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Spain's transport minister refuses to resign after high-speed rail crash kills 69
October 30, 2026 at 01:58 PM
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توقف قبل 2 كيلو من موقع الحادث.. قصة القطار الناجي من مأساة سكك حديد إسبانيا
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BNBBC News
Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster
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السرعة تجاوزت 200 كيلو فى الساعة.. تفاصيل صادمة بتحقيقات قطار الموت الإسبانى
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وزير النقل الإسباني يرفض الاستقالة بعد كارثة القطار.. والبرلمان يستدعيه
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AJAl Jazeera English
Spain’s deadly train crash redraws electoral battle lines
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عطل بنظام الأمان وراء كارثة قطار إسبانيا وارتفاع الضحايا لـ69.. ماذا حدث؟
(opens the publisher’s site)Spain observes three days of mourning as opposition parties demand accountability after a high-speed rail collision killed 69 people near Toledo.
- A Renfe high-speed train travelling at 160–200km/h slammed into a stationary Iryo train near Urda on Wednesday, killing 69 people.
- A preliminary report found the Renfe train was travelling between 160 and 200km/h when it hit the stationary Iryo train.
- Puente told a Madrid news conference he will not resign, saying he had "nothing to hide" over the disaster.
- Sánchez said public trust in Spain's high-speed network has been broken, calling a second fatal crash within a year "unacceptable."
- A third AVE train travelling from Seville stopped just two kilometres from the crash site after a protection failure affected six trains over 63 kilometres.
- Minister Puente confirmed that one driver corrected erroneous instructions during the automatic protection system failure.