A high-speed rail collision resulted in numerous casualties due to a fatigued wheel rim during operational testing runs.
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Updated Jun 27
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What happened
A high-speed rail collision resulted in numerous casualties due to a fatigued wheel rim during operational testing runs.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- A high-speed TGV train test near Strasbourg resulted in a derailment, coinciding with regional train disasters in Spain.Sub-event
High-speed rail accident causes fatalities; investigation points to fatigued wheel rim.1 source
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The entities involved
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Japanese National Railways
public corporation that operated Japanese national railway network from 1949 to 1987
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