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What's up today · by Sebastián Rojas · 2026-10-29

Leaked audio from the Spain train crash shows the control centre talking to drivers right before impact

bbc.co.uk

Investigators released recordings of exchanges between the control centre and both drivers in the minutes before the two trains collided. Dozens are feared dead. Hard listen, but it raises the question again: how much of rail safety in 2026 still depends on a voice over a radio?

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Midnight Rider · 9 likes

thoughts with the families. hope the inquiry is quick and public, not a 4 year whitewash

Angel Reyes · 3 likes

the part where the driver repeats the instruction back and nobody catches it... awful

Aoife Murphy · 6 likes

that readback loop is literally the safety system. when it fails there's nothing left