Lathen train collision

Lathen train collision
Details
Date22 September 2006
09:30
LocationLathen, Lower Saxony
CountryGermany
LineLathen - Dörpen test track
OperatorTransrapid International
Incident typeCollision
CauseHuman error
Statistics
Trains1 + MOW vehicle
Deaths23
Injured11

On 22 September 2006, a Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people and wounding 11. It was the first fatal crash involving a maglev train.


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