Lisbon funicular crash update as report into incident that killed 3 Brits released | World | News

A newly released report on the Lisbon Fünicular accident confirmed that the cable of the line was captured and the brakes of the brakes activate the brakes. The first report for the prevention and investigation of Portugal’s aircraft accidents and railway accidents, said the cars traveled for more than six meters when the cars suddenly lose their balancing power “.

Glória Fünikül, a popular tourist attraction in the center of the Portuguese capital, was among the three British when he fell into a building on Wednesday and hit a building. 36 -year -old British couple Kayleight Smith and 44 -year -old William Nelson died in the incident. A third British victim has not yet been named.

In the report, the french immediately enabled the pneumatic brake and manual brake, but found that “no effect on reducing the speed of the vehicle”.

The funicular accelerated and fell on approximately 37mph.

Local police, Portuguese, South Korean, Switzerland, Canada, Ukraine, French and American citizens said that the report was in 50 seconds, he said.

Firstly, the tram -like Glória Fünikles, which was first opened in 1885, were brought to the agenda during the age and care.

However, its current form and configuration dates back to 1914 and said that it has undergone “various” protection and improvement projects during this time.

So far, it has found that all maintenance was up to date on evidence.

On the morning of the accident, a planned visual examination was made “which does not detect any abnormality in the cable or brake systems of vehicles.

However, the area where the cable is broken is “invisible without dismantling”.

The broken cable was in a 600 -day defined “useful life”.

It had been used for 337 days, so it was 263 days before it was replaced.

“The operator of the system sees the defined useful life of the cable as an important security factor,” the report said in the report. He said.

The wreckage analysis showed that the cables combining the cabins gave a “way” at the attachment point in the cabin (multiplier transport) on the top of the funicular.

The cabin came out of the rail about 170 meters after the speed and began to roll before hitting the wall of a building.

Glória Fünikül is 276 meters long and covers an average of 18%gradient and a 45 -meter decrease.

Moda Bairro connects the city center to the city center of Lisbon and takes about one minute to complete the journey.

The accident was around 18.00.

The other carrier was affected by the cable number 2 and the cabin was “suddenly reversed”.

“The movement stands about 10 meters away due to a partial trip passing through the end of the runway.” He said.

The number of people on the ship is not determined.

Five people were injured in the incident, including seriously seriously.

The inspectors said that no “no valid result” was issued from their first report.

A complete preliminary report is expected in the next 45 days.