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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Santiago train crash black boxes: driver was on the phone when the accident happened

Black (yellow) box removed
from crash site
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA It's a week today since the tragic train crash that so far killed 79 people. Sixty-six victims are still in hospital, of whom 15 are in a critical state, one of whom is a child. The train's black boxes have been recovered and are being studied, but it has emerged that they reveal that the driver was on the phone to RENFE, who placed the call, when the accident happened. Just prior to this, the train's speed had been 192 k/h, but had been reduced to 153 k/h at the point of impact. Apparently, he received the phone call from the RENFE centre telling him the way to Ferrol, the train's ultimate destination. The sound of paper can be heard on the recording of>>>