Pilot averts ‘Bahanaga-like’ mishap, 15 km from crash web site

By Express News Service

BALASORE/BHUBANESWAR: Even because the tragic practice crash at Bahanaga, which claimed 293 lives, continues to be contemporary in public reminiscence, the same mishap was averted at Nilagiri Road station underneath Kharagpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER), because of the alertness of loco pilot on Tuesday. The station is nearly 15 km from Bahanaga in Balasore district.

The loco pilot of the Bhadrak-Balasore MEMU passenger practice observed the locomotive getting into the down loop line even because the sign was by means of for the mainline and utilized the brakes instantly. Fortunately, the practice carrying round 400 passengers was transferring at round 7 kmph and no untoward incident occurred.

Sources stated, the practice had simply began leaving the station at about 10.54 am after practically one minute of halt when the pilot observed that the purpose was in ‘reverse’ (in direction of loop line as an alternative of the mainline). “He applied brakes and brought the train back to the station. The point should have been towards the mainline when the signal was through, but it was in reverse for loop line. Though immediately it could not be ascertained why the point was in reverse, this could be possibly due to failure in the electronic interlocking system,” the sources stated.

The sudden reverse motion of the practice triggered panic among the many passengers. Most of them bought down after seeing the practice transferring backwards. Train providers on the down line have been disrupted for greater than two hours following the incident. The MEMU, nonetheless, left Nilagiri Road station after needed repairs have been made to the monitor on the recommendation of the management room at Kharagpur.

The practice, which was supposed to achieve Balasore at 11.10 am, arrived at 1.34 pm. For his courageous act, passengers applauded the pilot and garlanded him. While the SER authorities are tight-lipped concerning the suspected failure within the digital interlocking system, consultants stated a disaster like Bahanaga was averted solely because of the alertness of the loco pilot. “The failure in the interlocking system is similar to that of Bahanaga. The only difference is the point here was towards the down loop line while the Bahanaga incident was on the up loop line. Had it been an Express train and the incident happened in the night, it would have been a disaster,” they stated.

CPRO of SER Aditya Kumar Chaudhary stated the loco pilot stopped the practice after he bought confused noticing the purpose place. He, nonetheless, denied that the purpose was in direction of the loop line. “Station manager and others rushed to the spot to check the track condition. The train left after everything was normalised,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Kharagpur DRM KR Chaudhary has requested Nilgiri Road station supervisor Subas Sethi and a token porter to report at his workplace and submit particulars concerning the incident and the explanations behind it.

BALASORE/BHUBANESWAR: Even because the tragic practice crash at Bahanaga, which claimed 293 lives, continues to be contemporary in public reminiscence, the same mishap was averted at Nilagiri Road station underneath Kharagpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER), because of the alertness of loco pilot on Tuesday. The station is nearly 15 km from Bahanaga in Balasore district.

The loco pilot of the Bhadrak-Balasore MEMU passenger practice observed the locomotive getting into the down loop line even because the sign was by means of for the mainline and utilized the brakes instantly. Fortunately, the practice carrying round 400 passengers was transferring at round 7 kmph and no untoward incident occurred.

Sources stated, the practice had simply began leaving the station at about 10.54 am after practically one minute of halt when the pilot observed that the purpose was in ‘reverse’ (in direction of loop line as an alternative of the mainline). “He applied brakes and brought the train back to the station. The point should have been towards the mainline when the signal was through, but it was in reverse for loop line. Though immediately it could not be ascertained why the point was in reverse, this could be possibly due to failure in the electronic interlocking system,” the sources stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The sudden reverse motion of the practice triggered panic among the many passengers. Most of them bought down after seeing the practice transferring backwards. Train providers on the down line have been disrupted for greater than two hours following the incident. The MEMU, nonetheless, left Nilagiri Road station after needed repairs have been made to the monitor on the recommendation of the management room at Kharagpur.

The practice, which was supposed to achieve Balasore at 11.10 am, arrived at 1.34 pm. For his courageous act, passengers applauded the pilot and garlanded him. While the SER authorities are tight-lipped concerning the suspected failure within the digital interlocking system, consultants stated a disaster like Bahanaga was averted solely because of the alertness of the loco pilot. “The failure in the interlocking system is similar to that of Bahanaga. The only difference is the point here was towards the down loop line while the Bahanaga incident was on the up loop line. Had it been an Express train and the incident happened in the night, it would have been a disaster,” they stated.

CPRO of SER Aditya Kumar Chaudhary stated the loco pilot stopped the practice after he bought confused noticing the purpose place. He, nonetheless, denied that the purpose was in direction of the loop line. “Station manager and others rushed to the spot to check the track condition. The train left after everything was normalised,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Kharagpur DRM KR Chaudhary has requested Nilgiri Road station supervisor Subas Sethi and a token porter to report at his workplace and submit particulars concerning the incident and the explanations behind it.