Experts: a faulty arrow could not cause a disaster in the subway

The spontaneously worked out the switch translation could not cause the July disaster on the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro. This conclusion was reached by experts of the Moscow State University of Railways, Izvestia reports . The examination, initiated by the Moscow Construction Department, did not begin the day after the tragedy.

“The left (in the direction of movement) the wiper of the switch translation does not have Natira, a scorch or any other traces of contact with the wheels,” the experts said. “This fact allows us to establish that at the time of the crash the wolf was in the correct (allotted) position.”

At the same time, experts found traces from external influence along the tracks. "100 m to the rut of the rut, chips of track concrete were found. Such chips could be caused by the blows of a metal object hanging from the rolling stock," the document says.

According to experts, when the composition ran into the arrow, the hanging part hit the root of the head and "blocked the movement of the second trolley in the straight direction, after which the second trolley began to deviate to the side path." Subsequent carts continued to move in the right direction. As a result, the first carriage developed, got off the rails and crashed into the end of the tunnel walls.

“In addition, you can give the consideration that if the curved unit transferred after the passage of the first trolley, then all the other carts would move on the side path, and the location of the carts and wagons would be different, and the consequences, possibly, are less serious,” the conclusion says.

The expert opinion has already been sent to the TFR. If the conclusions of the employees of the Moscow State Unitary Enterprise are confirmed by the investigation by the investigation, the circle of suspects may change. Manufacturers of the composition or experts serving it will be held liable.

On July 15 , as a result of the disaster between the stations Park Victory and Slavic Boulevard, 23 people died. Another 158 people were injured, of which 146 were hospitalized.

On July 17, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested two other suspects in this case - the senior road master of the path of the path Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov. To both workers were charged with part 4 of article 263.1 of the Criminal Code (violation of the requirements in the field of transport safety, which entailed by negligence the death of two or more persons). They face up to eight years of colony.

According to the Investigative Committee, Bashkatov and Gordov mounted a turnout on the Victory Park - Slavic Boulevard, where a disaster occurred. "According to the investigation, these works were carried out inadequate, since the arrow mechanism was recorded by the usual 3 -mm wire, the cliff of which presumably became the cause of the accident," the department said.

On July 21, two more suspects were detained - Alexei Trofimov, the deputy head of the major overhaul of the Moscow Metro Route Service, Anatoly Kruglov, the production director of the Special Technicomstroy company, and the subcontracting organization of the metro. According to the TFR, Kruglov, being responsible for the installation of the turnout on the stage, the Park of Victory - Slavic Boulevard, did not properly control the work of work. Trofimov, who personally participated in the installation, was poorly secured by the head of the arrows. Subsequently, the court also arrested them.