Chinese trains falls into river

[WatcherZero]

Passengers were evacuated from the train before it fall into the river, state media said.

The accident happened in Guanghan, in Sichuan province.

Officials said the bridge began collapsing as the train passed over it. Passengers were evacuated minutes before a section of bridge fell, taking the two carriages with it.

The carriages were then swept 200m (220 yards) downstream, media reports said.

Dining car supervisor Wang Baoning told China Central Television that the two carriages were left hanging over the water because they were still connected to the rest of the train.

One of the carriages fell into the river less than two minutes after the passengers were safely out, he said.

"No one was injured, though some were frightened," a spokesman for the Guanghan city government told AFP news agency.

The long-distance train was travelling from Xi'an to Kunming.

China has been devastated by flooding caused by unusually heavy summer rains in recent weeks.

In Yunnan province, rescuers are still searching for about 90 people feared trapped under a mudslide that hit the town of Puladi early on Wednesday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11024357

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[LE Greys]

Just saw that on the news, it looked nasty. The fall into the river happened when a train was passing on the other side of the bridge. Not sure whether continuing to have traffic on the line when something like this had happened was a very good idea.

 

[brad465]

it looked the bridge was definately unstable and weak

 

[flymo]

it looked the bridge was definately (try definitely) unstable and weak

How on earth can you tell the bridge was unstable and weak from that video? Because it was washed away? Well perhaps the millions of tons of water rushing by the bridge may well have moved the foundations or caused the bridge to fail in some other way. Just because it is in China doesn't mean it is not built to a good standard.