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If you find this sort of analysis interesting, the UK's Rail Accident Investigation Branch publishes reports into all serious incidents on the UK railway system
by matthewmacleod 5y ago
If you find this sort of analysis interesting, the UK's Rail Accident Investigation Branch publishes reports into all serious incidents on the UK railway system – with the main focus on identifying ways to prevent similar accidents in the future. I've always thought these were a pretty good example of root-cause analysis of failures that much of the software industry could learn from.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rail-accident-investigation-branch https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rail-accident-in...
- teh_klev 5y agoThis was quite an interesting event that happened recently in Scotland: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676754/180111_R012018_Markinch.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... Basically the train lost the ability to brake and effectively rolled backwards and forwards over a 4.7 mile section of track, with gradients on either end, until it came to a stop in the lowest section of the line see page 11).