Benavídez rail disaster

Benavídez rail disaster
Crashed and derailed trains
Details
DateFebruary 1, 1970
20:15
LocationBenavídez
CountryArgentina
OperatorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Incident typeRear collision
Causefailure to protect stopped train
Statistics
Trains2
Passengers1,350
Crew4
Deaths236 [1]
Injured500

The Benavídez rail disaster, which occurred on February 1, 1970, is the worst-ever rail disaster in Argentina and South America, leaving 236 dead and more than 500 injured.[2]

Summary

This accident happened in an isolated, dimly lit area near Benavídez station, between Ingeniero Maschwitz and General Pacheco, 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of Buenos Aires. A twenty-one-carriage mixed passenger and freight General Bartolomé Mitre Railway express,[3] (Estrella del Norte) operated by State-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos, hauled by two diesel locomotives and carrying 260 passengers, was nearing the end of its 1,000-mile journey from Tucumán to Retiro in Buenos Aires[4] and had just passed Benavídez.[5]

Workers operating a crane to remove derailed coaches

Ahead of it, a ten-carriage local train was carrying 1,090 passengers home to the capital after spending a weekend in fashionable Zárate on the banks of the Paraná River, but had come to a halt due to 'fuel injector trouble'.[6] Despite being stopped for 40 minutes as they tried to fix the problem,[5] the crew of the local train failed to provide protection and at 20:15 the express ran into the back of it at a speed of 65 mph. The two diesel locomotives 'totally destroyed' the rear car and telescoped the next car through almost the entire length of the third from rear car, pushing it 80 yards down the track,[4] though some passengers managed to jump clear. All the deaths and major injuries were aboard the local train.[3]

The pilot of an aeroplane radioed a control tower, who in turn notified emergency services. Air Force helicopters were used to bring medical supplies. An emergency hospital was established at the Pacheco station, five miles north of the accident site, and temporary morgues were set up at Pacheco and Benavídez.

Survivors quoted in The Times said, 'We saw mutilated bodies everywhere', there was 'blood all over the place, the soldiers were just filling sacks with severed limbs'.[6]

In all 236 people were killed and more than 500 injured.[7][4][1]

After the accident Así, a popular weekly magazine, published a 32-page article including gory photographs of the train crash and as a result was closed indefinitely by the military dictatorship that governed Argentina by then.[8]

Bibliography

  • Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2, pp. 144-145

References

  1. ^ a b El "error de comunicación" que causó la peor tragedia ferroviaria argentina, Clarín, 1 Feb 2016
  2. ^ "El tercer accidente ferroviario más grave en la historia del país" Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, La Nación, 23 Feb 2012
  3. ^ a b "Historia de un trágico accidente ferroviario" by Fernando Pérez, Actualidad Tigre-San Fernando, 17 Jan 2012 Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c "Accidentes Ferroviarios (Parte XI) - Benavídez, 1970" Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine on TodoTren.com.ar
  5. ^ a b "La Bajada 71 | Autorneto". 2012-03-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  6. ^ a b The Times, Tuesday, Feb 03, 1970; pg. 7; Issue 57784; col A
  7. ^ "Uno de los peores accidentes ferroviarios del país", Clarín, 10 Mar 2008 Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 144-145, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2
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