2014 Moscow Metro derailment

2014 Moscow Metro derailment
The crashed train 81-740/741 in a tunnel
Details
Date15 July 2014
LocationMoscow
Coordinates55°44′11″N 37°30′56″E / 55.73639°N 37.51556°E / 55.73639; 37.51556
CountryRussia
Line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
OperatorMoscow Metro
Incident typeDerailment
CauseIncorrectly installed switch.
Statistics
Deaths24
Injured160 (estimated)
Track diagram
to Minskaya (U/C) 
Crash site
Platforms of Park Pobedy

On 15 July 2014, at around 8:40 am MSK (UTC+04:00), an outbound Moscow Metro train derailed between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. Casualties reported include 24 dead and 160 injured. Early reports suggested a power surge or a terrorist attack to be the cause of the derailment, but both were soon dismissed.

This accident was the deadliest ever recorded in the history of the Moscow metro system, and the second to occur due to a technical failure (after the 1982 Aviamotornaya escalator accident).