04-12-2012, 10:12 PM
The accident report concludes that the reason the engineer did not slow down was that the two people in the cab were distracted by paying attention to the extra instrumentation for the test run instead of paying proper attention to what was going on outside the cab. It had been planned that one engineer would drive the train and the other would pay attention to the extra instrumentation, but the one driving also got distracted.
The engineer thus missed the sign about reduced speed ahead, and since the second sign was missing, he did not reduce speed until he saw the curve, by which time it was too late.
The two people who were in the cab has been assigned to non-driving duties.
Since the report concludes that there were no technical problems with the trains, the block on approval has been lifted, and it is expected that the new trains will be formally approved for use by the safety board within the next couple of weeks, and will be put into traffic on the Lillehammer-Skien route in May, about two months delayed.
The engineer thus missed the sign about reduced speed ahead, and since the second sign was missing, he did not reduce speed until he saw the curve, by which time it was too late.
The two people who were in the cab has been assigned to non-driving duties.
Since the report concludes that there were no technical problems with the trains, the block on approval has been lifted, and it is expected that the new trains will be formally approved for use by the safety board within the next couple of weeks, and will be put into traffic on the Lillehammer-Skien route in May, about two months delayed.