What we know about deadly crash

On one of the most tourist attractions in Lisbon, the Glória railway translated from its path and crashes on Wednesday. A famous tram -like transportation shape is designed to travel up and down at the slope of high slope.

The Portuguese authorities confirmed that 16 people were killed, as they reviewed a previous figure who put the death toll at the age of 17.

It is not yet clear the reason for the decrease in transportation, but local media reports say that the cable error is suspected.

Investigating the cause of the accident is under implementation.

Here all we know yet.

The vehicle went out of its path around 18:15 (17:15 GMT) on Wednesday, September 3, near Avina da Larddy Street in the city.

More than 60 rescue personnel and 22 vehicles were deployed at the scene.

Officials say it is too early to determine the cause of the accident, but the Portuguese newspaper states that a cable came along the railway road, causing loss of control and collision with the building.

While smoke flooded the area, people can see escaping from the scene.

Pictures and shots show a yellow carpentry, dumped on the stones of gravel, surrounded by emergency respondents.

Some people were trapped in debris, and they had to be released by emergency workers.

Tourist guide Mariana Fiorido witnessed the accident and was among those who tried to save people.

“People started jumping from the windows inside the surfaces at the bottom of the hill,” she told the BBC.

Then I saw another one [further up] This was already crushed. I started climbing the hill to help people, but when I got there, the only thing I heard was silence. “

She said that what she witnessed yesterday evening was “very difficult to describe it.” “It was very bad. Big tragedy.”

Emergency services gave the death toll from 17 on Thursday, but Prime Minister Luis Montenego later said that 16 fought.

The reports in Portugal were attributed to the death toll to a repeated recording of a victim in one hospital.

The exact information about who was riding the surfaces at that time – which may have been injured in the street – is still unclear but at least 20 people were injured.

Among those who were transferred to the hospital are four Portuguese, two Germans, two Spaniards, one from the Cape Verdian, one Canadian, one Italian, one French, one Swiss, one Moroccan and one Korean, and the city’s municipal protection service in the city saying that she said.

André Jorge Gonçalves Marques, an employee of the city’s public transport operator, Carris, among the dead.

“In 15 years with Carris, he performed his duties with happiness,” the company said.

The Portuguese media reported that a three -year -old child is being treated in a Lisbon hospital, while the mother of the child, a pregnant woman, was transferred to the motherhood unit.

Glória Bunicular can carry about 40 passengers and are very popular among tourists, but it is very important for the city’s residents to help them travel up and down in the mountainous streets of Shabuna.

The number of people on board the plane is not known at the time of the plane crash.

The surface is a type of railway system that allows to travel up and down at the slope of high slope, and in Lisbon, it is a decisive way to move in the acute streets of the city.

The surface railway in the city – Glória, Lavra, Bica and Graça – is a famous tourist attraction, as the bright tram -like yellow vehicles rolled in the mountain streets often.

Glória was opened in 1885 and entered three decades.

About 275 meters (900 feet) travels from restaurants, which is a city in downtown city, to the scenic streets of Bairro Alto. The journey takes only three minutes.

The vehicles are operated on the Glória Road by electric motors instead of a hydraulic system.

It is linked to the opposite tip of the transport cable, which means that when someone travels down, he raises his other weight, allowing them to rise and slope at one time, which reduces the necessary energy.

The second, sound transportation can only be seen meters away from debris at the bottom of the hill.

Unfortunately, the accident, Karis said he opened an investigation “to determine the causes of this accident.”

The company said in a statement It has complied with “all maintenance protocols”:

• Public maintenance was conducted every four years and the last time was implemented in 2022

• Temporary reforms were made every two years, the last of which was in 2024

• It was also accurately complied with “monthly and weekly maintenance programs and daily inspections”

“The maintenance of the contractor has been implemented by the contractor over the past 14 years.

“We have strict protocols and excellent professionals for many years, and we need to reach the bottom of what happened,” he added.

The country was noticing a patriotic day of mourning on Thursday, while the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Mouida, announced three days of mourning in the capital.

Publishing on X, Modas said: “I offer my heart condolences to all the families and friends of the victims. Lisbon in mourning.”

Portuguese President Marcelo Reblo de Sousa said it was “deeper”, sorry “, the deaths and serious injuries” resulting from the accident.

Pedro Sanchez, neighboring Prime Minister of Spain, said it was “horrific from the terrible accident.”

He wrote in a statement on X. “All affection and solidarity with the families of the victims and with the Portuguese people at this difficult moment.”

It was sent by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin, “its condolences to the families of the victims.”

In an interview with the BBC Radio 4 program today, Fabiana Pavel, president of the Lisbon Residents Association, said that her community was shocked.

“Especially for people who suffer from low transportation because they are easily allowed to climb very slope,” she said.

“At the time of the accident, there may be parents with children returning from school.”

Ms. Pavel added that the cable is used inappropriately by tourists, leaving the local residents unable to use the service as a means of transportation “because it has become a tourist attraction.”

The flags outside the European Parliament in Brussels were flying in half of the mast to celebrate the Portuguese Mourning Day.

“The tragic incident on the Enterador Da Gloria Europe was deeply shook,” Roberta Metula, Speaker of the European Parliament, was published on X.