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Bad Aibling rail accident
Deadly 2016 train collision in Bavaria, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 9 February 2016, two Meridian-branded passenger trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling, Germany. Of approximately 150 people on board the two trains, 12 people died and 85 others were injured, 24 critically.
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Bad Aibling rail accident | |
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Date | 9 February 2016 06:47 CET (05:47 UTC)[1] |
Location | Bad Aibling, Bavaria |
Country | Germany |
Line | DB Netze Mangfall Valley Railway |
Operator | Bayerische Oberlandbahn "Meridian" |
Incident type | Head-on collision |
Cause | Signalman's error |
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Trains | 2 |
Passengers | ±150 |
Deaths | 12 |
Injured | 85 |
Damage | 200 m (650 ft) track[2] |
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Two months after the accident, investigators announced that it had been caused by a Deutsche Bahn train dispatcher who gave incorrect orders to the two trains while distracted by a game he was playing on his mobile phone.[3] The dispatcher further compounded his error when, upon realizing it, he tried to send emergency codes to the trains but entered the wrong combination into his computer.