Friday, August 11, 2006

internet - Shanghai Maglev on fire

CRS-Asia has the first pictures
of the elevated maglev train that caught fire earlier today (August 11).
I had seen it passing by on Reuters, but those early messages were fairly unclear and made by somebody who has never been in the thing. It suggested that one track was suspended, while another would continue. The bloody things has only one track, apart from a very small part, so the whole service must be down.
The Shanghai Daily suggests that "casualities are being counted", but I did not see any sign of casualities in other reports. Must be a scary experience though. It is still unclear what caused the fire, but it has not happened by purpose, the reports say.

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