French investigators suspect sabotage was behind a train derailment in northwestern France that injured 44 people and left passengers in a state of shock, prosecutors said on Saturday.

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    It was reported to have struck an object on the line before it derailed.

    Did someone move or deploy a Derail on the track? That would be my guess and trivially easy to do.

    Edit for those unfamiliar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derail

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      7 days ago

      They found a 300kg metal bar on the track. So not a purpose build derailer, but something, which certainly does not just appear.

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        7 days ago

        Ah thanks. Ya it’s not like something like that would have been blown there by the wind, It would have taken a concentrated effort to move something that heavy involving either a tractor or at the very least several people.