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Rogue slug blamed for Japanese railway chaos

Feb 16,2020 3:40 am

Japanese train (file image)

A power cut that disrupted rail traffic on a Japanese island last month was caused by a slug, officials say.

More Than 12,000 people's journeys were affected when nearly 30 trains on Kyushu shuddered to a halt because of the slimy intruder's actions.

Its electrocuted remains were found lodged inside equipment next to the tracks, Japan Railways says.

The Incident in Japan has echoes of a shutdown caused by a weasel at Europe's Large Hadron Collider in 2016.

When The Weasel took a fatal chew on wiring inside a high-voltage transformer,

In Japan, local media on The Trail of the slug report that it managed to squeeze through a tiny gap to get into a load disconnector.

A British cousin of the ill-fated mollusc achieved notoriety in 2011, The Guardian reports, when, resulting in "traffic chaos".

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japan, slugs, rail travel

Source of news: bbc.com

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