Disaster complexity and the Santiago de Compostela train derailment
| Autor: | Carl I. Schulman, Jesús Sanz, Yasmin Dias Guichot, James M. Shultz, Andreas Rechkemmer, G. D. Bibel, Clara Gesteira Santos, George Bahouth, María Paz García-Vera, Zelde Espinel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies Train driver Engineering Investigative Report business.industry 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Left curve Crash 02 engineering and technology Complexity science 050105 experimental psychology Mass-casualty incident Forensic engineering 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Health. 3:11-31 |
| ISSN: | 2166-5052 2166-5044 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21665044.2015.1129889 |
| Popis: | This disaster complexity case study examines Spain's deadliest train derailment that occurred on July 24, 2013 on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Train derailments are typically survivable. However, in this case, human error was a primary factor as the train driver powered the Alvia train into a left curve at more than twice the posted speed. All 13 cars came off the rails with many of the carriages careening into a concrete barrier lining the curve, leading to exceptional mortality and injury. Among the 224 train occupants, 80 (36%) were killed and all of the remaining 144 (4%) were injured. The official investigative report determined that this crash was completely preventable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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