The derailment and crash of the Glória funicular on 3 September killed 16 people and injured 21 others. Most of the victims were foreign nationals. The failure of an underground cable and maintenance ...
A cable that broke in September’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon was not certified to carry people and failed to meet the operator’s specifications, according to interim findings from authorities, ...
A preliminary report into the deadly Lisbon Gloria funicular crash has found the cable linking the two carriages was not certified for public transport. The cable that snapped on the Lisbon funicular ...
A Portuguese official inquiry has found that a funicular railcar that crashed in Lisbon killing 16 people last month had a faulty cable and recommended that the city’s other funiculars remain closed ...
A preliminary report into last month's funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people has detailed a litany of failings. Portugal's Air and Rail Accident Investigations Bureau said an underground ...
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LISBON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Lisbon's city council has tasked a team of experts with designing a new mechanism to ensure the safety of the Gloria funicular railway that had a deadly crash last week and ...
0:32 Ottawa man among tourists killed in Lisbon funicular crash Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people ...
in Lisbon this week, hours after the cable had passed a visual check, accident inspectors said on Sept 6. The information came in a note on Sept 3’s accident published by Portugal’s air and rail ...
Initial findings revealed that the funicular accident occurred within 50 seconds. Officials called the deadly crash one of Lisbon's worst tragedies in recent memory. A cable linking two cabins snapped ...
A cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, inspectors said Saturday. The vehicle passed a visual inspection on the morning of ...