On the morning of the 27th, some sections were suspended due to alcohol being detected by the driver and conductor who were scheduled to board the Sanyo Shinkansen at JR Shin-Iwakuni Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Regarding this, JR West announced on the night of the 27th that it is highly possible that it mistakenly detected rubbing alcohol, not because of drinking alcohol.
According to JR West, an alcohol test exceeding the standard was detected for drivers and conductors who were planning to board the Shinkansen departing from Shin-Iwakuni Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture and heading for Shin-Osaka Station early in the morning of the 27th. it was done.
The company arranged for a replacement crew member, but it was not in time, and the section from Shin-Iwakuni Station to Hiroshima Station was suspended, which affected the operation.
However, the driver and the conductor explained that he was not drinking alcohol, so when the company checked it, it was found that rubbing alcohol was leaking in the bag near the alcohol detector. It means that.
Also, when the two were retested at another location, no alcohol was detected.
For this reason, it was determined that it was highly likely that the leaked rubbing alcohol was mistakenly detected, not because of drinking alcohol.
At a press conference on the night of the 27th, Mr. Osamu Tsuruhara, Chief of the JR West Shinkansen Railway Business Headquarters, apologized, "I would like to review the storage location of rubbing alcohol. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers."