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	Amagasaki rail crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The incident was Japan's most serious since 1963's Yokohama rail crash where two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.
		The section where the crash occurred, between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations, was re-opened for service on June 19, 2005.
		Rail crash exposes cracks in a society under strain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amagasaki_rail_crash (972 words)

	Patent 4478432
		In a passive restraint seat belt structure wherein a seat belt end is fixed to a slider which is movable along a mounting rail, and which is to be fixed to the rear end of the rail when the door of the vehicle is closed, a locking device for fixing the slider is disclosed.
		When the motor is activated, with the members in the position, in the direction to move the slider forward along the rail, the driver member moves to a second position relative to the slider wherein the catch-releasing portion of the driver member breaks the engagement of the first and the second engagement assemblies.
		In this position the belt is locked on the rail, and the slider cannot be moved forward even by the exertion of considerable force, such as is present in a crash or in sudden deceleration of the vehicle.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4478432.html (2982 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Yokohama
		The Yokohama District Court ruled in 2002 the man was accidentally shot by the officer, saying it was impossible for the victim to have loaded the gun, which was in a plastic bag, and fire it in such a short time.
		Maki's base in Kanto, midway between Tokyo and Yokohama, is an old building that houses Gallery Cooren, the name derived from the kanji for "sky lotus." There is a hair salon on the ground floor, and she and her younger sister have rooms at the back that they use for living purposes.
		YOKOHAMA -- Naomi Toyama didn't hesitate when she agreed to take her 16-month-old son, Keisuke, from Okinawa to Yokohama for a month to receive an advanced operation to cure a congenital disease.
	worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Yokohama_Japan.html (4597 words)

	Patent 5485892
		The crash avoiding device 13 voluntarily removes signals representative of control values by which the braking system and the steering system are controlled if the driver diagnosis device 19 judges that the driver is consciously driving the car.
		On the other hand, the crash avoiding device 13 holds the signals so as to avoid a crash of the car against an obstruction in the path ahead if the driver diagnosis device 19 judges that the driver is unconsciously driving the car and, if necessary, gives a warning.
		Considering an example, when the crash predicting device 12 predicts a crash of the car against a preceding car in the path ahead, the crash avoiding device 13 provides a representative of a control value by which the accelerator pedal 15 should be moved back so as to decelarate the car.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5485892.html (6894 words)

	World News on Stuff.co.nz: Japan police raid train operator after crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As darkness fell more than 30 hours after the crash, rescue workers were still trying to reach about a dozen people trapped in the twisted wreckage but there were no signs of life.
		Investigators said the cause of the crash was still unclear, but survivors among the some 580 passengers, as well as the train's conductor, said they believed the train was going faster than normal after falling behind schedule.
		The accident was the worst for Japan's heavily used rail network since 1963 when about 160 people were killed in a multiple train collision at Yokohama, near Tokyo, and the most serious since Japan's rail network was privatised in 1987.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3262001a12,00.html (903 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Toll in Japan train crash looks set to hit 100
		A woman prays as she lays flowers for the victims of Japan's worst rail accident in four decades by the railroad tracks in Amagasaki in western Japan.
		Investigations into Monday's crash were focusing on speed as well as other factors such as rail design that might have caused the packed train to jump the tracks.
		The accident was the worst for Japan's heavily used rail network since 1963 when about 160 people were killed in a multiple train collision, and the most serious since Japan's rail network was privatised in 1987.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050427-0749-japan-train.html (790 words)

	CNN.com - Train wreck driver's body found - Apr 28, 2005
		One issue in the crash was the inexperience of the driver, on the job for 11 months.
		Japan Rail West representatives said they were not sure how fast the train was going when it derailed, but noted it would have to be traveling more than 83 mph (133 km/h) to jump the track due to excess speed.
		The Japan Rail West tracks in the area are among the oldest in Japan and do not have an automatic braking system that slows speeding trains.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/japan.rail.crash/index.html (740 words)

	CNN.com - More bodies found in train debris - Apr 28, 2005
		Japan Rail West representatives said they're not sure how fast the train was going when it derailed, but noted it would have to be traveling more than 83 mph (133 km/h) to jump the track due to excess speed.
		Analysts said the cause of the crash is likely to be a combination of factors -- including a possible obstruction on the tracks.
		The Japan Rail West tracks in the area are among the oldest in Japan and do not have an automatic breaking system that slows speeding trains.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/japan.rail.crash/index.html (556 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| 71 die as Japanese train hits block of flats
		Although the cause of the crash is still under investigation, safety experts said the train could have derailed of its own accord had it been travelling at a minimum of 85mph, well above the 45mph speed limit for that section of track.
		Ryujiro Takami, the 23-year-old driver, survived the crash and was being treated in hospital.
		The crash was Japan's worst since 1963, when 160 people died in a multiple collision in Yokohama.
	www.guardian.co.uk /japan/story/0,7369,1470327,00.html (756 words)

