Train left at 5:02AM and derailed 5 minutes later, but nobody knew until the driver called 110 at 6:55am. That's a long time to be unconscious for, and nobody to notice that the scheduled train was not arriving at stations.
Yeah, was wondering about this too. Isn't exactly clear what happened yet, including if the branch was spotted by the driver in the first place or not, etc. Weird and scary. But glad he is somehow miraculously safe.
The article got updated and this is wat it translated to:
An abnormality was detected in the train centralized control unit (CTC) at 5am. After that, the vehicle was not found, so rail officials began a search, checked the status of the derailment and called 110 at 6:53 a.m.
Train left at 5:02AM and derailed 5 minutes later, but nobody knew until the driver called 110 at 6:55am. That's a long time to be unconscious for, and nobody to notice that the scheduled train was not arriving at stations.
Yeah, was wondering about this too. Isn't exactly clear what happened yet, including if the branch was spotted by the driver in the first place or not, etc. Weird and scary. But glad he is somehow miraculously safe.
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASTDC7KS8TDCUJUB001M.html suggests that it was a call from the train's destination, which is more worrying in some ways?
The driver could have been out of mobile range, that would be more understandable.
The article got updated and this is wat it translated to: