The black box of the Bejís train reveals that the doors were tampered with and recorded the stoppage that occurred when – laSexta

Published: Friday, August 19, 2022 20:55 The Railway Union, which has had access to the sources of the Bejís train investigation, affirms that the black box records that the doors were not opened until the train began to move behind. In addition, the same sources of the investigation indicate that the black box reveals that although the doors were not opened, they were manipulated. The black box also recorded the stoppage suffered by the train at the moment when someone activated the emergency brake. In Más Vale Tarde they have also learned the information that the driver has given about what happened to the Civil Guard. In this sense, the Railway Union has indicated that the driver has declared that the passengers left the train through the rear control cabin, taking advantage of the fact that the driver had to leave it momentarily to deactivate the emergency system. In this sense, the driver has indicated that, after advancing a few meters in reverse, the train was stopped by the action of the emergency brake, something that corroborates the black box. In addition, the driver has also ratified before the Civil Guard having instructed the passengers not to leave the train. In this way, the first information from the black box agrees with the driver’s version. Rafael Escudero, spokesman for the Railway Union, has defended in Más Vale Tarde that it was the driver who stopped the train when she saw the flames. “It is false what some travelers have said that they activated the alarm device because the driver was getting into the flames, but it was she who stopped and started the protocol to make the change of direction,” he has expressed, to the which he added: “When the reverse gear began, someone activated the alarm device, the train stopped, the doors were manipulated, they tried to open the door by lowering the lever, but they did not succeed”. In addition, Escudero has denied that it was the driver who asked the passengers to get off the train because, if they did not get out, they would “burn”: “Whoever said that was not the driver, because she was not there at that time, but a person who led the conflict, and taking advantage of the fact that the driver had left to replace the alarm devices, entered the cabin, opened the access door to the tracks and gave way to people”. “Because she looked like she had some cachet, people took her to be the driver,” he stressed.