Overview
- Portugal’s GPIAAF says the Glória funicular derailed after a cable that was not certified for passenger transport and did not meet CCFL specifications failed.
- The document highlights accumulated failures in CCFL’s procurement, acceptance and maintenance controls that allowed unsuitable cables to be installed.
- Emergency systems cut power and the guard brake was triggered automatically and manually, yet the cabin was not immobilized.
- The broken cable had been in service 337 days, and similar cables operated up to 601 days without incidents, so findings remain provisional under judicial secrecy with a final report due within a year.
- Sixteen people were killed on September 3, including five Portuguese and eleven foreign nationals, and other Lisbon funiculars remain suspended pending safety verification.