• 31 dead, 100 injured as train derails in India
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[quote] Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDT 31 dead, 100 injured as train derails in India By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH Associated Press FATEHPUR, India (AP) -- Rescuers searched for survivors in the wreckage of a packed express train that derailed in northern India on Sunday afternoon, killing at least 31 people, while officials said a second train derailment hundreds of miles (kilometers) to the northeast appeared to have been caused by a remote-controlled bomb. Rescuers were working to reach the second derailment, which occurred late Sunday night in a rural area of Assam state, injuring at least 100. The two railway incidents did not appear to be related. In the first crash, the Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Howrah, a station near Kolkata in eastern India, when 12 coaches and the engine jumped the tracks at Malwan station, near the town of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh state, senior railway official A.K. Jain said. The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear but it appeared that the driver applied the emergency brakes, Jain said. At least 31 people were killed and rescue workers pulled at least 100 injured passengers out of the wreckage, said Brij Lal, a state police official. Hours later, the second train derailed in the northeastern state of Assam, injuring at least 100 people, said S.K. Roy, a local magistrate. Local police suspect that a remote control-triggered bomb caused four coaches of the Gauhati-Puri Express to be thrown off the tracks in the town of Rangiya, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of the state's capital, Gauhati, Roy said. S. Hajong, a local railways spokesman, said two of the four coaches plunged into a pond and casualties are feared. Roy did not blame any rebel group and no one has taken responsibility for the attack so far. More than 30 groups in northeastern India have been fighting for decades for independence or wide autonomy in the region, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) east of New Delhi. It was the third train accident in India in the last four days. A train hit a bus at an unmanned railway crossing last Thursday, killing 35 people. In Fatehpur, the accident site was a pile of twisted metal. At least one coach flew above the roof of another ahead of it and was dangling precariously, television footage showed. Another coach was thrown away from the rest of the train. The toll was likely to rise as rescuers made their way through the coaches and used gas cutters to cut through the mangled metal, Lal said. Rescue efforts continued late into the night. "We're trying to cut into the coaches and rescue those still trapped inside," Lal said. A senior railway official, H.C. Joshi, told CNN-IBN news channel that rescuers were struggling to free at least five people pinned under the wreckage of one of the worst-damaged coaches. Medical personnel rushed to the area, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. Army helicopters were ferrying the most seriously injured victims to hospitals and 30 army engineers had joined the rescue efforts, Lal said. TV stations showed local residents helping injured passengers away from the train, several in makeshift stretchers, and breaking the windows of coaches to help those trapped inside. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed "deep sorrow and shock" at the loss of lives. The Railways Ministry announced compensation of 500,000 rupees ($11,000) for the families of those killed in the accident. The number of passengers on board the Kalka Mail - named for its past use in the postal service - was not known. Express trains normally carry about 1,000 people and travel at speeds of 60-80 miles (100-130 kilometers) per hour. India's railroad network is one of the largest in the world and carries about 14 million passengers a day. Accidents are common, with most blamed on poor maintenance and human error. --- Biswajeet Banerjee in Lucknow contributed to this story. © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.[/quote] [url]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_TRAIN_ACCIDENT?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT[/url] Let's not derail the thread with arguments.
haha derail train i get oh wait no 31 people died this isnt funny at all
You would think after seventy six rail accidents since 1980, they would at least bother to make their rail transport safer.
[QUOTE=wow_player_420;31036220]haha derail train i get oh wait no 31 people died this isnt funny at all[/QUOTE] stop derailing this thread
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;31036655]You would think after seventy six rail accidents since 1980, they would at least bother to make their rail transport safer.[/QUOTE] Things like this happen all the time. Just look at America, 9/11 happens... they make TSA, still the same level of safety as always. [QUOTE=Destroyertf;31036676]stop derailing this thread[/QUOTE] Too late.
[QUOTE=J!NX;31036800]Things like this happen all the time. Just look at America, 9/11 happens... they make TSA, still the same level of safety as always. [/QUOTE] Uh, there's a huge difference between terrorist attacks and idiotic security measures, and failure to maintain an infrastructure that hundreds of millions depend on so much.
[quote]Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed "deep sorrow and shock" at the loss of lives. The Railways Ministry announced compensation of 500,000 rupees ($11,000) for the families of those killed in the accident.[/quote] So, instead of actually using that money to improve the railway system and prevent a fuckton of accidents, they just give money away to the relatives of the victims... personally, I don't think my family would be too pleased to find out my life costs 11k. They'd find that gesture insulting.
[QUOTE=J!NX;31036800]Things like this happen all the time. [B]Just look at America, 9/11 happens... they make TSA, still the same level of safety as always.[/B] Too late.[/QUOTE] This makes no sense and I don't see how you could possibly relate it to making trains safer in India.
When this kind of stuff happens all the time it's hard to keep track.
