Automatisierungsleiter bei Seilbahnkatastrophe festgenommen: 19 von 159 Punkten seien erledigt, die Mängel würden nach der Wahl behoben

Serkan Yellice, who is the maintenance and automation manager of the maintenance company and was arrested as part of the investigation into the cable car accident in Antalya where one person died, stated that the regular processes were suspended until after the election. Yellice said, „During the elections, 19 out of 159 points were completed. The remaining deficiencies in the 159 points will be addressed after the elections.“ A mast of the tourist cable car carrying passengers to Tünektepe in Antalya collapsed. The broken pole hit a hut and shattered its base; the hut collapsed, one of the occupants, Memiş Enes Gümüş, died, and seven people, including two children, were injured. An investigation of the incident was initiated, and the Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç announced that five suspects had been arrested. The new mayor of Kepez, Mesut Kocagöz, Ahmet Buğra Samsunlu, mechanical engineer Okan Erol, owner of a Megatower maintenance company Serdar Tezcan, maintenance and automation manager of the maintenance company Serkan Yellice were arrested for the crime of negligent causing of death and injury. Serkan Yellice’s statement, who worked as an automation officer in the company maintaining the cable car, was revealed in the prosecutor’s office. Serkan Yellice stated in his statement that the company submitted a list of 159 points for the maintenance and repair process of the cable car to ANET as a company on November 24, 2023. Serkan Yellice said in his speech: „As a company, we present this document every year. I submit about 100-200 medium maintenance and repair orders to my employer. The torque tightening process on the poles is not usually done every year. The tires of the rollers on the poles are not routinely changed every year. However, as a company, we submit these issues every year as suggestions to organize them. Due to the elections, 19 out of 159 points were completed. The remaining deficiencies in the 159 points will be addressed after the elections. Extensive maintenance work has been carried out from 2017 to this year. Since municipal elections are scheduled for March, I have concluded that the routine intensive maintenance processes performed every year will be divided.“ „The mechanical engineer Okan Erol told me that the cable car is being maintained, will be closed on February 19, and will reopen on March 5. I think Ahmet Buğra Samsunlu gave this instruction to Okan Erol. It was Ahmet Buğra Samsunlu who ordered the facility to be opened without addressing the deficiencies.“ T24