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"DC subway warned before crash" - 6/23/2009 2:18:58 PM

Vendaval

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About the nation's aging infrastructure and transportation issues ->

"DC subway warned before crash"
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Jun. 23 - Three years before a deadly crash involving subway cars in Washington, DC -- transit authorities were warned to upgrade the safety standards of older subway cars.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=106744&videoChannel=1

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RE: "DC subway warned before crash" - 6/23/2009 4:16:29 PM

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I saw a similar article, but it's not necessarily related to the crash. The warning was for certain older cars' tendency to roll back.

This crash was a case of a train stopped on the tracks waiting for another to clear the station ahead. A third train collided with the stopped one.

Current theory from the NTSB is computer system failure, as the third train was in automatic mode.

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