Reuters: How the train crash in eastern India unfolded

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/INDIA-CRASH/RAIL-INVESTIGATION/dwvkdwnbkpm/index.html

"CRS investigators suspect the bypass was done by railway workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road traffic at a nearby rail-road intersection, two of the three sources said."

288 people are dead and over a thousand injured.

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Reuters: How the train crash in eastern India unfolded

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/INDIA-CRASH/RAIL-INVESTIGATION/dwvkdwnbkpm/index.html

"CRS investigators suspect the bypass was done by railway workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road traffic at a nearby rail-road intersection, two of the three sources said."

288 people are dead and over a thousand injured.

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An official probe into India's rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movement - an action investigators believe sent a packed express train into a stationary freight train.
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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-odisha-train-crash-manual-bypass-of-signal-being-probed-claims-report-4111476

Cyber experts said the railways used the recently launched Sanchar Saathi AI tool to identify 64 bodies and was successful in 45 cases. From photographs of bodies, it traced mobile numbers as well as Aadhar card
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https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-train-crash-how-railways-used-ai-based-sanchar-saathi-sim-card-to-identify-victims-bodies-8050261.html

‘Deliberate interference’ with system caused #OdishaTrainCrash: #Railway officials

http://toi.in/gYqeOa89/a24gk #press

Relatives scour #OdishaTrainCrash site, hospitals and morgues while praying for a miracle http://toi.in/6IBHVZ/a24gk #press

Police warn those giving #OdishaTrainCrash a communal tint http://toi.in/NElLJY42/a24gk #press

Commission of Railway Safety: Key points about panel probing deadly #OdishaTrainCrash

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http://toi.in/7w9I6b49/a24gk #press

#OdishaTrainCrash : #Balasore hospitals crumble under a deluge of patients

(@debabrata2008 reports)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-biggest-train-accident-in-28-years-leaves-294-dead-and-1-110-injured-hospitals-overwhelmed-in-rural-odisha-101685819446713.html #press

According to the latest data released by the two zones, the South Eastern Railway cancelled trains such as the Chennai-Howrah Mail, the Darbhanga-Kanniyakumari Express and the Kamakhya-LTT Express journey commencing o­n June 3
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https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-train-crash-48-trains-cancelled-39-diverted-7994533.html

'Felt like bomb blast; limbless bodies everywhere': Witnesses say #OdishaTrainCrash 'too terrible to describe'

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#JusticeForOdishaTrainCrash victims! We must demand accountability from the government and ensure that such tragedies are prevented in the future.
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https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-train-crash-condolences-pour-in-prez-murmu-kharge-rahul-pawar-mourn-death-of-victims-7989991.html

President Droupadi Murmu said she was "deeply anguished" by the loss of lives in an unfortunate train accident in Odisha and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured
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https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-train-crash-condolences-pour-in-prez-murmu-kharge-rahul-pawar-mourn-death-of-victims-7989991.html

After a crash involving three trains killed more than 230 people in Odisha last evening, questions are being raised about possible operational lapses that could have contributed to the tragedy.
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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/odisha-train-accident-technical-glitch-or-human-error-questions-raised-after-odisha-crash-4090630