Japanese names on Spain train passenger list prompt urgent checks

The report also examines whether a train received permission to restart after a communication failure had triggered an automatic stop.

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【スペイン高速列車追突】68人の死亡確認事故前に通信障害で自動停止も…“誤った指示”か

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0:12Correspondent Atsushi Sato reports from near the wreckage as rescuers continue searching through debris.
1:08A passenger describes an impact that threw people into the air while he was having breakfast.
1:28The report gives the death toll and says two Japanese names appear on the passenger list.
2:34A graphic reconstruction explains how a communication failure triggered an automatic stop before the collision.
3:11The transport minister says a train required to remain stopped nevertheless received permission or instructions to restart.
3:42The report notes an earlier accident on the same line in January.

Two Japanese names appear on the passenger list for the trains involved in Spain's fatal high-speed rail collision, with checks continuing to establish their circumstances, Japan's Nippon Television News (日テレNEWS) reports.

The October 29 broadcast reports at least 68 deaths in the collision at Urda. About a day after the crash, correspondent Atsushi Sato describes an intensive search continuing near the wreckage. Rescuers work through debris, while aerial footage shows red and white carriages derailed and overturned.

One passenger recounts having breakfast and drinking coffee when an enormous impact threw people into the air. Another says his train had been stationary for several minutes before it was suddenly struck from behind.

The report's reconstruction turns on the distinction between the initial automatic stop and the subsequent decision to allow movement. Using computer graphics, it explains that a communication failure activated safety equipment and brought trains to a halt before the collision.

Spain's transport minister says the train involved was required to remain stopped but nevertheless received an instruction or authorization to resume running. The broadcast presents a possible incorrect instruction from the control center as a focus of the investigation, rather than an established final finding.

It also notes an earlier accident on the same line in January, placing the inquiry into this collision alongside questions about the route's safety history.

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