{{short description|Train wreck}} {{Infobox public transit accident | name = Fiesch derailment <!-- Image --> | image = 2010 Fiesch derailment location.png | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Location of the derailment in Switzerland <!-- Maps --> | image_map = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = | alternative_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | mapframe = | qid = | mapframe_zoom = | coordinates = <!-- Details --> | date = 23 July 2010 | time = | location = Fiesch | location_dir = | location_city = | location_dist_km = | location_dist_mi = | country = Switzerland | line = | operator = Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | owner = | service = | type = derailment | cause = <!-- Statistics --> | bus = | trains = 1 | vehicles = | passengers = | crew = | pedestrians = | deaths = 1 | injuries = 40 | damage = | property = <!-- Route map --> | route_map = | route_map_state = | route_map_name = <!-- Footnotes --> | footnotes = }}
The '''Fiesch derailment''' occurred on Friday 23 July 2010, at 11:50 CET<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100725a1.html|title=Woman dies in Swiss train accident|publisher=Japan Times|date=25 July 2010|accessdate=18 August 2010}}</ref> when a Glacier Express train, from Zermatt heading towards St. Moritz, derailed at low speed between the cities of Lax and Fiesch, Canton Valais, Switzerland.
Two rear panorama cars were overturned while a third car derailed but remained on the track.<ref name="nzz">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/panorama/bahnstrecke_im_wallis_ab_sonntag_wieder_befahrbar_1.6841621.html|title=Railway lines in the Valais passable again|publisher=NZZ|date=25 July 2010|accessdate=18 August 2010}}</ref>
A 64-year-old Japanese woman was killed and 42 people were injured and taken to hospital. The day after the accident 17 persons (16 Japanese, 1 Spanish) were still in hospital care.<ref name="nzz"/>
The cause of the accident was blamed on human error in that the driver was going too fast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/30/driver-error-to-blame-for-glacier-express-crash/|title=Driver error to blame for Glacier Express crash|publisher=Euronews|date=30 July 2010|accessdate=18 August 2010|archive-date=5 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805141140/http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/30/driver-error-to-blame-for-glacier-express-crash/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Traffic resumed on Sunday 25 July after repair and the railway had been declared safe by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (operator of the Glacier Express).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glacierexpress.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Ereignis%2023.07.2010/Press%20release%20Matterhorn%20Gotthard%20Bahn%2026.07.2010.pdf|title=Glacier Express: Line tested – operations running to schedule|publisher=Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn|date=26 July 2010|accessdate=18 August 2010}}</ref>
On 7 March 2011, it was announced that the driver of the train at the time of its crash had been convicted of homicide and negligence, and would face a fine of 15,000 Swiss francs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20News/News%20Wire/2011/03/Engineer%20convicted%20in%20fatal%20Swiss%20crash.aspx | title=Engineer convicted in fatal Swiss crash | accessdate=11 March 2011 | date=7 March 2011 | publisher=Trains Magazine}}</ref>
The Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents investigated the accident.
== References == <references/>
==External links== {{Portal|Switzerland|Trains}} * {{in lang|de}} - [https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/BS/10072304_SB.pdf<!--Old URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20131112083744/http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/BS//pdf/10072304_SB.pdf--> Final report] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110124155842/http://www.uus.admin.ch/pdf/10072304_SB.pdf Archive]) Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents<!--Old URL: http://www.uus.admin.ch//pdf/10072304_SB.pdf--> (Original report) ** {{in lang|ja}} [https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/BS/10072300_SB.pdf<!--Old URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20131112083828/http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/BS//pdf/10072300_SB.pdf--> Japanese translation of the report] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110314233437/http://www.uus.admin.ch//pdf/10072300_SB.pdf Archive]) - The IBFRA noted that this is an unofficial provisional translation intended to help Japanese speakers understand the document, and is not legally binding<!--From the document: "(非公式・仮訳) 本和訳は、内容の理解を助けることを目的に仮訳したものであり、法的拘束力を持つものではない"-->; the original German version is legally binding {{2010 railway accidents}} {{Railway accidents and incidents in Switzerland}} {{Coord|46.403007|N|8.132672|E|display=title|type:event}}
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