Overview

• The government accident office (GPIAAF) says the subterranean cable linking the two cars failed at its fixation point on the car that derailed.
• Authorities confirm 16 people were killed and 23 were injured in the Sept. 3 crash on the Elevador da Glória.
• The brakeman activated both pneumatic and manual systems immediately, yet the car struck at an estimated 60 km/h in a sequence lasting under 50 seconds.
• The failed cable had been in service 337 days of an estimated 600-day life; a scheduled visual check that morning found no anomaly, and the separation point is not inspectable without disassembly.
• GPIAAF will issue a preliminary report in 45 days as prosecutors pursue a criminal inquiry and Carris conducts an internal audit; the wreckage has been removed and the site remains closed off.