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Originally posted by NoRulesAllowed
Originally posted by intergalactic fire
reply to post by tony9802
What you are saying is, if there was a timed bomb on the train and if the train was on time, it was meant to go off at the station, causing a lot more casualties.
You are aware that this is nothing but far-fetched speculation? This, and the other guy with his NSA/HAARP nonsense.
It is my understanding (from what I read) that the driver shortly after the crash phones for help and made a comment on the phone it's his fault. As if he knew that he was too fast and showed guilt immediately after the crash.
However, take this with a grain of salt since not everything in the media is true.
Originally posted by MrMaybeNot
The train "derailed" at the exact moment it was scheduled to arrive at the station. Coincidences? Maybe. You be the judge.
Originally posted by amazing
yeah...if you pause that video, you can see the train derail before that explosion. Derail caused the explosion.
The man named in Spanish media as the driver of the train that crashed Wednesday in Santiago de Compostela, killing at least 78 passengers, boasted in a post on Facebook last year that his train was traveling so fast that he was in danger in getting a fine.
Local media in Spain, including the El Pais newspaper, reported that Francisco José Garzón Amo wrote in 2012: "I can't go any faster or they'll give me a fine." A speedometer with the needle stuck at 125 miles per hour was also posted on Facebook, the reports said.
El Pais reported that Garzón's Facebook profile was deleted on Thursday morning, but a profile belonging to someone with the same name and showing a picture of the speedometer was still able to be viewed on the social network on Friday morning. It was not clear if the account was genuine, however. A photo was being carried on The Guardian's website. That picture could also not be verified
Originally posted by intergalactic fire
reply to post by goou111
The Spanish are quite upset at the authoroties for realeasing such kind of information. It has nothing to do with the accident.
Leave the guy alone.
And if it's true, so what. There are parts of the route where the train can go at that speed, that's why it's called a high velocity train or line. There are trains using the same track that can even go faster.
Originally posted by rbrvalca
And about the video of the crash, it appeared in the social networks, but nobody knows who uploaded it . ADIF (the regulators of train infrastructure of Spain) confirmed that the footage is real but didn't confirm that belongs to their cams.
Nobody in Spain is talking about a bomb.
Originally posted by baburak
reply to post by intergalactic fire
Right after the crash this guy said to the dispatcher that he was going too fast and I qoute: "I F4c#ed up!".