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What led to a runaway train

CHANGE management and risk assessment processes and unclear communication of a safety-critical action to train drivers contributed to a fully-laden BHP iron ore train derailing.

Some the M02712 carriage's after the 2018 derailment.

Some the M02712 carriage's after the 2018 derailment.

Those were key findings of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report into the runaway and subsequent derailment of the fully-loaded 42,500t, 2.86km long iron ore train M027212 in Western Australia's...

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