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The Evening News writes (undated, but AFAIK published on Wednesday 19 June pm):
The article continues:
And another question: why this accident isn't listed on the RAIB site?
Flora Shen, 36, a director at Barclays Investment Bank, was standing alone at Limehouse station when she appeared to trip and fall off the edge of the platform, just as a train was approaching the stop.
A DLR passenger witnessed Ms Shen’s plunge but could not find a way to stop the train before she was struck, while another person on the platform dashed for the emergency button but did not get there in time, an inquest at Southwark coroner’s court heard
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Is the emergency stopping procedure really so complicated, and therefore slow?For a passenger to raise the alarm they must activate one of the alarms at the train doors, and the assistant has to unlock the emergency telephone, understand the danger, lock the telephone up again, and use another key to get to the emergency brake before the train can be stopped.
And another question: why this accident isn't listed on the RAIB site?