Experts have discussed new theories of the Moscow Metro tragedy with Vice Mayor for Urban Planning and Construction, Marat Khusnullin, Kommersant reports.They said that there were fractures on concrete 50m away from the spot where the carriages went off the rail. This means that there could have been an unknown object on the path of the train.A group of independent experts, including the director general of Mosinzhproyekt, Constantine Matveyev, said that malfunctioning of a railway switch could not be the cause of the accident. In their words, the wire holding rails broke after the carriages were derailed. They noted that an unknown object could have broken the wheelpair.
Experts have discussed new theories of the Moscow Metro tragedy with Vice Mayor for Urban Planning and Construction, Marat Khusnullin, Kommersant reports.
They said that there were fractures on concrete 50m away from the spot where the carriages went off the rail. This means that there could have been an unknown object on the path of the train.
A group of independent experts, including the director general of Mosinzhproyekt, Constantine Matveyev, said that malfunctioning of a railway switch could not be the cause of the accident. In their words, the wire holding rails broke after the carriages were derailed. They noted that an unknown object could have broken the wheelpair.
