TOKYO: A crack has been found in a Japanese “bullet train” that could have caused a derailment, officials said Wednesday, in the first-ever “serious incident” for the iconic mode of transport. If the train had continued to run, the crack could have caused it to derail in the worst-case scenario, transport officials said. “We recognise it as a ‘serious incident’ as it was an extraordinary case... It could have led to an accident,” said an official at the Japan Transport Safety Board. It is the first such “serious incident” since the predecessor to the safety board was created in 2001, she said.

Source: New Strait Times December 13, 2017 02:15 UTC