD) technology, that is, a single steel wire cable on which the cabins are attached. The regulations, the security elements and the control system of both are also different.
In September 2019, the Palmitas cable returned to operation, after the National University presented the studies, and a contract 350 million pesos for the evaluation, readjustment and disassembly of the cabin that failed.
According to this analysis, the damage to the cable did not occur due to lack of maintenance or poor operation, but rather due to a problem with one of the cable anchors.
This newspaper consulted Terminales Medellín, cable operator, about the causes of the incident and the process to repair the system and put it back into operation, but its spokespersons indicated that the matter is up to the Medellín Secretariat of Infrastructure to resolve.
In turn, the head of that office, Natalia Urrego, explained that after the contingency, progress is being made in the inspection of the possible causes of what happened to define the work route to be followed.
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