Just watched the initial press conference, which was postponed from 12:00 to 13:15 LT and took some notes:
They say that there are a total of three black boxes in the two trains, of which they recovered two. They expect the third one to be recovered today. The accident happened on a single-track rail in a turn, so the trains probably collided with the maximum speed on that track of 100 km/h. Apparently, there was a delay in the schedule of one (or both?) of the trains prior to the accident.
Apparently, the trains and infrastructure were equipped with the modern PZB-90 system which is supposed to make such accidents impossible. It was updated in 2011 after the last big train crash.
Those responsible said they were surprised that an accident like this is even possible nowadays in Germany.
One journalist said that there are rumors that there was one (two?) intern involved with driving one (or both?) of the trains and asked if this is true. The federal secretary of transport said they don't know. Another guy at the press conference denied this, saying that there was a regular train driver on board, plus a train driver apprentice. He emphasized that this means actually that they were in a better position to provide safety.
The persecutor said that everyone should refrain from speculation based on reports that come out, out of consideration for the victims. They plan to investigate "in all directions", "from technical failure to human error and all possible combinations".
The representative of the Deutsche Bahn said that 2 weeks (or 2 days?) ago, they checked the PZB-90 system at the signal box/interlocking system and everything was working fine, according to him.
Apparently, both train drivers are among the dead.
They say that there are a total of three black boxes in the two trains, of which they recovered two. They expect the third one to be recovered today. The accident happened on a single-track rail in a turn, so the trains probably collided with the maximum speed on that track of 100 km/h. Apparently, there was a delay in the schedule of one (or both?) of the trains prior to the accident.
Apparently, the trains and infrastructure were equipped with the modern PZB-90 system which is supposed to make such accidents impossible. It was updated in 2011 after the last big train crash.
Those responsible said they were surprised that an accident like this is even possible nowadays in Germany.
One journalist said that there are rumors that there was one (two?) intern involved with driving one (or both?) of the trains and asked if this is true. The federal secretary of transport said they don't know. Another guy at the press conference denied this, saying that there was a regular train driver on board, plus a train driver apprentice. He emphasized that this means actually that they were in a better position to provide safety.
The persecutor said that everyone should refrain from speculation based on reports that come out, out of consideration for the victims. They plan to investigate "in all directions", "from technical failure to human error and all possible combinations".
The representative of the Deutsche Bahn said that 2 weeks (or 2 days?) ago, they checked the PZB-90 system at the signal box/interlocking system and everything was working fine, according to him.
Apparently, both train drivers are among the dead.
The accident occurred on a single-track route between Rosenheim and Holzkirchen at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT)
