US EditionCable snapped in deadly Lisbon funicular crash, report finds
The snapped cable caused a rapid 60 km/h descent leading to 16 deaths and about 21 injuries on Lisbon's Gloria funicular, despite a recent visual inspection confirming no anomalies.
- On Wednesday, the Gloria funicular derailed near Avenida da Liberdade after a cable linking two cabins disconnected in central Lisbon.
- GPIAAF said the cable had passed a visual check hours before the crash, and investigators confirmed the scheduled maintenance plan was up to date with no anomalies detected in the morning inspection.
- Initial findings show the two cabins traveled about 6 metres after losing cable balance; the brakeman activated pneumatic and manual brakes but `These actions had no effect in stopping or reducing the cabin's speed`, accelerating to 60 kilometres an hour within under 50 seconds.
- Authorities reported 16 people were killed and about 21 injured, including 11 foreign nationals, Canadians Andre Bergeron and Blandine Daux, and four Portuguese social care staff.
- Two separate investigations by the GPIAAF and the prosecutors' office are underway, with a preliminary report due within 45 days.
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The cable will have fallen within the upper threshold of the cabin no.o1, which has landed. A new report is now planned, within 45 days, already after the car elections.
The Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Air and Railway Accidents of Portugal (GPIAAF) certified this Saturday that the cable linking the two cabs of the Gloria de Lisboa funicular, which allows its movement with a counterweight mechanism, broke at the point connected to the cabin at the top of the route.This in the first report sheds light on the possible causes of the derailment that caused the death of 16 people and left more than …
Authorities Point to Cable Disconnecting in First Report on Lisbon Funicular Crash
A preliminary report released Saturday on the deadly funicular accident in Lisbon found that a cable on the upper car had disconnected, and said investigators would be looking at that factor, among others, as they continued to try to understand what went wrong. According to the report by Portuguese authorities, the cable connecting the two cars had failed at its attachment point on the upper car. Investigators found that though two braking syste…
The sinister vehicle, one of the historic icons of the city inaugurated in 1885, had passed all scheduled revisions. Its line remains closed
Experts believe that a connecting cable between two wagons of the Lisbon accident line has broken down, but this does not explain the entire accident.
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