Egypt train collision kills more than 100 people, investigation shows negligence of duties by many parties

On the 9th local time, the Egyptian General Prosecutor's Office ordered the establishment of a committee composed of professors from Cairo University's School of Engineering to review the Egyptian National Railway's operating system and the safety and operational status of equipment, personnel monitoring and signaling systems. At the same time, an accident investigation team composed of personnel from the General Procuratorate went to the accident site to conduct on-site investigations and conducted interviews with relevant responsible persons. The investigation revealed that multiple parties were negligent in their duties in the train collision.

The investigation team reviewed the on-site surveillance video, visited Ayat Central Hospital and other hospitals that treated the injured, and listened to the testimonies of the injured and eyewitnesses. Multiple injured persons confirmed that Train 134 had been traveling at high speed from the time it left Ayat Station to the time of the accident. A technical inspection of the automatic train control system and the station confirmed that the train driver had turned off the automatic train control system 134 times.

The director of Egypt's Central Signals and Communications Authority confirmed that the station attendant and person in charge made omissions in the operation of the monitoring control panel, which was consistent with their statements during the investigation. Station supervisors and monitoring personnel admitted to negligence in monitoring the status of traffic signal towers, and monitoring personnel also tampered with signal logs in an attempt to cover up their dereliction of duty.

On the 8th, train 134 from Giza to Fayoum collided with train 2010 from Cairo to Aswan. So far, the accident has killed 7 people and injured 125 others. (Headquarters reporter Wu Aimin)