"A Portuguese official inquiry has found that a funicular railcar that crashed in Lisbon killing 16 people last month had a faulty cable and recommended that the city's other funiculars remain closed for the foreseeable future. The report, released on Monday by Portugal's air and rail accident investigations bureau (GPIAAF), said that the iconic railcars needed to remain out of service until they could be declared fully safe."
"A note published by the GPIAAF three days after the crash found that a cable linking two cabins disconnected before the disaster. The latest investigation has found that the cable did not comply with the specifications in force at the CCFL [Lisbon's transport operator] to be used for the Gloria tram. The investigation found that the driver of the funicular had activated the brakes, but that they were not able to stop the carriage from derailing."
"The dead included five Portuguese and 11 foreigners: three from the United Kingdom, two Canadians, two South Koreans, one American, one Frenchwoman, one Swiss and one Ukrainian. About 20 people were also injured in the accident. The faulty cable led to a carriage derailing at 6:15pm local time (17:15 GMT), before speeding down a steep slope and crashing into a building."
An official investigation found that a faulty cable caused the September 3 derailment of the Gloria funicular in Lisbon, killing 16 people and injuring about 20. The accident occurred on the 19th-century Gloria tramway popular with tourists. Investigators found a cable linking two cabins disconnected before the disaster and discovered the cable did not meet CCFL specifications for the tram. The driver activated the brakes but the braking systems could not prevent the carriage from derailing, speeding down a steep slope and crashing into a building at 6:15pm local time. Inspectors must confirm braking systems can immobilise cabins if a cable breaks, and other funiculars remain out of service until declared fully safe; final safety recommendations are expected with the bureau's report within a year.
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