Safety board decodes data from Puyuma derailment

FATAL PASSAGE: The board is to release a draft of the final investigative report in September next year after an earlier probe failed to meet the public’s expectations

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 18, 2019
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board yesterday said it would publish information decoded from

the Compact Flash (CF) memory cards retrieved from a Puyuma Express train that derailed in Yilan County on Oct. 21 last year, killing 18 passengers and injuring 212 other people.

The draft of a final investigative report is to be completed in September next year, which would include analysis of data collected from the accident, potential causes and the board’s recommendations for the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) to improve safety, it said.

An Executive Yuan probe into the cause of the accident and its conclusions have failed to satisfy families of the victims and the public.

The board, which was established on Aug. 1, passed a resolution on Sept. 6 to provide supplementary information about the accident.    [FULL  STORY]