The board, which was established on Aug. 1, passed a resolution on Sept. 6 to provide supplementary information about the accident. The board has completed decoding data from the CF cards and investigators have identified a problem in the cards’ design, board chairman Young Hong-tsu (楊宏智) said. “We have about five minutes of data missing on the CF cards. The board also found that the train’s heat exchanger was covered in grass, which was unusual, he said. The board would ascertain if the Japanese train manufacturer has indicated any potential problem with heat exchangers in its train maintenance manual, he said.

Source: Taipei Times December 17, 2019 15:56 UTC