According to a report from the Air and Railway Accident Investigation Office (GPIAAF) published this Monday, October 20, the cable that connected the two cabins during the funicular accident that occurred in Lisbon on September 3 was not up to standard.
This same report specifies that all the funiculars in the Portuguese capital must remain stopped. This measure has already been in force since the accident and aims to guarantee that all funiculars “have a cable fixing and braking system capable of immobilizing the cabins in the event of a cable break.”
A high human cost
As a reminder, 16 people died, including a French woman, after the derailment of Lisbon’s historic funicular, the Gloria, which rolled down the slope of the street before crashing into a building. About twenty more people were injured.
The Portuguese Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, spoke of “one of the greatest human tragedies in the recent history” of the Portuguese country. A national day of mourning was declared the day after the accident, Thursday, September 4.
Source: BFM TV
