INFO LE FIGARO – The case of the statement, seen by Le Figaro , shows how the company has attempted to mitigate its responsibilities
Thirteen volumes of judicial investigation. Thousands of pages. And in the middle, well hidden, some nuggets. selected pieces of the file consulted by Le Figaro . SNCF took the report in the hands of the office investigating land transport accidents (BEA-TT), a body supposed to be independent … three months before its release. Furthermore, the public transport company did everything to not communicate to investigators of parts essential to the manifestation of the truth.
On 13 July 2013, the 3657 Intercity train from Paris to Limoges derailed in Brétigny station and caused the death of seven people and wounded dozens.
Despite all his efforts, the legal department of the SNCF has forgotten an important fact: in the context of a criminal investigation, it is possible to conduct wiretaps. And their transcription is overwhelming for the company. So what advice Chriqui Claire, a lawyer from the train to an agent who will soon be heard by investigators and intends to make these famous repositories. The lawyer strongly recommends “nothing” to bring them. ” Further: “You’re not going to arrive with all your gear. You come with nothing (…). It should not be pro-active with them, must truly expect their requests. ” Message received, the caller provides the shot to go hide these documents “to end the Auvergne background.”
Another example W. Lawrence, officer in charge of the local Brétigny sector. It is he who makes the last tour of inspection, ten days before the derailment. It was he who, like all the others since 2008, does not notice anything abnormal on the heart of the switch. When investigators asked him his work computer, W. tells them that he has the “stolen”. But no luck, the computer will be recovered by the police in “a small room” a few hundred meters south of the station Brétigny. The computer was redacted a portion of its contents.
The investigating judges are not left are provided fooled. Better, they acquired a certainty: if inspection, one between 2008 and 2013 had been properly performed, the catastrophe of Brétigny-sur-Orge was preventable
• Brétigny. -sur-Orge that the SNCF would have preferred to hide justice
• A confidential report released to the SNCF
• “We would have made maintenance …”
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