Tolunda railway accident
In the Tolunda railway accident on September 22, 1994 near Tolunda , Angola , a freight train that was traveling on the Benguela Railway derailed due to defective brakes . Numerous “stowaways” traveled on it . The train crashed into a ravine. 300 people died.
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .
Web links
- World's worst rail disasters. BBC News , December 19, 2007.
- Major Rail Accidents Fast Facts. CNN , October 22, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Semmens, p. 225.