Overview

• Police said the 16 fatalities include five Portuguese, three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, one French national, one Swiss, one American and one Ukrainian, correcting earlier reports to confirm no Germans among the dead.
• Around 20 people were injured, with at least 11 foreign nationals among them, including three Germans — one a three-year-old child — according to emergency officials.
• Portugal’s accident investigation agency (GPIAAF) will issue an initial informative note today and expects a preliminary report in roughly six weeks, alongside a separate judicial probe opened by the public prosecutor.
• Media and some experts cite a possible cable rupture as a leading line of inquiry, though investigators have not confirmed a cause; operator Carris says maintenance was outsourced and protocols, including a same-day inspection, were respected.
• Lisbon suspended its other funiculars for safety checks and observed official mourning as debris was cleared and consular services assisted families.