Early reports stated that personnel on the train reported up the chain to the railroad company requesting permission to stop and inspect and were denied and told to continue to the next stop.
Early reports stated that personnel on the train reported up the chain to the railroad company requesting permission to stop and inspect and were denied and told to continue to the next stop.
I have read this and also read that the “hot wheel” alarms went to the dispatch center and not to the engineer directly and they did not notify them until just before the incident.
Either way, if we believe the surveillance video from 20km prior to the crash there was time to stop the train prior to the derailment so theoretically the safety alerts were given but the company did not act in response until it was too late.