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Highlights
- Officials from Portugal's railway and air-traffic incident authority released the on-site wreckage analysis and early conclusions.
- Sixteen people died in Wednesday's crash, including a mix of Portuguese and foreigners, underscoring the global footprint of urban transport incidents.
- Braking capacity appears insufficient to avert disaster; the brakeman did apply brakes, but the system couldn't halt the derailment.
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