Togkatastrofen på Storebælt: Hvad gik galt? The train disaster|on|Storebelt|What|went|wrong Die Zugkatastrophe am Großen Belt: Was ist schief gelaufen? The train disaster on the Great Belt: What went wrong?

Ingen bliver tiltalt for Danmarks værste togulykke. No one|is|charged|for|Denmark's|worst|train accident Niemand wird wegen Dänemarks schlimmstem Zugunglück angeklagt. No one is charged for Denmark's worst train accident.

Ulykken skete 2. januar 2019. The accident|happened|January The accident occurred on January 2, 2019.

Der lyder et brag, og vinduerne springer ind i hovedet på os. There|is a sound|a|bang|and|the windows|shatter|in|into|head|at|us Es knallt und die Fenster knallen in unsere Köpfe. There is a bang, and the windows shatter into our faces.

Vi flyver ned på gulvet, og så holdt vi stille. We|fly|down|on|the floor|and|then|stopped|we|still We fly down to the floor, and then we stop.

131 passagerer er på vej fra Aarhus mod København med morgentoget. passengers|are|on|way|from|Aarhus|towards|Copenhagen|with|the morning train 131 passengers are on their way from Aarhus to Copenhagen on the morning train.

Kun 123 overlever turen. Only|survive|trip Only 123 survive the trip.

På vej over Storebælt sker der en ulykke. On|the way|over|the Great Belt|happens|there|an|accident An accident occurs on the way over the Great Belt.

En vogn på et 509 tons tungt godstog med ølflasker kolliderer med toget. A|wagon|on|a|tons|heavy|freight train|with|beer bottles|collides|with|the train A wagon on a 509-ton heavy freight train carrying beer bottles collides with the train.

18 bliver kvæstet. Fem kvinder og tre mænd bliver dræbt. are|injured|Five|women|and|three|men|are|killed 18 are injured. Five women and three men are killed.

At rejse med tog i Danmark er noget af det sikreste. To|travel|by|train|in|Denmark|is|one of|of|the|safest Traveling by train in Denmark is one of the safest.

Det er cirka ti gange farligere at køre bil. It|is|about|ten|times|more dangerous|to|drive|car It is about ten times more dangerous to drive a car.

Selv om der sker små uheld, er det enormt sjældent - Even|though|there|happen|small|accidents|is|it|extremely|rare Even though small accidents happen, it is extremely rare -

- at passagerer kommer til skade. that|passengers|come|to|harm - for passengers to get injured.

De fleste ulykker skyldes et sammenfald af omstændigheder. The|most|accidents|are caused by|a|coincidence|of|circumstances Most accidents are caused by a combination of circumstances.

Ifølge Havarikommissionen kan det være tekniske fejl - According to|the Accident Investigation Board|can|it|be|technical|errors According to the Accident Investigation Board, it can be technical failures -

- utilstrækkelige procedurer og menneskelige fejl. insufficient|procedures|and|human|errors - inadequate procedures and human errors.

Sidste togulykke, der var lige så alvorlig som den i 2019, var i 1988. Last|train accident|that|was|just|as|serious|as|it|in|was|in The last train accident that was as serious as the one in 2019 was in 1988.

Mindst syv blev dræbt og 72 såret i Sorø. At least|seven|were|killed|and|injured|in|Sorø At least seven were killed and 72 injured in Sorø.

Umiddelbart kom toget i slinger, og så væltede det. Immediately|came|the train|in|derailment|and|then|overturned|it Immediately, the train derailed, and then it overturned.

Den ulykke førte til, at man indførte et system, der sikrer - The|accident|led|to|that|one|introduced|a|system|that|ensures The accident led to the introduction of a system that ensures -

- at tog ikke kører ind i hinanden. the|trains|do not|drive|into|each| - that trains do not collide with each other.

Vi har en af de sikreste jernbaner i Europa. Vi har lært af ulykkerne. We|have|one|of|the|safest|railways|in|Europe|We|have|learned|from|the accidents We have one of the safest railways in Europe. We have learned from the accidents.

