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Association, strongly objected to this assignment of blame. They state that since the train was operated at 63 kilometres per hour (39 mph), far below the speed limit, their driver cannot have any responsibility for the incident. They also claimed the accident was not caused by boulders on the tracks.
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Factory was blamed for allowing the coach's undercarriages to become corroded and weakened which contributed to the severity of the derailment. The Pilot was blamed for not having faster reaction time to the incident. The labour union representing the Pilot, The All India Loco Running Staff
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Section Engineer was assigned the brunt of the fault because he allowed full running speed on the section of track too quickly after another rail fracture had been repaired a few feet from where this derailment took place. That first fracture and repair had occurred the day before the derailment.
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A preliminary report was issued 17 March 2015 by the
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An early press report regarding the upcoming preliminary report stated that the derailment was caused by the railway engineers (track supervisors) who allowed the speed limit to be lifted prematurely in an area where a previous broken rail occurred. The report also said that there was no boulder on
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Karnataka Fire Department and voluntary rescue workers arrived at the scene minutes later and began removing survivors from the coaches.
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The final report also states that the train was operating at less than 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), which was below the 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) speed limit. The report also gives the death toll as nine with an injury count of only 42.
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568:"Loco pilots reject rly report on Anekal train accident"
328:"Broken Rail Caused Anekal Accident, Says Probe Report"
574:. The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. 14 January 2016.
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825:Eckwersheim derailment, France
717:Dien Sanh train crash, Vietnam
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114:Bangalore City Junction
84:12.718072°N 77.710795°E
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128:South Western Railway
1070:Derailments in India
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89:12.718072; 77.710795
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309:References
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150:Statistics
137:Derailment
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225:Karnataka
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179:Damage
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155:Trains
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1049:India
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