Investigation panel holds test run on route of fatal derailment

Investigation panel holds test run on route of fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Officials of the transport ministry's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission conduct a test run on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 13. The commission began a four-day test run to replicate the circumstances that led to the April 25 deadly derailment on the line.

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