Blandt EU-landene er Danmark på en delt femteplads med Sverige - Among|||is|Denmark|in|a|shared|fifth place|with|Sweden Among EU countries, Denmark is tied for fifth place with Sweden -

- når det kommer til jernbanesikkerhed. when|it|comes|to|railway safety - when it comes to railway safety.

Så hvordan kunne den store ulykke ske den dag på Storebæltsbroen? So|how|could|the|great|accident|happen|that|day|on|the Great Belt Bridge So how could the major accident happen that day on the Great Belt Bridge?

Det blæste næsten med stormstyrke. It|blew|almost|with|storm force It was almost stormy.

Alle andre køretøjer end tog havde fået forbud mod at krydse Storebælt. All|other|vehicles|than|train|had|received|prohibition|against|to|cross|the Great Belt All other vehicles except trains had been prohibited from crossing the Great Belt.

Denne simulation viser, hvordan vinden ramte toget på broen. This|simulation|shows|how|the wind|hit|the train|on|the bridge This simulation shows how the wind hit the train on the bridge.

Tog kan tåle mere vind end biler - Trains|can|withstand|more|wind|than|cars Trains can withstand more wind than cars -

- men ved 21 m/sek. beder en alarm dem sænke farten. but|at|||asks|an|alarm|them|reduce|speed - but at 21 m/s, an alarm asks them to reduce speed.

Vinden blev målt i stødene og ikke i middelvinden, så alarmen gik ikke. The wind|was|measured|in|gusts|and|not|in|the average wind|so|the alarm|went|not The wind was measured in gusts and not in the average wind, so the alarm did not go off.

Her kan man se, at en togvogn er slået skæv af et vindstød - Here|can|one|see|that|a|train car|is|hit|skew|by|a|gust of wind Here you can see that a train car has been knocked askew by a gust of wind -

- mens toget fortsætter i høj hastighed. while|the train|continues|at|high|speed - while the train continues at high speed.

Et modkørende lyntog nærmer sig kun 800 meter væk. A|oncoming|express train|approaches|itself|only|meters|away An oncoming high-speed train is approaching just 800 meters away.

Normalt må et lyntog køre 180 km/t. over broen - Normally|may|a|high-speed train|drive|||over|the bridge Normally, a high-speed train is allowed to travel 180 km/h over the bridge -

- men lokomotivføreren kørte 120 på grund af blæsten. but|the train driver|drove|due to|wind|from|the wind - but the train driver was going 120 due to the wind.

Det ender måske med at redde fleres liv - It|ends|maybe|up|to|save|more|lives It may end up saving more lives -

- for kort efter mødes togene, og den skæve trailer flår lyntoget op. just|shortly|after|the trains meet|the trains|and|the|crooked|trailer|tears|the express train|apart - because shortly after, the trains meet, and the skewed trailer tears the express train apart.

Ulykken burde ikke kunne være sket. Hvorfor skete det så alligevel? The accident|should|not|could|have|happened|Why|did happen|it|then|anyway The accident should not have happened. So why did it happen anyway?

Havarikommissionen undersøger fly- og jernbaneulykker. The Accident Investigation Board|investigates||and|railway accidents The Accident Investigation Board investigates aviation and railway accidents.

De brugte næsten et år på at komme til bunds i det. They|spent|almost|a|year|on|to|get|to|the bottom|in|it They spent almost a year getting to the bottom of it.

Vi samler en masse informationer om, hvad der ledte til ulykken. We|gather|a|lot|pieces of information|about|what|that|led|to|accident We are gathering a lot of information about what led to the accident.

Sådan en trailer burde ikke kunne rive sig løs og blive skæv. such|a|trailer|should|not|be able to|tear|itself|loose|and|become|crooked Such a trailer should not be able to come loose and become skewed.

Heller ikke i den voldsomme blæst. Vi må se på togvognenes opbygning. Neither||in|the|severe|wind|We|must|look|at|the train cars'|construction Not even in the violent wind. We must look at the structure of the train cars.

