Deadly Portugal funicular crash likely due to problems with cable, report says

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.

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