What the records say
- When
- 4 Apr 1998
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 22.80° N, 83.00° E
- Description
- 1998 rail accident in India
- Deaths
- 11
- Injured
- 50
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Fatuha train crash
1998 rail accident in India
The Fatuha train crash was a rail transport accident that occurred on 4 April 1998, in India. Removal of fishplates led to the packed Howrah-Danapur Express jumping tracks, killing at least 11 passengers and injuring more than 50 near Fatuha Station in Fatuha city on the Eastern Railway's Danapur division. In all, nine bogies derailed disrupting traffic.
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