An electronic signaling system error led to the train derailment in India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Sunday.
in India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Sunday. The error caused a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train in India's eastern state of Odisha, creating a disastrous pileup that involved a second passenger train as well.
Rescuers carry the body of a victim at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, June 3, 2023.Jaya Verma Sinha, a senior railway official, said the preliminary investigations revealed that a signal was given to the high-speed Coromandel Express to run on the main track line, but the signal later changed, and the train instead entered an adjacent loop line where it rammed into a freight loaded with iron ore.
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, June 4, 2023.The electronic interlocking system is a safety mechanism designed to prevent conflicting movements between trains. It also monitors the status of signals that tell drivers how close they are to a next train, how fast they can go and the presence of stationary trains on the track.
Pantry worker Inder Mahato could not remember the exact sequence of events, but said he heard a loud bang when the Coromandel Express crashed into the freight. The impact caused Mahato, who was in the bathroom, to briefly lose consciousness.
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