Tohoku Shinkansen The parts at the bottom of the vehicle are gone. Will it fall while running? JR East May 17, 19:43
On the night of the 16th, it was found that the parts installed at the bottom of the Tohoku Shinkansen train that arrived at Sendai Station were gone, and JR East seemed to have dropped while running, so it slowly operated the Shinkansen in some sections. , Looking for parts.
According to JR East, it turned out that the parts called "slide cover" of the Tohoku Shinkansen are gone at the Shinkansen general rolling stock center in Rifu-cho, Miyagi prefecture on the 17th.
The cover is a part that is opened when removing dirt from the tank installed in the vehicle. It has a width of about 70 cm, a depth of 50 cm, and a weight of about 5 kg.
The parts were installed at the bottom of No. 1 of “Yamabiko 221” on the Tohoku Shinkansen, which arrived at Sendai Station late on the 16th and finished driving, and it was normal when the vehicle was inspected on the 15th. .
In addition, it was also found that the bottom of the forwarding train that ran between Tokyo station and Oyama station in Tochigi prefecture after this train was scratched, and JR thinks that it fell while running in this section.
No parts have been found so far and we are looking for parts in this section. Because of this, the train is running slowly, and the Tohoku Shinkansen is delayed by up to about 20 minutes.