More than half of Washington's Metro system's train cars have been taken offline after last week's derailment and a possible safety issue with wheel assemblies, officials say.
The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission on Sunday ordered that all 748 of the system's 7000-series rail cars, about 60 percent of its rail car fleet, be taken out of service. Metrorail service was running with reduced service and long wait times.
"This could have resulted in a catastrophic event," Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, said at a news conference. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has known about an issue with wheel assemblies since 2017, Homendy said. Inspections had found 18 failures this year, and since the accident, 21 more have been found, she said.that it has been working with the maker, Kawasaki, to resolve the issue since 2017.
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