GERMANY - Magnetic train crashes in Germany

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Friday, 22 September

2006, 11:51 GMT 12:51 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnetic

train crashes in Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The train is

capable of speeds of up to 400km/h (249mph)

 

 

 

An

elevated magnetic train has crashed on a test track in north-western Germany,

killing several people.

The train, which floats on a monorail via a magnetic levitation

system called Maglev, was going at 200km/h (120 mph) when it crashed, a local

official said.

Some carriages were left balancing on a section of track about

five metres (16.5ft) in the air after the accident near the town of Lathen, in Emsland.

The official, Dieter Sturm, said the train had hit an object on

the track.

" There are some fatalities - we don't know how many

yet, " said Mr Sturm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5370564.stm

 

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