Quebec Train Brakes Lacked Force to Avert Crash, Board Says
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The brakes on the train that crashed and burned in Quebec this month weren’t applied with enough force, Canadian investigators have found.
The braking on the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. train was “insufficient” to hold the 73 cars that were parked on a 1.2 percent downhill slope near Lac-Megantic, Quebec, the Transportation Safety Board said today in a statement.