"Recliner" wrote in message

"Paul" wrote in message


There was a fatal accident on the Singapore system, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapo...e_Car_disaster

It just seems rather a short time to get the system up and running
before the Olympics, and you presumably have to make sure that there
was a safety case etc. just as with the railways.

I did wonder about the proximity to the LCY flight path...

.... and it seems I was right:
"A planned cable car across the River Thames may be unsafe because it
goes too close to London City Airport, Friends of the Earth has warned.

The charity wrote to London Mayor Boris Johnson concerned that the cars
would travel through the "public safety zone" around the airport.

....

Friends of the Earth said it strongly supported the project and if new
transport methods were needed, the scheme "was exactly the sort of
initiative TfL should be considering".

The scheme's docking stations were not in the airport's safety zone, it
said, but a TfL transport assessment "clearly shows the cable car
passing through the passenger safety zone".

The organisation called for Mr Johnson to commission a "proper analysis
of the safety issues"."

More in www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12363423