Fire on an Egyptian National Railways Cairo–Luxor train, 20 February 2002
Not to be confused with 2009 El Ayyat railway accident.
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2002 El Ayyat railway accident
Details
Date
20 February 2002
Location
El Ayyat, Egypt
Country
Egypt
Line
Upper-Egypt train line
Operator
Egyptian National Railways
Incident type
Fire
Cause
Exploding gas cylinder
Statistics
Trains
1
Deaths
383+
Injured
0
The El Ayyat train disaster happened at 2 a.m. 20 February 2002 in an eleven-carriage passenger train travelling from Cairo to Luxor. A cooking gas cylinder exploded in the fifth carriage, creating a fire which destroyed seven third-class carriages. The initial number of dead given by officials at the time was 383, all Egyptians. However, considering that seven carriages were burnt to the ground, and each carriage was packed with at least double the maximum carrying capacity of 150, this number may be greatly underestimated. The dubious nature of the given death toll lies with the absence of a full passenger list; accounting for those missing was almost impossible at the time. In addition, the fire was so intense and the carriages so badly burned that many corpses had been reduced to ash. As there was no means of communication between the driver and the rear carriages, the driver did not immediately know of the fire, resulting in many people attempting to flee from the overcrowded carriages, jumping to their death. Some important Egyptians[who?] have commented that the official number of 383 dead is grossly inaccurate and was an attempt to lessen the damage done to the reputation of the government.
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