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MALANG - As many as four spare train carriages that crashed at Malang Kota Lama Station, Malang City, East Java, were successfully evacuated by a team of technicians from PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI).

Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 8 Surabaya Suprapto said that the evacuation process for the four carriages had collapsed at around 14:16 WIB, or more than 24 hours after the incident. "At 14:16 WIB, the KAI evacuation team succeeded in evacuating all train carriages that had fallen. The carriages that were successfully evacuated were K1 01706, K1 01701, P 06803, and P 01607," said Suprapto, in Malang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, November 19, Suprapto explained, in the process of evacuating the four carriages that fell, PT KAI Daop 8 Surabaya brought in a crane machine from Solo, involving 60 technicians for the evacuation of facilities, and 20 personnel for railroad technicians assisted by other units. Suprapto continued, the technical team was repairing the 100-meter line on Line 2 Malang Kota Lama Station. PT KAI apologized to the public, especially to train users. "We continue to strive so that all routes at Malang Kota Lama Station can return to normal conditions," said Suprapto. As a result of the incident, continued Suprapto, there were no train trips experiencing lateness. All trips are still in normal condition, because the trains heading to or leaving Malang can still pass on line one Malang Kota Lama Station. "In addition, there were no casualties from this incident. Meanwhile, the cause is still in the process of being investigated," said Suprapto. .

On Wednesday, November 18, at around 3:02 p.m. WIB, a series of train cars without locomotives crashed at Kota Lama Station. The incident involved seven carriages, in which four of them crashed. The series of train cars without locomotives, before falling out of control from the direction of Malang Kota Baru Station, and hit the excavator used to repair the rail around Malang Kota Lama Station, before finally crash and stop.

One of the eyewitnesses of Slamet Effendy (50), a resident of Ciptomulyo Village, Sukun District, Malang City, said the incident caused a tremor and a loud sound. "The vibration was from the terrace to the house, the sound was also loud," he said. more at around 3:00 p.m. WIB, not long after the Surabaya-Blitar route of the Penataran train passed on line one. After the Penataran train passed, the accident occurred. "After the Penataran train passed, the carriage without the locomotive ran itself from the direction of Malang Kota Baru Station," he said.

Until now, officers and technicians from KAI are still evacuating the four train cars that crashed at Malang Kota Lama Station.


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