1994 Tolunda rail disaster

1994 Angolan train disaster March 2024 1994 Tolunda rail disaster Benguela zug.jpg Example of a 1990s Benguela railway freight train with fare-dodgers 22 September 1994 near Tolunda, Namibe Province Angola Benguela railway 1 hundreds of fare-dodgers 300 146-147 The 1994 Tolunda rail disaster happened near Tolunda, in the Namibe Province, Angola on 22 September 1994. A freight train of the Benguela railway derailed due to malfunctioning brakes and crashed into a 10 m ft deep ravine. Around 300 people died and 147 more were injured. It is among the deadliest train disasters in history.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/22/world/major-rail-accidents-fast-facts/ Notable International Rail Accidents CNN 22 October 2013 enhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3650835.stm World's worst rail disasters BBC 19 December 2007 en Background The disaster took place during the Angolan Civil War, but the location of the disaster was largely outside the area of the civil war. The disaster On Thursday 22 September 1994 a freight of the Benguela railway was en voyage in Angola with a cargo of granite blocks and with many fare-dodgers onboard.Peter W. B. Semmens: Katastrophen auf Schienen. Eine weltweite Dokumentation. Transpress, p. 225, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 Near Tolunda, in the Namibe Province 190 kilometres from Lubango, the train derailed and crashed into a ten meters deep ravine. The accident location was in a very remote area and as so the rescue operation and other help arrived very late.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010826201:mpeg21:a0095 Treinramp Angola Trouw 27 September 1994 nl Delpher Initial sources reported a death toll of 146 people. The final official death toll was published by the Angola Press News Agency a week after the disaster on 29 September. The disaster caused 300 casualties and 146https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010623352:mpeg21:a0285 300 doden treinongeluk Angola Leeuwarder Courant 30 September 1994 nl Delpher-147https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010645359:mpeg21:a0011 Tol treinramp in Angola: 300 doden Amigoe 30 September 1994 nl Delpher others being injured. Most of the victims were inside the wagons with granite blocks. The cause of the disaster was malfunctioning of the brakes. See also 2001 Angola train attack Transport in Angola References Angola Category:Derailments in Angola Category:1990s disasters in Angola Tolunda rail disaster Tolunda rail disaster Category:September 1994 in Africa Category:Namibe Province Category:Runaway train disasters