EODASAM President: Through simulation we concluded that there were 2.5 tonnes of flammable liquid

“We started the probe without a video of the freight bid loading,” Christos Papadimitriou, president of EODASAM, told ERTNews. Speaking astir the investigation into the Tempi obstruction tragedy and the relation of the body, helium said the organisation “should person existed since 2004 and was created successful 2023“.

Commenting connected the work which was published yesterday, a time earlier the two-year day of the 2 bid collision, helium said that “we don’t cognize however galore radical died successful the fire” portion regarding the beingness of chartless substance that caused the fireball, helium replied that immoderate traces disappeared owed to precocious temperatures, noting that “through simulation we concluded that determination were 2.5 tonnes of flammable liquid“.

At the aforesaid clip Papadimitriou spoke of a “mess” that prevailed astatine the country of the obstruction tragedy, saying that galore mistakes were made adjacent by the prosecutors who were astatine the scene.

As helium said, “in the archetypal moments determination were nary protocols, determination was disorder betwixt the occurrence and police. The archetypal interest was to prevention people,” past noting that “on March 3, everything went incorrect successful the field, successful presumption of information collection.” He said “two oregon 3 days aft the mishap we were not definite however galore radical were connected the train.”

Referring to the investigations and the origin of decease of the occupants, helium said that “even if 1 idiosyncratic died from the fire, we had to investigate“.

Speaking to reporters Kostas Papachlimintzos and Katerina Doukas, the president of the National Organization for the Investigation of Air and Railway Accidents and Transport Safety said that “through simulation we concluded that determination were 2.5 tons of flammable liquid.” As Papadimitriou said, “from the videos I spot a antithetic colour of smoke, achromatic from black, truthful it’s a antithetic fuel, positive from the traces connected the crushed I spot a antithetic fuel, positive a captious sentiment that came to america from Professor Kostantopoulos, astatine the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who told america that successful each likelihood silicone oils could not person led to this fire.”

Asked wherever the chartless flammable substance could perchance person been placed, Papadimitriou said “it should person been betwixt the 2nd motor and the archetypal unfastened wagon that had the alloy plates“. In effect to the question of wherefore thing was recovered helium stressed: “No remains were found. The experts’ reply is that if determination had been thing similar that and if it had burned astatine those temperatures, nary remains would person been found.”

Elsewhere successful his statement, the president of the EODASAM referred to the infamous 717 contract, saying that “if the 717 declaration had been completed, determination would person been much safeguards.”

According to Papadimitriou, the probe is open. “We did our occupation arsenic if our children were connected the train,” helium said.

Speaking astir the mistakes made connected February 28, 2023 helium said: “That night, adjacent the ergonomics of the presumption was wrong. In the evening, the presumption maestro was unsocial and adjacent answered residents’ calls.“