The problem with a cable seems to have been the reason that caused the multi -day accident with the cable car Gloria to Lisbon Consequently, his cabin to descend a hill with a momentum and uncontrollably.
Portugal’s office on air and rail accident investigations released yesterday (06.09.2025) The first report of his investigation into the accident with the Gloria cable car in Lisbon.
According to the same report, the cabins traveled “no more than about six meters” when “suddenly lost the power that balancing them through the cable that connected them”.
“The second cabin (number 2) suddenly turned over, since its movement was interrupted about 10 meters off the line and because of its partial derailment but also Because the lower side of the trolley was buried at the end of the cable duck».
The first cabin (number 1) at the top of Calcada da Gloria, continued its downward course by increasing its speed.
The report adds: “The cabin brake operator immediately applied the compressed air brake and the handbrake, in an attempt to stop the cable car’s movement immediately. These actions did not have any effect on braking or cutting the cabin speed, as it continued to accelerate by descending the slope».
The yellow tram -like cable car carried people by climbing a steep hillside to the Portuguese capital, falling on a building after it was derailed last Wednesday (03.09.2025), while They were a short distance from his twin cable car, at the base of a steep hill.
At least 16 people were killed and another 22 were injured when the cable car fell on a building, according to a preliminary report.