Spanish train crash probe turns to driver

Investigations into Spain’s deadliest train crash in decades have only begun, but already a key question has been answered: experts said that the driver, not a computer, was responsible for applying the brakes because a no “fail-safe” system has been installed on the dangerous stretch of bending track.

The question of whether the brakes failed – or were never used – in the approach to Santiago de Compostela may remain open until police can question the injured driver and analyse the data on the train’s just-recovered “black box”.