Initial report into Lisbon funicular crash due after 16 killed

Portuguese investigators find no evidence of sabotage, with mechanical or maintenance issues among possible causes

‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16

Portuguese accident investigators are due to release their preliminary report into the funicular railway crash that killed 16 people and injured 21 others on Wednesday evening.

The accident, described by the country’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”, happened shortly after 6pm when one of the Elevador da Glória’s two streetcars derailed and hurtled down a hill and into a building in the centre of the Portuguese capital.