Footage from the site of the crash in Lisbon shows the mangled wreckage of the yellow streetcar, which carries people up and down a steep hillside in the Portuguese capital. The line's two cars, each capable of carrying about 40 people, are attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable with traction provided by electric motors on the cars that counterbalance each other. As the cable apparently snapped, the car that was coming down the 265-metre slope lost its ability to brake and derailed on a turn, crashing into a corner building. The car at the bottom of the line jolted back a couple of metres and was apparently undamaged, but one passenger said: 'When I saw the other funicular going down, I shouted to my wife, "We're all going to die here", because I thought the elevator was coming to hit this one'. Thirty-eight people were involved in the accident, 15 were killed at the scene while one more died in hospital overnight. Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised a swift and thorough investigation to determine the causes of the incident, describing it as 'one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history' Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal’s PM vows swift and thorough investigation
Aerial footage shows wreckage of Lisbon funicular crash
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Footage from the site of the crash in Lisbon shows the mangled wreckage of the yellow streetcar, which carries people up and down a steep hillside in the Portuguese capital. The line's two cars, each capable of carrying about 40 people, are attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable with traction provided by electric motors on the cars that counterbalance each other. As the cable apparently snapped, the car that was coming down the 265-metre slope lost its ability to brake and derailed on a turn, crashing into a corner building. The car at the bottom of the line jolted back a couple of metres and was apparently undamaged, but one passenger said: 'When I saw the other funicular going down, I shouted to my wife, "We're all going to die here", because I thought the elevator was coming to hit this one'. Thirty-eight people were involved in the accident, 15 were killed at the scene while one more died in hospital overnight. Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised a swift and thorough investigation to determine the causes of the incident, describing it as 'one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history' Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal’s PM vows swift and thorough investigation
