Indian railway officials say investigators are looking into an electronic track management system they suspect caused the accident.
According to the British news agency Reuters, Indian Railways officials said in their first meeting at the accident site that the failure of the track management system was the main focus of the investigation.
A computerized track management system known as a switch allows a train to run on an empty track at the point where two tracks meet, Chief Executive Officer of Signaling Sandeep Mathur told reporters.
He said it also checks the signal of the incoming train, which indicates whether the train should go straight or switch to a new track.
Railway board member Jaya Verma Sinha said: "It's called a fail-safe system. Even if it fails, the signal will turn red and the train will stop. As suspected: Yes, there were some." some kind of problem with the system.
Explaining the cause of the accident at Behnaga railway station in Balasore district, Jaya Verma Sinha said the Calcutta-Chennai Coromandel Express veered off the main runway at a speed of 128 km/h (80 mph) and overturned a trodden Hayi, a siding , where trains were parked. He said the train collided with a freight train carrying iron ore that was standing on the tracks.
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