A Trip That Became A Horrifying Nightmare | Head On Collision | FULL EPISODE | Mayday: Air Disaster

For the 115 people on board a VIA passenger train on February 8, 1986, a pleasant trip turns into a horrifying nightmare.

The freight train was almost two kilometres long and weighed more than 12 000 tonnes. It had already flashed past signals ordering it to stop. The two trains collided head-on at a combined speed of nearly 200 kph – and the result was disastrous.

Why hadn't the engineer and the brakeman at the front of the train ignored signal lights telling them to stop? The only member of the freight train crew who survived the crash was the conductor on the caboose. His testimony to an inquiry raises disturbing questions about his performance and that of the two men at the front of the train.

From Season 3 Episode 12 "Head On Collision": February 8, 1986 - through the early morning sun, passengers see a huge freight train barreling right towards them. Twenty-three people are killed and more than 70 are injured.

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