	Pakistan Times \| PT Wire: Third Rail Crash in Three Days in Japan
		The vehicle had edged on to the tracks at a rail crossing in Yokohama and hit the train as it was passing.
		An official said the rail crossing's bars were already down at the time of the collision and the cause of the accident was under investigation.
		The crash near the western city of Osaka was Japan's worst train wreck in four decades.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/04/27/top15.htm (202 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan rail crash death toll rises
		The train involved in Monday's crash was found to have been travelling at 100km/h (62mph), well above the 70km/h limit for the bend where it slammed into a block of flats.
		Stones on the rail have also been given as a possible cause of the crash.
		This is the worst rail accident in Japan since a three-train crash killed 161 near Tokyo in 1963.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4487001.stm (567 words)

	JAPANESE TRAIN CRASH? A PROPHECY - DECEMBER, 1999
		The accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in Japan, which is home to one of the world's most complex and heavily traveled rail networks.
		The crash happened at a curve after a straightaway, requiring the driver to slow to a speed of 43 mph, Murakami said.
		THE death toll in Japan's worst train crash in four decades topped the 100 mark Thursday, with the discovery of seven more bodies bringing the death toll to 104, the fire department said.
	www.greatdreams.com /jatrain.htm (2046 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Japanese rail company searched for crash clues
		Rescuers pulled the final survivors of the Amagasaki rail crash from the wreckage today as police investigators searched the offices of the train's operating company to look for clues as to what caused the disaster, which killed at least 73 people.
		At least 456 people were injured when the train jumped from the tracks and ploughed into the first floor of a block of flats in the western Japanese town on Monday, resulting in Japan's worst railway crash in nearly 42 years.
		The network has enjoyed a strong reputation for safety, with crashes relatively rare on its 16,780 miles of track, which transports 20 billion passengers a year.
	www.politics.guardian.co.uk /japan/story/0,7369,1470814,00.html (506 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Japan train death toll rises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The death toll in Japan's worst rail accident in 40 years appears set to rise as hopes fade that more survivors will be found in the wreckage of a packed commuter train.
		The train jumped the tracks and crashed into an apartment complex during Monday morning's rush hour in the industrial city of Amagasaki, near Osaka.
		It is the deadliest rail crash since 1963 when a freight train collided with a truck in Yokohama, near Tokyo, and then was hit by two passenger trains from opposite directions.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1354789.htm (431 words)

	World News on Stuff.co.nz: Japan police raid train operator, 73 dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		CRASH CARNAGE: Injured passengers rescued from the wreckage of a Japanese commuter train are transported in a truck due to a shortage of ambulances in Amagasaki, Japan.
		Investigations were focusing on the speed the packed train was travelling when it jumped the tracks on the outskirts of the western city of Osaka and smashed into an apartment building just after rush hour on Monday morning.
		In Japan's last major accident, in March 2000, five people were killed and 33 were hurt when a Tokyo subway train ripped away the side of a carriage of an oncoming train that had derailed in its path during rush hour.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3260849a12,00.html (877 words)

	54 dead in Japanese rush hour train crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		TOKYO: At least 54 people were killed and more than 400 injured yesterday when a commuter train derailed, sending a carriage hurtling into an apartment block in Japan's deadliest rail accident in four decades.
		Authorities suspect the train's 23-year-old driver was speeding and failed to negotiate a corner, throwing four of the train's seven carriages from the tracks in Amagasaki, a town near Osaka and Kobe.
		It was the deadliest tragedy since 1963 when a freight train collided with a truck in Yokohama near Tokyo and then was hit by two passenger trains from opposite directions.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-04/26/content_437367.htm (471 words)

	QIANLONG.COM--Beijing Portal--Families grieve, 73 dead in Japan train crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Investigations into the cause of Monday's accident were focusing on the speed the crowded train was traveling when it jumped the tracks in the suburbs of the western city of Osaka and smashed into an apartment building shortly after rush hour.
		More than 150 of the 440 injured in the crash were in a serious condition, police said.
		Investigators said the cause of crash was still unclear, but survivors among the some 580 passengers and the train's conductor said they felt the train was going faster than normal after falling behind schedule.
	www.beijingportal.com.cn /7838/2005/04/26/1820@2611921.htm (842 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		But while JR West is Japan's largest rail operator, the nation saw two more minor accidents Tuesday and Wednesday, reinforcing fears of lax safety standards throughout the industry.
		On Wednesday morning, a car hit a moving passenger train in Yokohama near Tokyo, seriously injuring the vehicle's driver who was about 70 years old, officials said.
		The car broke through the railway crossing bar and crashed into the side of the fourth carriage of the eight-car train which was carrying 130 passengers, a local police official said.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_world/print/144702/1/.html (643 words)

