Lisbon is mourning 16 people who were killed in a crash of a picturesque hillside streetcar popular with tourists on Wednesday. The yellow-and-white streetcar – one of Lisbon's major tourist ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Deborah Chung, a University at Buffalo researcher who studies steel cables used in funiculars and bridges, is available to discuss the composition of these materials, how they behave ...

A preliminary report on the accident, which killed 16, said an incorrect cable was being used for the funicular, but that it was not yet possible to know how that figured in the crash. By Jason ...

A cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, hours after the cable had passed a visual check, accident inspectors said Saturday ...

At least 15 people have died after Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway derailed and crashed into a building, also leaving around 18 people injured, authorities said. Footage on Wednesday evening showed ...

(CNN) — A preliminary investigation indicates that a connecting cable broke before Wednesday’s deadly funicular crash in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon that killed at least 16 people and injured ...

A cable that broke in September’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon was not certified to carry people and failed to meet the operator’s specifications, according to interim findings from authorities, ...