US EditionLisbon transport board resigns over deadly funicular crash
The board resigned after a report found the haulage cable was uncertified and maintenance was inadequate, contributing to the deaths of 16 people, officials said.
- On May 5 the 150-year-old Elevador da Gloria funicular derailed in Lisbon, killing 16 adults including Kayleigh Smith and Will Nelson.
- An initial report found the underground steel haulage cable connecting the two cars wasn’t strong enough, and due to their counterbalance, the second carriage lost control.
- When the haulage cable failed, safety systems cut power so the pneumatic brake no longer worked and the manual brake was insufficient.
- Lisbon authorities ordered all cable cars out of service until safety checks, and investigators said the report is not intended to determine liability or blame.
- Investigators flagged systemic maintenance shortcomings, describing five instances of maintenance failings and noting the cable had been in place for less than a year; a fuller final report is expected next year.
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Almost 50 days after the derailment of the Glória funicular in Lisbon, which cost the lives of 16 people, the president of the public company Carris, which managed the transport, presented his resignation, along with the rest of the board of directors. Pedro de Brito Bogas’s resignation came after the publication of the first official report on the event that revealed the existence of multiple failures that could have contributed to the accident.
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The president of the Board of Directors of Carris, Pedro de Brito Bogas, has presented his resignation after the Office of Prevention and Investigation of Air and Rail Accidents (GPIAAF) concluded this week in a preliminary report that the cable of the accidented funicular in early September and that he left 16 dead was not certified for the transport of people. De Brito has met this Wednesday with the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, and has pre…
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