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Human error blamed for deadly train collision
By Wang Qingchu |
November 21, 2011, Monday
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POOR management was blamed for the deadly July high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, overturning the previous investigation result which found the defective signal system responsible for the accident.
The local railway authority didn't use the equipment correctly, leading to malfunction. After the equipment broke down, staffers operated it improperly, causing one train to rear-end a stalled one, leaving 40 dead and around 200 injured, revealed Wang Mengshu, deputy director of the investigation team, according to today's Beijing Times.
The signal system is fine. It has been applied in many other high-speed railway routes and no problem has been discovered, Wang said.
The local railway authority didn't maintain the system well, causing it to fail after massive lightning strike when the crash happened, according to Wang.
The investigation report has been completed and was submitted to the State Council for approval in September, the newspaper quoted Wang as saying.
An earlier preliminary investigation showed a design defect of the signal system was blamed for the fatal crash. After being hit by thunder, the malfunction caused the signal equipment to mistakenly show a green light which should have been red at the time, according to Xinhua news agency citing An Lusheng, director of Shanghai Railway Bureau.
The local railway authority didn't use the equipment correctly, leading to malfunction. After the equipment broke down, staffers operated it improperly, causing one train to rear-end a stalled one, leaving 40 dead and around 200 injured, revealed Wang Mengshu, deputy director of the investigation team, according to today's Beijing Times.
The signal system is fine. It has been applied in many other high-speed railway routes and no problem has been discovered, Wang said.
The local railway authority didn't maintain the system well, causing it to fail after massive lightning strike when the crash happened, according to Wang.
The investigation report has been completed and was submitted to the State Council for approval in September, the newspaper quoted Wang as saying.
An earlier preliminary investigation showed a design defect of the signal system was blamed for the fatal crash. After being hit by thunder, the malfunction caused the signal equipment to mistakenly show a green light which should have been red at the time, according to Xinhua news agency citing An Lusheng, director of Shanghai Railway Bureau.
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