New details emerged about the cable car disaster. ‘I called and warned him 10 minutes before the accident’

A cable car pole on the Sarısu-Tünektepe cable car line in Antalya’s Konyaaltı district crashed into a cabin while the cable car was in motion. The cabin was shattered by the impact. When the cabin collapsed, the citizens inside fell from a height of meters. Lawyer Memiş Gümüş lost his life in the accident and 17 people were injured.

174 people who were trapped in the completely stopped cable car cabins after the accident were evacuated after approximately 1 day of work.

Cezmi Türkyılmaz, who lives in Çorlu, took the cable car in Antalya, where he went to visit his daughter who was studying at the university. Türkyılmaz, who was among the 174 people trapped in the cable car after the accident, was taken out of the cabin with his family by helicopter approximately 7 hours later.

“MY DAUGHTER NOTICED THE SPARK FROM THE CABLE CAR”

Making a statement about the incident, Mechanical Technician Cezmi Türkyılmaz stated that they took the cable car for a trip and after completing the trip, they got on the cable car again to return, while sparks jumped from the cable car poles onto the cabin they were in, his daughter noticed the situation and told him.

Reminding that he is a machine technician, Türkyılmaz stated that when he looked up, the pulleys on the pole were not rotating lockedly, he immediately called the contact number written on the cabin, reached the officers and told them to stop the cable car to avoid causing an accident.

“I SAID ‘STOP THE CABLE CAR'”

Türkyılmaz, “They called and said, ‘the pulleys on the pole are not turning. That’s why I said, ‘The steel rope is creating sparks, stop the cable car immediately.’ They hung up the phone, it took 5 minutes, there was no stopping. 5 minutes later, I called again and said, ‘Do not take any passengers, stop the cable car immediately, sparks and smoke are coming out.’ After 3-4 minutes, when the cable car started again, I looked back and saw a cloud of dust covering the area. Phone records can be checked. I probably called and warned him first. “If it had been stopped and released when I called, this incident would not have happened.” he said.