[Update] Tohoku Shinkansen’s coupling comes off while in motion… Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen services suspended. 650 passengers on board, rescue under consideration – Livedoor News

8 comments

1. What idiot’s fault is this??

2. Let’s consider our options here no need to do anything hasty

3. A lot of 申し訳 will be ございません today.

4. Again? Movie shootings already done guys /s

   Between omiya and ueno oof guys, worst place for that. At least they don’t go fast through there

5. [September 2024 incident](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/19/japan/tohoku-shinkansen-halt/)

   [JR East initial findings of September 2024 incident](https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15443758)

6. Translation nuance is just a tad off 💦

7. Genuine question – couldn’t JR East just tow one trainset to Ueno, and the other trainset to Omiya, and then disembark passengers at those stations? It seems that the trainsets are fine, just the couplers are not working as intended… doesn’t seem to need “rescuing” per se. Unless something’s lost in translation.

8. Do you think it’s due to too many tourists walking around inside the train while it is in motion?