Human error at 8:36: the chain of failures and decisions with which the Government explains the new tragedy on the Madrid-Seville line
EL PAÍS has access to the audio recordings of the communications between the train machinists involved in the accident and the Atocha coordination center, which ordered them to proceed with “normal progress”.
The Spanish Government has attributed the collision between an AVE train operated by Renfe and an Iryo train on the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed line to human error. The accident, which occurred near the town of Urda in Toledo, resulted in at least 68 fatalities and 58 people injured to varying degrees.
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