Oct. 21 (UPI) --A preliminary report released Tuesday about last month's deadly crash of one of Lisbon's famed funiculars found that an unapproved underground cable snapped just before the incident.

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, ...

The failure of an underground cable and maintenance flaws contributed to last month's funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people and injured 21 others, according to an official preliminary report ...

(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 ...

At least 16 people were killed when a world-famous funicular railcar derailed and overturned in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday. A carriage on Glória Funicular, which connects Lisbon’s downtown near ...

A cable linking the two carriages on the Lisbon Gloria funicular snapped, a preliminary report into the deadly crash has found. At least 16 people died and 23 people were injured when the carriage ...

LISBON (Reuters) -The death of at least 16 people in an historic cable car that derailed in Lisbon has exposed flaws in the "old charm" image of the Portuguese capital, which is brimming with tourists ...