The false announcement, of an explosion in Macon in the Burgundy region, was part of a training exercise.
It was only when journalists began flooding the railway operator's phone lines that the company realised there had been an enormous error. A real SNCF statement later firmly said that the accident had never happened.
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The message, which appeared on the SNCF website shortly after 1100 (1000 GMT), stated that following an explosion on a high-speed TGV train on the Paris to Dijon line, 102 people had been confirmed dead, while 380 people had been injured.
During an in-house training exercise in which staff were asked to respond to a massive rail accident, a staff member had accidentally posted details of the pretend scenario on the official website.
In a statement about the misunderstanding, SNCF explained that it was obliged to practise its emergency procedures for the safety of its passengers.
2 comments:
but if they know in advance & have prepared all the communication, why don't they prevent the terrorists to....
;)
<span>the bomb didn't blow up? :P</span>
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