Sukkur rail disaster

The railway accident of Sangi was the collision of the bullet train " Zakaria Bahauddin " the Pakistan Railways into a standing freight train in the station of Sangi, near Sukkur, in Sindh province, Pakistan, on January 4, 1990. 307 people died. It was the most consequential train accident in Pakistan.

Starting position

The night train from Multan to Karachi was with 16 cars on the road, offered the room for travelers in 1400. In fact, traveling with a lot more people. The train was early in the morning at about 55 km / h on the road. Timetable default, it should pass through the station without stopping by Sangi. There, a freight train was placed in a track overhaul with 67 empty freight cars for overtaking.

The accident

After the freight train had been placed in the track overhaul, the entry signal of the station was set and forget, before recover the Weichenverbindung in the overhaul to " ride free". The following passenger train drove as to the standing freight train. The locomotive of the express train overturned, with the engineer survived. The following three passenger cars were smashed.

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307 people died, 400-700 ( depending on the source ) were also injured. Three on duty employee of the station of Sangi were charged with involuntary manslaughter.