By FranceTV info Two and a half years after the fatal accident of Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne), the investigation continues. L e 12 July 2013, the derailment of a train killed seven people and wounded dozens. In case, one plate, that is to say, a kind of coarse staple on the switch, a crack was not detected from the tour monitoring, and which three of the four bolts were broken or loosened . The splint was then rotated, which had caused the accident.
The crack on the offending piece was known agents maintenance SNCF since 2008. Despite this, according to experts cited in the additional expert report requested by SNCF, revealed Thursday, January 21 with Le Parisien and Europe 1, the assembly in question “has not so far been adequately monitored.” And “effective supervision” would probably have averted the tragedy of Brétigny. Experts write it in black and white highlights Europe 1. FranceTV info recalls the oppressive elements of this report.
An alert on the eve of the fatal accident
This is, according to Le Parisien , the “most damning” of the document. “ The July 11, 2013, the eve of the fatal accident, a technical review of the SNCF on the track section in question emphasizes that the lights are red “ notes the daily. He also claims that the reference “big problems in Brétigny” is clear in this report, exhumed by the investigators of the judicial police, and cited by the experts.
Problems so severe that “ it is necessary that the DU [unit manager, a security officer] intervene to redress the” , is it written in the document.
Individual mistakes
Since the opening of a judicial inquiry by the prosecution of Evry, only two corporations were indicted, SNCF and Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), both defendants for homicides and unintentional injuries. But, according to Europe 1, for the first time, advanced document individual mistakes.
Experts identify, according to the radio that the train is suspected of having concealed certain maintenance notebooks. “An incomprehensible confusion” from the railway in the supervision of a track piece is also noted. Friday, January 15, three railway workers of the SNCF were placed under assisted witness status. “It’s not indictments, but an assisted. This witness status is an intermediate status that allows them to have access to the file “, said the prosecutor of Evry.
“We can not be content to pursue legal persons”, esteem in Le Parisien Gerard Chemla, counsel for Mutual Aid association and defense of victims of the accident at Brétigny.
Questions about the seals
According to Le Parisien, the experts go so far as to question the sealed: the are damaged bolts and screws collected at the scene of the drama are- How well those involved? “They actually noted errors in the preparation and reconciliation of seals, the consideration for the proposition of a poorly maintained road” , the paper says.
The question had already been asked by counsel for the SNCF to question the quality of investigations of the Investigation Bureau land transport accidents (BEA-TT) .
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