{"id":2298,"date":"2018-11-07T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:16:02","slug":"runaway-train-derailed-in-australia-after-50-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/11\/07\/runaway-train-derailed-in-australia-after-50-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway train derailed in Australia after 50 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A freight train was deliberately derailed after hurtling through Western Australia at high speed for 50 minutes without its driver.<\/p>\n<p>The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The company said it had derailed the train remotely from Perth. It has since suspended its rail operations.<\/p>\n<p>BHP said the incident had begun when the driver alighted to inspect a wagon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the driver was outside of the locomotive, the train commenced to run away,&#8221; the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>No-one was injured when the train, carrying iron ore, was derailed at 05:30 local time (18:30 Sunday GMT), the ATSB said. It has begun an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>BHP said the train had been travelling from its inland Newman mine to Port Hedland.<\/p>\n<p>It was derailed near Turner, about 120km from its destination, damaging the train and a 1.5km section of track.<\/p>\n<p>The train was estimated to have been travelling at an average speed of 110km\/h (68mph).<\/p>\n<p>BHP said the train had travelled through a sparsely populated region on the company&#8217;s own tracks.<\/p>\n<p>State Premier Mark McGowan described the incident as &#8220;very concerning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am sure that there will be a full review undertaken by BHP, and I will consult about what role the state might have in that,&#8221; he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Anglo-Australian miner said it was likely to take a week to restore its operations.<\/p>\n<p>In July, rival company Rio Tinto said it had become the world&#8217;s first miner to complete a heavy freight journey with new driverless train technology.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-46105280<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A freight train was deliberately derailed after hurtling through Western Australia at high speed for 50 minutes without its driver. The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2299,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}