One of the greatest tragedies in its modern history lives, which mourns the loss of 16 people and the injury of 22, in the derailment of the city’s flagship cable car. Early estimates show that one of the cables that held the wagon broke.
Identified the corpses
As ERT reports, according to local authorities, they were confirmed. The victims include five Portuguese, three British, two South Koreans, two Canadians, one Swiss, one Ukrainian, one American and one Frenchman.
Documentary video
A new video from the crash of the Lisbon iconic train with 16 dead and 21 wounded, captures the terror of the passengers of the other wagon waiting to climb the hill.
The first estimates of the causes of the tragedy
Early estimates show that one of the cables that held the wagon broke.
At the heart of the possibility of breaking the rope, which experts attribute to the so -called “fatigue”. It is a gradual wear, as the cable car gloom has been confronted with a three -fold increase in the number of passengers in its line in recent years.
The Carris Municipal Transport Society said all maintenance protocols have been held.
According to a local Observador newspaper, which lasted 30 minutes.
The “miracle of Lisbon”
A three -year -old baby boy recovered alive from the debris with slight wounds was described as the “miracle of Lisbon”.
From wrong information his father was thought to have been killed, but was found injured at San Jose Hospital. The child’s pregnant mother is hospitalized in a obstetric clinic.