Godstoget trak flere vogne med tonsvis af ølflasker - The freight train|pulled|several|cars|with|tons of|of|beer bottles The freight train pulled several cars with tons of beer bottles -

- men den forreste trailer var tom og kolliderede med lyntoget. but|the|front|trailer|was|empty|and|collided|with|the express train - but the front trailer was empty and collided with the high-speed train.

En sættevognstrailer låses fast på en lommevogn - A|trailer|is locked|securely|onto|a|dolly A trailer is locked onto a pocket wagon -

- med en 20 cm lang jernbolt: kongetappen. with|a|cm|long|iron bolt|the king stage - with a 20 cm long iron bolt: the kingpin.

Når den er låst fast, er traileren nærmest umulig at få af - When|it|is|locked|securely|is|the trailer|almost|impossible|to|get|off Once it is locked in place, the trailer is almost impossible to remove -

- så ingen troede, at en trailer på en lommevogn var farlig. so|no one|believed|that|a|trailer|on|a|handcart|was|dangerous - so no one believed that a trailer on a handcart was dangerous.

Toget blev inspiceret to gange, og man opdagede ingen fejl - The train|was|inspected|two|times|and|one|discovered|no|faults The train was inspected twice, and no faults were discovered -

- for man tjekker ikke kongetappen, men bare håndtagene, der styrer den. because|one|checks|not|the king tap|but|only|the handles|that|control|it - for one does not check the kingpin, but just the handles that control it.

Låsemekanismen var vedligeholdt efter EU-retningslinjerne. The locking mechanism|was|maintained|according to|| The locking mechanism was maintained according to EU guidelines.

Her opdagede man fejlen, der var en af årsagerne til ulykken. Here|discovered|one|the mistake|which|was|one|of|the causes|to|the accident Here, the error was discovered, which was one of the causes of the accident.

EU-reglerne var mangelfulde. ||were|deficient The EU regulations were inadequate.

Det var ikke klart nok, at man skulle smøre låsemekanismen med olie. It|was|not|clear|enough|that|one|should|lubricate|locking mechanism|with|oil It was not clear enough that one should lubricate the locking mechanism with oil.

De mekaniske dele kunne sætte sig fast, så låsen ikke virkede. The|mechanical|parts|could|get|themselves|stuck|so|the lock|not|worked The mechanical parts could get stuck, causing the lock to not work.

Flere af trailerne var ikke låst fast på grund af samme fejl. Several|of|the trailers|were|not|locked|securely|on|due to|to|same|error Several of the trailers were not secured due to the same error.

De kunne også være blæst af toget, men da de var læsset med ølflasker - They|could|also|have been|blown|off|the train|but|when|they|were|loaded|with|beer bottles They could also have been blown off the train, but since they were loaded with beer bottles -

- blev de, hvor de var. stayed|they|where|they|were - they stayed where they were.

De mangelfulde regler, fejl ved låsen og blæsten kostede otte menneskeliv. The|deficient|rules|error|at|the lock|and|the wind|cost|eight|human lives The inadequate regulations, errors with the lock, and the wind cost eight lives.

Det er vigtigt at huske - It|is|important|to|remember It is important to remember -

- at enhver ulykke er med til at forebygge den næste. that|every|accident|is|with|to|to|prevent|the|next - that every accident helps to prevent the next one.

Kravet for vedligehold af låse er ændret i hele Europa. The requirement|for|maintenance|of|locks|is|changed|in|all|Europe The requirement for the maintenance of locks has changed across Europe.

Man opdaterer regler og love. One|updates|rules|and|laws They are updating rules and laws.

Og tog skal sænke farten til bilniveau over Storebælt - And|train|must|lower|speed|to|car level|over|the Great Belt And trains must reduce speed to car level over the Great Belt -

- når det blæser med høj hastighed. when|it|blows|with|high|speed - when it is blowing at high speed.

Så fordi man efter ulykken opdagede nye fejlkilder - So|because|one|after|the accident|discovered|new|sources of error So because new sources of error were discovered after the accident -

- bliver togbanen endnu mere sikker. becomes|the railway|even|more|safe - the railway becomes even safer.