'May Have Been Us': Lisbon Reels From Funicular Tragedy
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(London/Washington=Yonhap News) Correspondents Kim Ji-yeon and Hong Jeong-gyu = Portuguese prosecutors say two Koreans died in a funicular derailment in Lisbon, Portugal...
In Lisbon, a funicular fell into a building on Wednesday, September 3rd, after rolling down a slope of more than 40 meters. The human score shows at least 16 deaths, five people are still seriously injured this Thursday evening. Investigators have not yet determined the causes of the tragedy. A break in the cable connecting the two vehicles is the most likely track at this stage. The company that maintains the funiculars ensures that the intervi…
The Portuguese authorities concluded this Thursday the identification of eight of the 16 killed in the accident this Wednesday of the Gloria funicular, in the center of Lisbon, of which five are Portuguese, two are South Korean and one is Swiss. Shortly after the announcement of the Prosecutor’s Office, the president of the Judicial Police, Luís Neves, said that they have achieved with a “high degree of probability” establishing the identity of …
Five Portuguese, two Koreans and one Swiss are among the people killed in the funicular accident that killed at least 16 people on Wednesday in Lisbon, announced Thursday the Attorney General's Office of the Republic, saying that it is still working on the identification of eight other corpses. ...
On Thursday, the spectacular derailment of this very popular means of transport by tourists from the Portuguese capital caused 16 deaths and five serious injuries. Could such a tragedy happen elsewhere, when there are many funiculars in the world?
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