Italian cable car crash: New footage shows moments leading up to the disaster - Daily Mail

The cable car was carrying the passengers up a mountain overlooking Lake Maggiore in the western Alps when it dropped 1,000ft away from the station shortly after 12pm on May 23.  .

Together, the two new videos - recorded from inside and outside the mountain-side station and released by Italian media - show the 20 seconds of terror leading up to the fatal crash.

One of the videos shows the carriage was just feet away from arriving at the station, when the passengers would have been unaware they would never arrive.

Seconds later, a cable snaps, sending the car and the passengers inside careening back down the mountain while they were being brutally thrown around the cabin. .

The second video outside the station shows the car as it flew down the cables at 60mph, before ultimately crashing at the bottom, killing 14 onboard.

Seconds from disaster: A still grab from the harrowing video shows the moments leading up to the Italian cable car crash on May 23.

The carriage almost reaches the station, before it jerks backwards as a cable snaps and shoots back down the mountain.

The cable car is seen jerking backwards, causing the passengers inside to be thrown to the floor of the carriage, likely unaware of what was happening.

But as the carriage nears the station, a cable snaps causing it to suddenly jerk backwards, beginning 20 seconds of terror for those inside. .

The passengers inside are thrown to the floor of the carriage as it begins to hurtle back down the cables.

The horrifying footage shows the cabin flying back down the cable at about 60mph before it crashed down to the ground .

The cable car was left a crumpled heap on the slopes of the mountain after it was sent crashing to the ground.

The accident was Italy's worst cable car disaster since 1998, when a low-flying US military jet cut through the cable of a ski lift in Cavalese in the Dolomites, killing 20.

Graphic shows the cable car's route after the cable snapped as the car neared the station at the top of the mountain.

The three men who were arrested over the cable car crash were released from jail at the end of May, after a judge found a 'total lack of evidence' against two of them.

Officials said that service manager Gabriele Tadini was put under house arrest, while technical director Enrico Perocchio and the head of the cable car operating company, Luigi Nerini, were released.

Officials said that service manager Gabriele Tadini was put under house arrest, while technical director Enrico Perocchio (right) and the head of the cable car operating company, Luigi Nerini (left), were released

The accident left a five-year-old boy from an Israeli family who lived in Italy as the only survivor

The accident left a five-year-old boy from an Israeli family who lived in Italy as the only survivor