Tempi: Only the photolabeling – “There was no reason to move the cars,” experts say

And only the photolabeling would be enough to prevent the two trains from clashing in . Political rather than technical interest in party findings… Following the tradition of the committees of inquiry, so in it, the parties drew each of their own conclusions on the national tragedy in Tempes and at the end was voted that of the parliamentary majority. Political confrontation was another of the expected elements of a process that had no surprises. Is there, however, anything useful in substance from these different findings of the parties involved in the Committee of Inquiry? As Costas Lakafosis, a member of the Committee on Investigating Independent Families (EDOPO) says at newsit.gr: “The findings may be of political interest and can be evaluated in this respect, but at a technical level they have nothing to contribute, since the Committee of Inquiry had neither access to the elements of the file nor to additional technical information on many and different issues. The investigation of the appointed experts and our own parallel investigation of the EDAPO have resulted in findings which clearly answer any possible question. Unique exception, the issue of huge ignition and fire, for which there will be developments in the coming period through additional interrogation acts ordered and already underway.” And if the causes of the conflict and the conditions that led to the tragic outcome are now clear, the question is whether today, a year later, we took some lessons and the railways are safer. However, experts remain cautious: “the only difference since last year is the operation of photolabelling and telemanagement from Larissa and to the north, but immediately before there is another piece of almost 100 km without photolabelling and with movement on a single line. Moreover, not much has changed at staff level since no re-education, re-evaluation and stricter supervision of compliance with regulations have been taken. A typical example is that the position of the Traffic Manager, the most important executive for safe circulation remains vacant since last year after the death of the previous Traffic Manager! Let’s imagine the Air Force for a year without an ATA Chief or the Navy without a Fleet Leader… However, on the issue of “trouble”, an element that has not been particularly highlighted but may be the most critical of all, is the decision itself to transfer wagons and all debris to the OSE site in the area “Kuluri”. “To avoid talking about the protocols applied to an air accident, let’s go to the simplest examples and think that even in a simple road accident, drivers don’t move their cars until traffic arrives and record the location of vehicles and tracks on the pavement,” Costas Lakafosis tells us. “But in our case the wagons began to move and move away from the next day in the morning, without a detailed record of each finding’s location, without even photographing in detail the various sections before they were moved, so that we were forced to look at videos and photographs from news agencies to find critical evidence for the investigation. For example, an extremely important element that bears witness to the total duration of the fire that remained burning inside the canteen, does not result from any official record of the competent authorities but we discovered it by chance looking for the unmoved video television station! However, what has not emerged from any evidence of the case, from any document or testimony, is the decision to move the debris to Koulouri. Who has decided to move the wagons there and so thoroughly clean the area of conflict as opposed to common sense and all protocols applied to accident investigations? There was no practical reason, since it is clearly shown in the photos of March 6, that the repair of the line was done without any problem on the upper side, the crane was stepping on the asphalt and the stratums and materials were carried by a railway wagon to the point, without needing access from the lower side. And if the problem was to release the line from the B4 and B5 wagons, this could have been done with the cranes stepping to a point indifferent to the investigation. The crucial triangle between the B2 and B3 wagons that was the center of the canteen fire, there was no reason to be disturbed, no rush to be cleaned. He was in a field that prevented nothing, why didn’t the spot stay intact for as long as it took? Why was this investigation so hasty and not all the human remains we came to find were found in time for us completely unfit for this, months later in the Couluri debris? ‘ As for the course of the investigation, Vassilis Papadopoulos, an expert and member of EDAPO notes: “The next time we will complete with the help of a specialized digital imaging laboratory the 3D representation of the collision and ignition mechanism, performing digitally in 3D space the recordings of the three cameras that have recorded the collision. This will be another important step that comes to complete the detailed frame-and-frame analysis of the three videos we have done since last July and is included in the findings we have submitted in the Interview. In collaboration with the Department of Chemical Engineers of the British University, we complete our complementary studies, awaiting the judgment of the respective department of the EMP designated by the Ephetes Interrogator to deliver opinions on the same issue. ‘ For the rumour of “lost wagons” released recently, Costas Lakafosis makes it clear: “It is clear that there is no ghost wagon, the train of the commercial train is exactly as it should be: 2 electro machines and 13 platforms on which 10 containers were loaded. There is no 14th car, nor is there a missing container, this is clear and it comes easily not only from the evidence of the case but even from public sources, from videos and photos of news agencies. ‘ And if one is confused between ETCS, ERTMS and other difficult ones, the essence of the case is unfortunately too simple as the people of EDAPO explain it to the newsit: “There was no need for more than that, simply photographing, the simplest and most basic safety system of the railway to prevent the collision…”