Report blames signal equipment design flaws for China train crash

A Chinese report said design flaws in signal equipment caused last weekend’s high-speed train crash that killed at least 39 people.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported today that the Shanghai railway bureau had concluded the accident near Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province which also hurt more than 190 people was a result of the design flaws.

Premier Wen Jiabao has already ordered a sweeping and transparent probe into the crash of two bullet trains, which has raised public anger about the government’s handling of the accident.

Six train cars derailed and four fell about 65 to 100 feet from a viaduct on Saturday night after one train ploughed into the back of a stalled train.