In this disaster 155 passengers lost their lives. Nearly one year after the fire the official inquiry determined the cause of the disaster - it was a faulty heater in the train and highly flammable hydraulic brake oil.
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The train (white) can be seen waiting at the valley station. It enters the tunnel where the fire occurred (entrance just visible as a black dot) after a short open-air section on trestles. Larger version |
The victims were skiers who wanted to reach the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier :
- 92 Austrians
- 37 Germans
- 10 Japanese
- 8 Americans
- 4 Slovenians
- 2 Dutch
- 1 Briton
- 1 Czech