“I will ask for the fireball to be taken out of the conclusion”, says now the president of the EODASAM after the denials from Ghent and Pisa

The study of the Greek National Railway Accident and Safety Investigation Organization (ΕΟDΑSΑΜ) is presently up successful the aerial regarding the fireball that was caused aft the collision betwixt a commercialized and a rider bid successful Tempi, pursuing the conflicting views of the universities of Ghent and Pisa regarding the fireball from combustible materials.

“The committee of ΕΟDΑSΑΜ is expected to proceed with the withdrawal of immoderate notation to the fireball successful the report,” emphasized the caput of the organization, Christos Papadimitriou, during an interrogation connected Skai Radio.

He explained that helium had requested that the study not beryllium made nationalist earlier the corresponding survey from the University of Lausanne, which is considered the champion successful the satellite successful this circumstantial field, was provided.

However, Bart Acu, a subordinate of the ΕΟDΑSΑΜ Investigation Committee and the second-in-command of the European Railways Organization, stated that if the study is not released, helium volition clasp a property league himself, accusing the Greek enactment of preventing the corresponding European assemblage from doing its job.

“Imagine what would person happened successful Greece if thing similar this had occurred,” helium commented.

Moreover, Acu revealed that helium had based his conception connected the fireball connected unofficial conversations with experts from the University of Ghent, which led the assemblage to authorities that it disagreed with the findings of the report.

Nevertheless, it was emphasized that the study is “a thorough technological portion of enactment that contains 17 information recommendations and lone 1 unusual and scientifically challenging point, that of the fireball, which remains open.”

Papadimitriou explained that ΕΟDΑSΑΜ had nary close to marque modifications to the report.

When asked whether helium had received threats to his beingness successful an effort to halt the investigation, helium confirmed the reports.

“I received the missive from the University of Pisa connected Friday afternoon,” helium aboriginal said during an interrogation connected RealFM 97.8. “I couldn’t judge my eyes, and I instantly convened the board,” helium added.

Papadimitriou explained that “the missive stated that Professor Landucci had had backstage correspondence with the European adept and had not fixed support for it to beryllium included successful the ΕΟDΑSΑΜ report” and added that “we requested that immoderate notation to the University of Pisa beryllium removed.”

Papadimitriou besides discussed the contented with the University of Ghent, saying, “The ‘Ghent problem’ arose during the presumption of the report. On February 26th, I received a report, and I saw that the Ghent study talked astir simulations that were not theirs but from EDAPO. I learned the remainder past night.” He clarified that “the nighttime earlier the property league for the report’s presentation, they told america it was finalized and acceptable to proceed. I knew past that it had been corrected.”

As Papadimitriou mentioned, “the ΕΟDΑSΑΜ study concerns railway safety, and the fireball is simply a tiny portion of it. Mr. Acu said everything was good connected February 26th. In fact, we had asked for the fireball conception of the study not to beryllium released without certification from a higher institution, which was rejected by the technicians.“