LISBON: Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people and injuring another 22 when it crashed into a building, according to a preliminary report. The yellow tram-like carriage, which carries people up and down a steep hillside in the Portuguese capital, hit a building after leaving the track on Wednesday, just meters from its twin at the bottom of a steep hill. Portugal’s Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations on Saturday released its first investigative report into the crash.

More than a dozen people killed and 21 others injured after one of city’s famous streetcars derailed

The crash killed at least 17 people and injured 20 more, some critically, Portuguese authorities say.

Portugal observed a day of national mourning yesterday as the death toll in the Lisbon funicular derailment climbed to 16, while some 21 remain...

Witnesses said the streetcar came careening down its course before derailing on the curved Rua da Gloria just after 6pm.

While awaiting the results of the investigation, the mayor of the Portuguese capital has ordered the immediate suspension of all other funiculars in the city for technical…

A cable on the popular tourist attraction appears to have snapped, causing it to hurtle down a hill and crash into a building.

The famous yellow and white Elevador da Gloria was filled with locals and international tourists when it came off its rails and crashed into a hotel corner building, killing 16…

Portuguese investigators find no evidence of sabotage, with mechanical or maintenance issues among possible causes

Four employees of a non-profit organisation and a transport worker are among those who died.

LISBON: Portuguese authorities have delayed until Saturday the release of their initial findings on what caused the fatal derailment of one of Lisbon’s famous funicular trains,…

The rest of the mechanism worked properly, says a preliminary report into the crash which killed 16 people.

Une « inspection visuelle » réalisée le matin de l’accident n’avait « détecté aucune anomalie », ont précisé les enquêteurs du Bureau d’enquête sur les accidents aériens et…

Investigators say it was not possible to visually inspect section of cable that separated before incident

The Gloria funicular tram disaster, which occured when the iconic streetcar derailed and crashed in the Portuguese capital on Wednesday evening, left 16 dead and 21 injured.

LISBON: Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people and injuring another 22 when it…