Overview
- Spain’s rail judge ordered Adif to avoid any work on the Adamuz stretch without 15 days’ notice and prior authorization after the company flagged a planned 36‑meter rail replacement at km 317.264 for the night of March 3–4.
- The CIAF and judicial teams extracted data Thursday from both trains’ black boxes and from the Iryo train’s interior cameras at CIAF facilities, with Guardia Civil oversight and technicians from Hassler and Leonardo present.
- Investigators say the downloads should confirm exact timings, braking and signal data and indicate neither train exceeded speed limits, while warning the power cut may have degraded images from the hardest‑hit cars 5–8.
- Laboratory testing of rails and a suspect weld linked to the derailment remains pending, with the court yet to authorize the procedure and considering independent experts for the analysis.
- Witness statements describe prolonged jolting, an emergency brake application, multiple onboard alarms and smoke in car 6 as investigators continue to weigh infrastructure failure, train malfunction and human error.