I was in India a few months ago and on several trains during that trip. Talk about lucky timing
Dammit guys you make me lose my train of thought
[b]31 people die in Indian train wreck, teenagers all over 'facepunch.com' make good punz about it.[/b] Wow that's cool guys.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041564][b]31 people die in Indian train wreck, teenagers all over 'facepunch.com' make good punz about it.[/b] Wow that's cool guys.[/QUOTE] Yet no one ever complains about South Park making extremely racist jokes and joking about people like Billy Mays and Michael Jackson shortly after their deaths. It's completely okay for them to do it because their show is based around dark humor. Dark humor is not allowed unless South Park is doing it.
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;31041618]Yet no one ever complains about South Park making extremely racist jokes and joking about people like Billy Mays and Michael Jackson shortly after their deaths. It's completely okay for them to do it because their show is based around dark humor. Dark humor is not allowed unless South Park is doing it.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry I complained about the puns but didn't [B]think[/B] to drag South Park into it, how awful of me. I don't really watch South Park, I don't really care. If they want to make a bunch of insulting jokes and get away with it by saying "Hey c'mon guys, we're South Park, what did you expect xD" fine, I'm not going to go out of my way to complain about it. I just don't care.
31 people died guys! These puns are really crossing the line!
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041725]I'm sorry I complained about the puns but didn't [B]think[/B] to drag South Park into it, how awful of me. I don't really watch South Park, I don't really care. If they want to make a bunch of insulting jokes and get away with it by saying "Hey c'mon guys, we're South Park, what did you expect xD" fine, I'm not going to go out of my way to complain about it. I just don't care.[/QUOTE] Then go away and don't get teary eyed over people making puns you think are bad. People have different senses of humor and you shouldn't judge their intelligence based off that.
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;31041792]Then go away and don't get teary eyed over people making puns you think are bad. People have different senses of humor and you shouldn't judge their intelligence based off that.[/QUOTE] What
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041564][b]31 people die in Indian train wreck, teenagers all over 'facepunch.com' make good punz about it.[/b] Wow that's cool guys.[/QUOTE] [b]Guy gets buttmad on facepunch, laughing stock of thread[/b]
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041823]What[/QUOTE] You're getting extremely butt hurt over people making puns that you think go too far. Their sense of humor is different from yours and you are assuming they are dumb (that's what the dumb rating is for, calling people dumb) for having a different sense of humor.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041823]What[/QUOTE] the fuck do you even hope to accomplish here
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;31041854]You're getting extremely butt hurt[/QUOTE] I didn't know this Post was mis-interpreted, I need a distraction! Time for plan b! [QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;31041828][B]Guy gets buttmad on facepunch, laughing stock of thread[/B][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7344169/buttmad.png[/IMG] Now's my chance, gotta run BIOTCHEZ!
A thread about a train derailing in India just got derailed. This thread is just sad...
Holy shit. Pretty sure I was on that train last year. If it was, it doesn't surprise me, the tracks are all crap over there, lots of the rails are suspended in the air with nothing to support them (only a foot or two from the ground, but still) -edit- No I wasn't, was headed that way though! Shame it happened, its shit enough around the railways as it is
Indian should stop spending money on military and use it on bloody railways and safety.
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;31038079]This makes no sense and I don't see how you could possibly relate it to making trains safer in India.[/QUOTE] They want to make trains safer, but nothing happens They want to make airports safer, but nothing actually happens. Its also like how I try to make a comparison, just ends up silly. [QUOTE=Waerlock;31047785]Holy shit. Pretty sure I was on that train last year. If it was, it doesn't surprise me, the tracks are all crap over there, lots of the rails are suspended in the air with nothing to support them (only a foot or two from the ground, but still) -edit- No I wasn't, was headed that way though! Shame it happened, its shit enough around the railways as it is[/QUOTE] If my train isn't on the tracks 100% of the time, I'm going to shit myself.
[img]http://www.akademifantasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Ultimate-Train-System-9.jpg[/img] Nope. Totally didn't see that one coming.
[QUOTE=KommradKommisar;31048356][img]http://www.akademifantasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Ultimate-Train-System-9.jpg[/img] Nope. Totally didn't see that one coming.[/QUOTE] Why do I imagine them all riding on it like that?
[QUOTE=Andokool12;31041952]I didn't know this Post was mis-interpreted, I need a distraction! Time for plan b! [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7344169/buttmad.png[/IMG] Now's my chance, gotta run BIOTCHEZ![/QUOTE] You're really dumb.
[QUOTE=J!NX;31048291]They want to make trains safer, but nothing happens They want to make airports safer, but nothing actually happens. Its also like how I try to make a comparison, just ends up silly. If my train isn't on the tracks 100% of the time, I'm going to shit myself.[/QUOTE] Its always on the tracks, is just the some of the actual rails touching the sleepers. Indian rail is so weird, the tracks are covered in shit and rats, people walk across them to get to other platforms, and there are whole tent villages on old track. Its one hell of an experience, would recommend it to anyone
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