CBI COLLECTS DATA LOGGER, MOBILE PHONES OF BAHANAGA RLY STATION

Helps find mistakes committed by signal ops, loco pilots, malfunction of signaling systems

- ASISH MEHTA

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday collected the data logger of Bahanaga railway station where a horrific train mishap, one of India’s deadliest, involving three trains, claimed at least 288 lives on June 2.

Data logger, considered the black box of railways, monitors and records all activities and events in the signalling system of a railway station. It helps find the mistakes committed by signal operators, loco pilots and malfunction of signaling systems.