The failure of an underground cable and maintenance flaws contributed to last month's funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people and injured 21 others, according to an official preliminary report ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A preliminary report released Tuesday about last month's deadly crash of one of Lisbon's famed funiculars found that an unapproved underground cable snapped just before the incident.

There is a palpable sense of shock on the faces of people looking at the wreckage of a funicular crash in the Portuguese capital where 16 people died - but a three-year-old German boy was among the ...

The failure of a steel cable and maintenance flaws contributed to the crash of a streetcar in the Portuguese capital Lisbon last month that killed 16 people and injured 21 others, according to an ...

A cable linking the two carriages on the Lisbon Gloria funicular snapped, a preliminary report into the deadly crash has found. At least 16 people died and 23 people were injured when the carriage ...

(CNN) — A cable that broke in September’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon was not certified to carry people and failed to meet the operator’s specifications, according to interim findings from ...

LISBON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The cable that snapped and caused a Lisbon funicular railcar to hurtle down a hill in September, killing 16 people, was not certified for use in passenger transport, ...

The head of Lisbon's municipal transport operator and its entire board resigned Wednesday, two days after an inquiry pointed to a faulty cable in a deadly funicular crash last month. The Barron's news ...