A Crash in the Dark - BBC Training DVD
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
Stock type: DVD
Stock reference: 54.123
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
Stock type: DVD
Stock reference: 54.123
A Crash in the Dark investigates, when two trains collided in the Severn Tunnel due to faulty equipment and human error, a complete communication breakdown meant that the rescue teams walked for miles in the wrong direction, unable to find the crash site.
The British Rail safety regime was severely criticised because the control centre informed their railway superiors of the incident but did not alert the emergency services. Another failure occurred when a train was assembled to take the emergency crews into the tunnel to carry out a rescue, but the train driver refused to move the train because he did not have authority to do this.
A Crash in the Dark is part of the BBC education series, Disaster - series 3, a series of documentaries about health and safety disasters in history.
A Crash in the Dark
Series Disaster Series 3 - Episode 2
DVD
Duration 30 minutes
Licensed for use in education and training
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