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Cable broke before Lisbon funicular crash, initial findings show

Cable broke before Lisbon funicular crash, initial findings show
world9/7/2025

Sixteen people died in Wednesday’s disaster in the Portuguese capital, among them 11 foreigners.

A cable connecting two carriages snapped before Wednesday’s derailment of a Lisbon funicular, which left 16 dead, initial findings of a government investigation showed. “From the on-site study ot the wreckage, it was immediately clear that the cable ... [940 chars]