The derailment of trains on Friday in eastern India that killed at least 288 people and injured more than 800 was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system that sent the trains on the wrong tracks, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told the ANI news agency.
“We have identified the cause of the accident and the people responsible for it,” the minister said on Sunday, adding it was “not appropriate” to give details before a final inquiry report into the country’s deadliest rail disaster in decades.
There was confusion about the exact sequence of events leading to the crash in Balasore district in Odisha state.
Al Jazeera’s Sarah Khairat reports.
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