# AVE and Iryo train collision: braking, LZB failure and casualties

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116279272310534386
- Source account: [@MAGA0502](https://x.com/MAGA0502)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:25
- Published: 2026-10-31
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties) It is now known that the AVE driver tried to brake before the collision with the Iryo train, but he would not have had enough distance to avoid the crash. Meanwhile, the Iryo driver tried to restart the LZB system twice, but the train did not respond. Afterwards,

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=16) she called her own company's control center to ask for help.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=20) And most distressingly, she was still speaking with the control center when the AVE crashed into her train.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=26) Minutes earlier, she had already informed Adif that she was still stopped and could not resume her journey.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=32) However, the AVE had been ordered to continue at normal speed.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=36) Although the AVE driver reportedly tried to brake, at that speed, the distance needed to stop is enormous.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=43) Braking can reduce speed and the impact energy, but it cannot guarantee avoiding a collision when the obstacle appears too close.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=51) Among the victims of the accident was also the AVE driver himself, Antonio Acedo, and two trainee workers who were traveling with him.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=58) In addition, the death of Fátima Báñez was confirmed, former minister of Employment during the Popular Party government, who was traveling on the Iryo.

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=67) The latest official count released by the regional government is 69 people dead and more than 180 injured.

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yJEMVHkNtGf7/en/ave-and-iryo-train-collision-braking-lzb-failure-and-casualties?t=74) However, a preliminary document from the technical investigation mentioned 74 deaths, a figure still pending official confirmation