Kamal El-Wazir, the Egyptian Minister of Transportation, before the Transportation and Communications Committee of the House of Representatives:
Dismissal of the train driver if the automatic control device (ATC) is closed without permission.
I have not issued general instructions for training drivers to turn off the automatic control devices.
The only exception to turning off the automatic control devices was during heavy rain.
It was proposed to allow trains to travel at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour during the rainy season to the nearest central station.
The prosecutor's office is investigating the event of the automatic control device being turned off during the accident.
The automatic control system automatically stops the train when the red signal is crossed and the driver does not react.
We reuse old control systems on the Al Fardan - Al Irit line to reduce development costs.
Development of the automatic control system and connection to a central monitoring system to improve the safety of train traffic.
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