2010 Jiangxi derailment

Railway accident in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China August 2014 Fuzhou derailment Crash site China 28.23423 116.70845 inline,title type:event 23 May 2010 (BT) 2:10 BT (18:10 UTC) Fuzhou, Jiangxi People's Republic of China Shanghai-Kunming railway China Railway Derailment Earlier landslide damaged rails 1 (Train No: K859) 19 71 thumb | right | alt=An information board of the train K859/860. | An information board of the train K859/860. At around CST 2:10 a.m. (UTC+8)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Train-derails-due-to-landslides-in-China-casualties-feared/articleshow/5964314.cms Train derails due to landslides in China; casualties feared 23 May 2010 The Times of India 23 May 2010http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article436271.ece Ten killed as train derails in eastern China 23 May 2010 The Hindu 23 May 2010September 2026 medicmedic on 23 May 2010, train K859 travelling from Shanghai to Guilin derailed in a mountainous area in Dongxiang County, within Fuzhou, Jiangxi. At least 19 people died, and 71 were injured.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310970.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100526023021/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310970.htm dead 26 May 2010 Death toll from China train derailment hits 19 23 May 2010 23 May 2010 Xinhua News Agency At least 53 people were rescued and another 280 were taken from the train.http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/178920/ten-killed-as-landslide-derails-train-in-china Ten killed as landslide derails train in China 23 May 2010 Bangkok Post 23 May 2010 Within 12 hours all survivors had been removed as the rescue effort got underway.Yang, Fang http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310502.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100526014235/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310502.htm dead 26 May 2010 Passenger train derails in east China, at least 10 dead, 55 injured 23 May 2010 Xinhua News Agency 23 May 2010 Incident According to the Ministry of Railways, the train was derailed by flaws in the track caused by a landslide. The landslide was caused by previous days of heavy rain and flooding in the region,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10143258 China derailment 'kills several' 23 May 2010 BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation 23 May 2010 with recent storms in the area having led to the evacuation of 44,600 peoplehttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0523/china.html Ten dead as train derails in China 23 May 2010 RTÉ News and Current Affairs Raidió Teilifís Éireann 23 May 2010 and a further 1.46 million people having been affected by the storms. Some carriages were found overturned, and one carriage was said to have "twisted and crushed another". A passenger, who broke his arm but managed to escape the wreckage without help, reportedly "saw bits of bodies on the floor." A member of the railway police at the scene said, "each carriage had 118 seats. It is not yet immediately known how many passengers were aboard." More than 280 passengers were evacuated from the train and 53 had been freed from the wreckage as of 9:00 CST on Sunday. Four legal medical experts were requested to assist with identification of bodies. Response The derailment caused the closure of the Shanghai-Kunming railway line. Around 2,000 people, among them fire-fighters, police and soldiers, removed at least 280 trapped passengers and other people from the wreckage.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/05/201052345333149480.html Dozens dead in China accidents 23 May 2010 Al Jazeera 23 May 2010 An investigation was launched by Chinese authorities. The incident occurred on the same day as a truck and bus collision which killed 32 people and hospitalised 21 others. Within 24 hours all of the derailed carriages had been removed from the site.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-05/23/c_13311086.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100527214624/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-05/23/c_13311086.htm dead 27 May 2010 Clearance operation under way at train derailment site Xinhua 23 May 2010 23 May 2010 Rail services resumed at around 22:00 23 May 2010 (BT).http://english.sina.com/china/p/2010/0523/320970.html Shanghai-to-Kunming line reopens 24 May 2010 24 May 2010 China Daily See also 2010 Merano train derailment 2008 Shandong train collision References External links Train derails in China; nearly twenty reported dead Pictures: 1 2 3 An injured person receives treatment Category:Railway accidents in 2010 Category:Derailments in China Category:2010 in China Category:Fuzhou, Jiangxi Category:Transport in Jiangxi Jiangxi derailment Category:May 2010 in China