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Lathen train collision
The Lathen train collision occurred on 22 September 2006 when a Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people. It was the first fatal accident involving a maglev train.
The Transrapid.
The Transrapid 08 was still doing trial runs but would sometimes carry passengers along the test track to demonstrate the maglev technology. The Emsland test track runs from Lathen, near where the accident occurred, north to Dörpen, with a loop at
in the accident which closed the line in the country's Nile Delta region. The train was estimated as travelling at more than at the time of the collision. In the wake of the accident, Egyptian Railways director Hanafi Abdel Qawi is dismissed.
- September 22 – 2006 Lathen maglev train accident – A Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collides with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people. This was the first ever fatal accident on a maglev train.
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