"We fulfill a commitment from the Ministry itself to security and transparency, and we also respond to the requirements of the various European institutions and organizations that asked us to strengthen, above all, independence," Puente stated when announcing the creation of AITAT in 2024. #InvestigaciónFerroviaria #SeguridadVial #AITAT (translated)
The AITAT has attributed the train accident in Adamuz to a sudden rail break that may have gone undetected for 22 hours and has requested the implementation of measures to detect this type of breakage on high-speed lines before the passage of other trains. #AccidenteDeTren #RoturaFranca #SeguridadFerroviaria (translated)
The article analyzes the failures in the railway security systems that led to the train collision on the Madrid-Sevilla line, resulting in a tragedy with 69 victims, and highlights the importance of awaiting the conclusions of the Independent Administrative Authority for Technical Investigation (AITAT). #SeguridadFerroviaria #TragediaEnUrda #AltaVelocidadEspañola (translated)
The Spanish high-speed train that collided with a stationary train near Urda was likely traveling between 160 and 200 kilometers per hour, and the death toll was corrected from 74 to 69 after an initial mistake by the investigative body AITAT. #Treinramp #Spanje #Hogesnelheidstrein (translated)
All the researchers, except for three former secretaries [of the three commissions that AITAT now concentrates], are career civil servants in positions that are not freely designated; no one can dismiss or pressure us. However, he has guaranteed the independence of the technicians. "All the researchers, except for three former secretaries [of the three commissions that AITAT now concentrates], are career civil servants in positions that are not freely designated; no one can dismiss or pressure us," Hernández said regarding the accusations from the railway investigation, which, he said, come from the past. #AccidentesFerroviales #InvestigaciónIndependiente #VictimasAdamuz (translated)
A researcher from Adamuz reports that her superiors modify the technical reports on accidents in a tense debate with victims and authorities of the new investigative body AITAT, calling into question the independence and transparency of the investigations. #AccidentesFerroviales #InvestigaciónIndependiente #VictimasAdamuz (translated)
