Subway door failure blamed on technical error

BANGKOK: -- The operators of the Bangkok subway system experienced a problem this morning after the electric doors at Hua Lamphong station failed to operate properly.

Mr. Praphas Jongsa-nguan, governor of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTA), who stressed that the incident was a minor one which had not compromised passenger safety, blamed the failure on a temporary glitch in the door sensor system, possibly caused by dirt.

The incident comes just a week after the subway system was re-opened with much fanfare and declared ‘100 percent safe’, following a collision between two trains last month that left over 100 people injured.

Mr. Praphas said that the problem had now been rectified, and that the train in question had been taken for inspection. The subway system was operating as normal, he added.

--TNA 2005-02-08

Subway door failure blamed on technical error

....blamed the failure on a temporary glitch in the door sensor system, possibly caused by dirt....

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I just sprayed my keyboard with hot tea

definately the odd teething problem here!!!

lets wait to see how the new airport goes

RDN, how did your keyboard like that? hope you have it set to UK English not Aussie english (aussie english would spit the tea back at you and demand beer )

Shouldn't that be "human error"? as a human forgot to clean the dirty sensor??

lets wait to see how the new airport goes 

Maybe it's best we don't really know how things are going there ...

The passengers could not get out but....

......minor problem which had not compromised passenger safety??????

I do hope that the "dirt" glitch does not cause doors behave in the opposite way and open while the train is moving.

I say take a hammer to the subway and beat it mercilessly... same as those disgruntled Honda owners did.... and get a whole new subway system built.