{"id":93063,"date":"2025-09-07T16:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93063"},"modified":"2025-09-07T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:08:52","slug":"cable-snapped-before-lisbon-funicular-crash-investigators-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93063","title":{"rendered":"Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash, investigators say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday\u2019s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon say a cable along the railway\u2019s route snapped, but the rest of the mechanism was functioning properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter examining the wreckage at the site, it was immediately determined that the cable connecting the two carriages had given way,\u201d a statement by the national transport safety office said.<\/p>\n

The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, the investigators add.<\/p>\n

Sixteen people died and about 20 were injured when the upper carriage of the iconic yellow Gl\u00f3ria funicular railway crashed into a building.<\/p>\n

Five of those killed were Portuguese along with three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, a Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national, police said.<\/p>\n

The 140-year-old funicular is designed to travel up and down Lisbon\u2019s steep slopes, and is an important form of transport for the city\u2019s residents \u2013 and a popular tourist attraction.<\/p>\n

Although the brakeman activated the pneumatic brakes and a manual brake when the cable came loose, it is not clear whether another, automatic brake came on as it was supposed to, the report states.<\/p>\n

It says the carriage was travelling at about 60km\/h (37mph) when it hit the building.<\/p>\n

The seven-page statement also says the cable was only 337 days into its expected 600-day operational life.<\/p>\n

It is still unclear how many victims were travelling on the carriage, which can hold about 40 passengers, and how many were on the street, the document states.<\/p>\n

Six of those injured were admitted to intensive care, while three sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n

The investigators stress they have not reached \u201cvalid conclusions\u201d about the cause of the crash and will provide a full preliminary report within 45 days.<\/p>\n

Portugal\u2019s Prime Minister, Luis Montenegro, described the incident as \u201cone of the biggest tragedies of our recent past\u201d.<\/p>\n

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