"The Gloria funicular, which is 140 years old, was packed with passengers when it came off the rails A further 21 people were injured, including five seriously, when the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the Portuguese city on Wednesday night. Theatre director Kayleigh Smith and her partner Will Nelson, a lecturer at Manchester's Arden School of Theatre, have been named as two of the three Britons who died in the incident, with a third victim yet to be named."
"According to the report, the cabins had travelled "not more than about six metres" when they "suddenly lost the balancing force provided by the cable connecting them". The report states: "Cabin No. 2 suddenly reversed, its movement halting approximately 10 metres beyond due to its partial excursion past the end of the track and the burial of the underside of the trambolho (trolley) at the end of the cable trench."
A 140-year-old Gloria funicular derailed in the centre of a Portuguese city while packed with passengers. Three Britons, including theatre director Kayleigh Smith and her partner Will Nelson, were among the dead; other fatalities included nationals from Portugal, Canada, South Korea, the United States, France, Switzerland and Ukraine. A further 21 people were injured, five seriously. Portugal's Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations released a preliminary report saying the cabins had travelled not more than about six metres when they suddenly lost the balancing force of the connecting cable. An examination showed the connecting cable gave way at its uphill attachment point; preliminary and final reports are expected later. The family of the British couple described themselves as heartbroken.
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