JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators found signal and communication problems were the main cause of a deadly train collision near the capital Jakarta which killed 16 in April, a report from the Transportation Safety Committee showed.
The evening collision between a commuter train and a long-distance train happened on Apr 27 in Bekasi, just outside Jakarta, killing 16 people and injuring 107, said the report, which was published on the committee’s website.
It was not clear when the report was first released.
The accident began when an electric taxi reportedly stalled at an unmanned level crossing near the East Bekasi station. At 8.48pm that day…
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