The first survey of the tragedy in Lisbon showed that the cable that connected two wagons of the city’s historic cable car was cut, causing 50 seconds to crash at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. According to a Guardian report, the findings were published on Saturday by the Portuguese Airline and Railway Accident Investigation Office (GPIAF) on the tragedy that cost 16 people, injuring 25 others, five of whom are in critical condition. One operator tried to apply emergency brakes, but failed to prevent derailment, the researchers said. A scheduled visual inspection was held on the morning of the accident, but the area where the cable was broken “was not visible without disassembly” and the rest of the mechanism was operating normally, added to the report. The wagons of the city’s iconic cable carrier had no more than six meters when they “suddenly lost the power of bonding the connecting cable”. ‘According to the data observed until […]
Source: News Beast
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