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A report on the deadly Funicular Lisbon Gloria accident said the cable connecting the two jerked cars.
Gloria Funicular Lines The city icon has traveled no more than six meters when they “suddenly lost the balancing power of the connecting cable”.
Vehicle brake guards immediately “activate the pneumatic brakes and manual brakes”, the office for the prevention and investigation of aircraft accidents and train accidents said.
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But the steps “have no effect in reducing vehicle speed”, because it faster and falls about 60kmh (37MPH), and disaster is opened in less than 50 seconds.
The question has been asked about the maintenance of equipment, but the report said that, based on evidence that was seen so far, it was up -to -date.
The scheduled visual inspection has been carried out in the morning of the accident, but the area where the cable broke “was not seen without disassembled.”
Gloria Funicular is a national monument originating from 1914 and is very popular among tourists who visit the Portuguese capital.
Gloria Funicular connects Lisbon’s Restaeradores Square to Bairro Alto Viewpoint
It operates between restaurants in downtown Lisbon and Bairro Alto Neighborhood.
This trip is only 276m (905 feet) and takes more than one minute, but operates on a steep hill, with two cars traveling in the opposite direction.
How the disaster happened
Around 6 pm on Wednesday, cabin No.2, at the bottom of the Funicular, “gasped sharply”, the report said.
“After moving about 10 meters, the movement stopped because some left the rails and the trolley was buried at the bottom end of the cable channel.”
Cabin No.1, above, “Continue to fall and accelerated” before thwarting and destroying “to the side to the walls of a building on the left side, destroying wooden boxes [from which the carriage is constructed]”.
It crashed into an iron pole and supporting pole, causing “significant damage” before hitting the “corner of another building”.
The cable failed above
Ruins analysis shows the cable that connects the cabin fails where it is installed in the upper trolley No.1 at the top.
The useful life determined by the cable is 600 days and during the accident, it has been used for 337 days, leaving 263 days before it needs to be replaced.
The company that operates considers this life expectancy to have a “significant safety margin”.
The exact number of people in each cabin when it falls has not been confirmed.
British killed in disaster
Kayleigh Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, died with 14 others at Wednesday incidentIncluding other British victims who have not been named.
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Five Portuguese residents were killed when the crowded carriage fell out of control – four of them workers in a charity on the hill – But most of the victims are strangers.
