Major update on Lisbon funicular crash as report into incident that killed 3 Brits emerges Newspoint  |  07/09/2025 11:39:10

A newly-released report into the Lisbon funicular crash has confirmed that the cable of the line snapped and the brakeman activated the brakes. The report by the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft Accidents and Railway Accidents said the carriages had no travelled no further than six metres when they "suddenly lost the balancing force of the connecting cable".

Three Britons were among the 16 who died when the Glória funicular, a popular tourist attraction in the centre of the Portuguese capital, crashed on Wednesday.

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