The Accident Investigation Board finished its work on Saturday, but Bane Nor still has a big job left to remove the train that derailed on Thursday afternoon. Throughout the weekend they worked to get ready, but on Sunday the work suddenly came to a complete halt. – We have been working on rigging up, among other things to get cranes in place to lift out the train set, but throughout Sunday there has been slight movement on that mountainside, so we have temporarily stopped work to remove some larger stones lying above the train set, says press guard at Bane Nor, Øystein Stavdal Paulsen to news. Rana Blad mentioned the movements in the mountain first. The train is down on the E6, which is probably also affected by things taking longer than first thought. Photo: Frank Nygård / news Safety comes first All crew were pulled out earlier Sunday. There is still some clearing of loose material and vegetation on the mountain side and the slope above the train before anything can be done. – The planning is underway, he says and emphasizes that the actual work will begin on Monday due to the stoppage on Sunday. – How long will the work take? – It is a bit difficult to say because safety comes first. We will have the train removed as safely as possible, without further incidents. Then it takes as long as it takes. Paulsen adds: – At the same time, we feel a certain pressure because the E6 is closed and the train section is closed, but safety comes first. Haven’t seen all the wagons In addition to Bane Nor, the Accident Investigation Board has been working in the area for part of the weekend. Department director Ida H. Grøndahl tells news that they came up already on Thursday and finished during Saturday. Now they no longer have personnel in the area. They too have been affected by the insecure area. – We have documented a lot, but not everything because of the race danger. More specifically, it is the two leading carriages that we have not reached. She emphasizes that they will be allowed to examine these wagons when they have been safely recovered. – Over the next few days we will also be contacting the passengers on the train. If there are other witnesses who have information that they think we should have, we would like to hear from them. – Is it unusual for you to work under conditions like this? – With the race danger that was like that, it was unusual, yes. It also meant that things took a lot more time than we normally see with investigations. Published 27.10.2024, at 18.00 Updated 27.10.2024, at 18.39
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