The failure of a steel cable and other maintenance flaws contributed to the crash on Wednesday, September 3, an official preliminary report said
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The failure of a steel cable and other maintenance flaws contributed to the crash on Wednesday, September 3, an official preliminary report said
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The cause of the Lisbon funicular crash that killed 16 people and injured 21 others has been revealed in a new report into the incident.
The investigators stress they have not yet reached ‘valid conclusions’ about the cause of the crash
A preliminary report says a cable that broke on the Glória funicular last month had never been certified, and mentions other…
September Lisbon funicular crash killed 16 due to faulty cable, prompting closure of other funiculars for safety checks.
Report says snapped cable between cabins was substandard and city’s other funiculars should fix risk before reopening
The rest of the mechanism worked properly, says a preliminary report into the crash which killed 16 people.
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