Overview

• Officials report 17 dead and about 21 injured, with foreign nationals among the victims, and France later confirmed one of its citizens died.
• Lisbon suspended its other funiculars for inspections and the country observed a day of mourning, with the city declaring additional municipal mourning.
• Judicial and technical inquiries are underway by the Prosecutor General’s Office and the accident bureau GPIAAF, which has begun preserving evidence on site.
• Carris says all maintenance protocols were followed and notes major servicing in 2022 and an intermediate check in 2024, though upkeep has long been outsourced.
• Witnesses described the car descending at high speed with “no brakes,” while unconfirmed reports of a detached cable remain lines of investigation.