A cable linking the two carriages on the Lisbon Gloria funicular snapped, a preliminary report into the deadly crash has found. At least 16 people died and 23 people were injured when the carriage ...

Police were seen examining the mangled wreckage of the streetcar before govenrment officials carry out a formal investigation - AP Photo/Armando Franca Lisbon’s 140-year-old Glória funicular was ...

On a sunny afternoon, what was meant to be a scenic cable car ride over Lake Maggiore and the snow-capped Alps turned into an unimaginable nightmare. In a matter of seconds, the cable snapped, sending ...

A cable failure in a Portugal streetcar killed 16 people and injured 21 in one of Lisbon’s worst recent tragedies. The century-old funicular’s connecting cable snapped at the attachment point, causing ...