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London bombs - what to make of the 'power surge' claim?

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:46:54 GMT,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

Tim O'Toole of LU explained it quite simply at the press conference.
The first indication they got in the applicable control room was a
loss of traction current that they would typically get as a result of
the circuit-breakers tripping in the event of a power surge. This was
the only angle the media had until other trains and buses started
blowing up, but they were slow to drop it.

I suppose the bus was the real giveaway - that was the point at which
I was certain it was terrorism. After all, electrical explosions can
be quite impressive - and it seems that the Tube blasts were
relatively small given the number of casualties and the number of
people who'd be sardined into the trains at that time of the morning.

Neil

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