The official finding of the National Air Force and Railway Investigation Agency, EPANAAM, for the Tempe Railway in Tempe is shed light on the conditions of conflict and explosion, excluding certain scenarios and highlighting serious pathogens in the operation of the Greek railways.

The explosion of silicone oils is not justified

What EPODAAM points out in its findings is that from the train equipment, the rolling stock as it calls it, and the cargo of the commercial train, the explosion recorded in the videos is not justified. Also, EPAAAM researchers do not adopt the version of silicone oils, that is, the oils of transformers.

In fact, there is a characteristic photo showing the Intercity 62 engine, which is destroyed by the collision but is not burnt. Inside this machine there are silicone oils and therefore if they had caused the fire, the machine would have been burned.

What could have caused the fire

EPANAAM executives are likely to be a fuel, the type of which they do not determine because they were unable to samples from the point.
This argument is also reinforced by photos included in the finding on page 40. Based on, the videos recorded at the time of the explosion have determined that the rear of the commercial train engine and the front of the first platform wagon.

Indeed, photos from the scene after the accident show that the platform is missing half, has been eliminated as a result of the explosion.

The same finding is observed at the back of the trading train engine from which a place is also missing. So as a reinforcement that the fire was caused by some unknown fuel, which was placed there, the specific findings.

Lack of coordination and chaos

As for the after -accident management, it appears that there was a mess because EDOASAMA was not formed on a body, who would have the supervision and know -how to supervise such an investigation but also because the bodies involved, the fire and the police and the police managed it. They released the passengers, transported the debris elsewhere and showed a study to restore the point of the accident.

However, contrary to what is happening in traffic that one cannot reach the point of the accident, in this case anyone who wanted to enter the space could. Research and rescue forces were not coordinated, resulting in valuable information being lost.

Asked if there was a political intervention, the President of EPASAM, Christos Papadimitriou, said that these were mistakes due to the lack of experience in management that concerned the communication part, that is, to settle the space in which the accident had occurred.

Image of dissolution on the railway – the pathogens

The finding highlights the chronic weaknesses of the Greek Railway, noting that Greece is last ranked in Europe in terms of investment and staff number in the industry.

Particular reference is made:

  • In the non -functioning of light traffic lights and telephoto
  • In the non -application of Convention 717
  • In the inadequate training of the commander, who had only one month of experience instead of the minimum of one year proposed by the railways
  • In the mistake of the driver who did not seek clarification, as stipulated by the Regulation, to change the train of the train.