Bihar train derailment
Details
Date6 June 1981 (1981-06-06)
LocationBagmati River, Badlaghat (near Khagaria), Bihar
CountryIndia
Incident typeDerailment
CauseUnknown, likely a cyclone
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths
  • 235 (official)
  • >500 (estimate)

In the Indian state of Bihar, on June 6, 1981, a passenger train carrying more than 800 passengers[1] between Mansi (Dhamara Pul) and Saharsa, India derailed and plunged into the river Bagmati while it was crossing a bridge.

After five days, more than 200 bodies were recovered, with hundreds more missing that were feared washed away by the river.[1][2] Estimates of total deaths range from 500 to 800 or more.[1] By the afternoon of June 12, the government had completed its recovery efforts and had issued an official death toll of 235 passengers (including the bodies of 3 passengers which had not been recovered), with 88 survivors.[3]

The crash is the deadliest-ever rail accident in India.[4]

Cause

The cause of the crash is uncertain as the accident was not well documented. There are multiple theories:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Spignesi, Stephen J. (2004). Catastrophe!: the 100 greatest disasters of all time. Citadel Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780806525587.
  2. ↑ "AROUND THE WORLD; Toll From Train Crash Reaches 215 in India". New York Times. 9 June 1981. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Diving Operations to Extricate Dead Bodies Completed – Samastipur Rail Disaster" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India – Archive. 12 June 1981. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "1981 Bihar to 2023 Balasore train accident in Odisha, here are India's deadliest rail accidents". The Economic Times. 5 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Iran mourns blast victims". BBC. 19 February 2004.
  6. ↑ "Train Disasters". CBS News. 12 September 2005. Archived from the original on 12 September 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Train Wrecks in India". Emergency Disaster Management, Inc. 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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