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On 3 May 2010, the preliminary accident report was submitted by the
Norwegian Accident Investigation Board. It stated that were confusions between train managers at Alnabru which triggered the crash. It was a "misunderstanding between the shunter and another train manager" which caused the empty
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tried to derail the train using a derail switch at
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so the runaway freight train could derail automatically. But also this device failed. Exactly how the train cars became detached and began to roll from
Alnabru is still a mystery. However, later it was clarified by
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derailed near the bridge over Loenga, only 100 meters from Sjursøya. An incident with runaway CargoNet freight cars also occurred in the terminal area at
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freight cars to roll. The train manager released the brakes on the carriages, in the belief that they were connected to a
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with 15 and 7 million
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371:"Sjursøya-ulykken: – Fart opp mot 140 km/t"
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