Supreme Court prosecutor orders investigation into accident investigation agency’s report on Tempi

Supreme Court Prosecutor Georgia Adilini on Monday ordered the Athens First-Instance Court Prosecutors’ Department to conduct an urgent inquiry “into the conditions under which the Hellenic Aviation and Railway Accidents and Transportation Safety Investigation Agency’s (HARSIA) report on the Tempi rail crash, announced on February 27, 2025, included the conclusion which considered (citing the assistance of the universities of Ghent and Pisa) an unknown flammable liquid of at least 2.5 tonnes….as a possible cause of the fireball created immediately after the collision of the two trains.”

This quantity of unknown flammable liquid was alleged to be carried by the freight train and to not be connected to either the engines of the two trains nor included in their bill of lading, Adilini pointed out.

“The above investigation is judged essential to determine whether prosecutable criminal offences have been committed, such as attempting to unlawfully influence judicial officials, after representatives of the Universities of Ghent and Pisa refute the conclusions attributed to them in the report,” she added.

It also calls for an investigation into the role played by the Independent Family Experts Investigation Committee and the technical advisor of the families of the Tempi accident victims, Kostas Lakafosis, in the way the above conclusion was worded.

Source: ANA – MPA