Report devoted to the derailment of a TGV during a test trip of a new high-speed section near Strabourg in Alsace. Several trains fell 10 metres below the railway: some fell into the Marne Rhin canal, others into a fields. 49 people were on board this TGV: technicians, railway workers and members of their families who were participating in tests for its next commissioning. Ten people lost their lives, 22 others were slightly injured and 12 seriously injured in this accident. It is the excessive speed which would be at the origin of this drama, the TGV was running at a speed at the normal 350 km hour. This is the first TGV accident in 35 years. Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal visited the site. An investigation in flagrante delicto is conducted by the gendarmerie of Strasbourg. Interviews with Jérôme Sotty, commander of relief operations, and Ségolène Royal, minister of ecology, alternate with a comment on factual images and a set in situation of the journalist Stéphanie Lafuente.
A year ago, on November 14, 2015, a test train of the TGV Est derailed and made 11 dead and 42 injured. Today, a judicial progress report confirms human error, and goes further. Miscalculation and human error were the cause of the accident. The braking distance and speed had been misjudged. Three people were indicted. SNCF acknowledges its responsibility in the accident. Details and reactions of victims' families. Archive images of the scene after the accident, explanations on animation images and testimony of Jules Mary, brother of a victim and interview with Gérard Chemla, lawyer for the families of victims, about the responsibility of the SNCF.
Back on the circumstances of the derailment of the TGV Est near Strasbourg last Saturday on a high-speed section during a test trip. The toll is now 11 dead and four seriously injured. The TGV was travelling at a higher speed than normal at 367 km per hour. The train’s front engine veered to the left after a curve and struck the rear of the bridge over the Marne-au-Rhin canal before toppling over. The experienced driver respected the speed requested for this test run. 53 people were on board this test TGV: technicians, railway workers, executives and guests including four children. Images of the accident site and excerpt from the press conference of Alexandre Chevrier, Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic in Strasbourg returns to the circumstances of the derailment.
Reportage. A review of the circumstances of the accident of the test train of the TGV Est in Eckwersheim making 11 dead and 42 wounded, on November 14, at the time when the families of the victims are received for the first time by the SNCF. Explanations on computer graphics, the excessive speed of the train -the train was traveling at 243 km/ hour instead of 176 km/ hour- would be the cause of the accident. SNCF acknowledges its responsibility and provides compensation for victims. Commentary on factual images, captions, archival images and synthesis alternating with the interview of Stéphane GICQUEL, national federation of victims of attacks and collective accidents and Gérard CHEMLA, lawyer of the families of victims.
In the case of the derailment of the TGV in Eckwersheim in November 2015, a new expertise was handed over to the investigating judges a few days ago. It again points to SNCF and its subsidiary Systra. Lack of communication, lack of training, incompetence of staff, present in the test train. The conclusions are overwhelming. Excerpt from the archival tribute of November 19, 2015 of Guillaume Pépy, President of the SNCF: "they were all great professionals, experts in their fields, because at tests they are often among the best of us", interview of Master Claude Lienhard, Lawyer for families of victims and archive footage of the accident.
In Alsace, after the derailment of a TGV train during a test run of a new high-speed section on Saturday afternoon, there was a big shock among railway workers. Beyond the emotion of losing colleagues and friends, there is also disbelief. Indeed, no one understands or can explain the reasons for this accident, this first fatal derailment since the introduction of high-speed trains in 1981. Reactions of Fabrice Moine, station manager in Strasbourg, Christophe Beclier, Regional Secretary UNSA railway and Etienne Suisse, track maintenance agent on a SNCF track maintenance site