A Portuguese official inquiry has found that a funicular railcar that crashed in Lisbon killing 16 people last month had a faulty cable and recommended that the city’s other funiculars remain closed for the foreseeable future.

The report, released on Monday by Portugal’s air and rail accident investigations bureau (GPIAAF), said that the iconic railcars needed to remain out of service until they could be declared fully safe. However, safety recommendations are not expected to be provided until the bureau issues its final report on the incident within the next year.

The GPIAAF said that inspectors would need to confirm that the funicular car’s braking systems were “capable of immobilising the cabins in the event of a cable break”.

The accident on September 3 occurred on the 19th cent

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