	RTE News - Death toll in Japan rail crash rises to 56
		Police investigating the cause of the crash say while they have not ruled out speed, they are also looking at the possibility that a stone on the tracks may have derailed the commuter train which was carrying 580 passengers.
		Survivors of the crash had earlier speculated that the driver may have been trying to make up time because the train was running late.
		It was Japan's worst accident since November 1963 when 161 people died in Yokohama when a freight train collided with a truck and was then hit by two passenger trains from opposite directions.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0425/japan.html (368 words)

	150 Years of Train-Disasters
		One of the early American railroads was the Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) railway, where the engine was traveling at 15mph and pulling a carriage with up to 36 passengers.
		A crash site might be hard to locate outside populated areas, and furthermore in darkness and bad weather.
		Rail crash scenarios need to be preplanned and response activities have to be trained on a regular basis with all agencies potentially involved.
	www.emergency-management.net /traincrash.htm (2515 words)

	the Mail online \| Mail - news, sport, showbiz, health and more \| Police raid train operator as 73 die in crash
		Japanese police looking for clues to the cause of the country's worst rail crash in more than 40 years have raided the offices of the train's operator as weeping relatives claimed the remains of many of the 73 confirmed dead from a makeshift morgue.
		Investigations were focusing on the speed at which the crowded train was travelling when it jumped the tracks on the outskirts of the western city of Osaka and smashed into an apartment building just after rush hour on Monday morning.
		Two women and a man were pulled alive from the wreckage earlier on Tuesday but even 30 hours after the crash police could not say for sure that all of the dead and injured had been extracted from the mass of crumpled and twisted metal.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=346312&in_page_id=1811&ct=5 (773 words)

	IOL: Asia
		Hong Kong police have appealed for help in identifying an expatriate woman, believed to be in her late 30s or early 40s, who they found on the edge of the runway of the city's idle Kai Tak airport with no possessions or identity papers.
		Indonesian soldiers and civilian volunteers are picking through the wreckage of the Boeing 737-200 that crashed in Medan this week, looking for clues to the cause of the tragedy that left more than 100 people dead.
		The Boeing 737-200 that crashed in the centre of Indonesia's third biggest city claimed almost 100 lives.
	www.iol.za.org /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126 (1615 words)

	eircom net Ireland-International / Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Two women and a man were pulled alive from the wreckage earlier on Tuesday but even 30 hours after the crash police could not say for sure that all of the dead and injured had been extracted from the mass of crumpled and twisted metal.
		Investigators said the cause of the crash was still unclear, but survivors among the some 580 passengers, as well as the train's conductor, said they believed the train was going faster than normal after falling behind schedule.
		The accident was the worst for Japan's heavily used rail network since 1963 when about 160 people were killed in a multiple train collision at Yokohama, near Tokyo, and the most serious since Japan's rail network was privatised in 1987.
	home.eircom.net /content/reuters/worldnews/5448008?view=Eircomnet (831 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Japan
		April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese inspectors may today recover a data recorder from the wreck of the country's worst rail crash in four decades, a transport ministry official said, as the death toll rose to 95.
		President Takeshi Kakiuchi of JR West, as the rail company is called, and two other top executives may resign to take responsibility for the incident, the Nihon Kaizei reported on its English-language newswire yesterday, without citing anyone.
		The number of dead was the most since 163 people died and 120 were injured in a 1963 crash in Yokohama near Tokyo, according to data from the disaster agency.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aKFXNy3.LzZs&refer=japan (676 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Rescue workers in Japan find driver of crashed train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rescuers searching the train wreck in Japan have found the body of the young driver accused of negligence over the crash that claimed more than 100 lives.
		Police say the driver's body was found as rescue workers crammed into the most mangled remains of the train, which jumped the tracks and smashed into an apartment block in Amagasaki, near Osaka, in western Japan, on Monday.
		The 23-year-old driver, Ryujiro Takami, has faced furious allegations that he was responsible for the country's worst train crash in four decades.
	www.abcsport.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1355815.htm (340 words)

	Fighters - Pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Electing to have a controlled crash, I rechecked the locks on my shoulder harness to ensure that I wouldn't be thrown forward causing my head to strike the gun sight which was mounted above the instrument panel at eye level.
		I recalled seeing a pilot who crashed on a training mission in the States who ended up with the sight embedded in his forehead because he hadn't checked his shoulder harness locks.
		If I had not jettisoned the canopy before the crash it is doubtful whether I could have raised it with all the limbs piled on top.
	www.southernoregonwarbirds.org /fa1.html (14422 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| The Queen Mother's century
		Still, he almost brings off a sensational coup in November 1923 when, at the head of his Nazi brownshirts, he calls for national revolution in the improbable setting of a Munich beer hall.
		Elsewhere, Tokyo and Yokohama are devastated by a dreadful earthquake, which kills up to 200,000 people.
		An Air France Concorde comes to a fiery end in Paris, Mozambique is devastated by floods, the British rail system is devastated by the Hatfield crash, and George Bush wins America's most peculiar presidential election.
	www.guardian.co.uk /queenmother/article/0,2763,676925,00.html (2179 words)

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