Re:Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross P...
by bmsleight on Sunday January 25, 2015 @04:21AM
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The rail accident investigators, are very very good engineers. They area ready attend any accident across the UK in a mater of hours. They even have powers of arrest.
Re:Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross P...
by parados on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:44AM
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> They even have powers of arrest.
Source?
Re:Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross P...
by walshemj on Sunday January 25, 2015 @09:44AM
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A lot of the X civil service org have some odd grandfathered powers BT's an d the royal mail internal security have more powers the average function in an ordinary PLC has.
Not Bruce Sheniers resignation statement and notice how careful he is to be nice to BT security.
Re:Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross P...
by jheriko on Sunday January 25, 2015 @11:20AM
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everyone in the UK has powers of arrest afaik - you don't even need to be a citizen.
however, i'd imagine that these guys are instructed on how to use it, unlike the wider populace
http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm
Two major incidents in my neck of the woods were the drill bit that came through the roof of my regular commuting line:
http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/report...
And the runaway engineering train where the crew on board jumped off as it went through an underground station:
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/re...
But of course these are restricted to incidents that put lives at risk. As you say, it would be really interesting to read reports like this on other kinds of failures.