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The mutilated wreck of a train of iron ore deliberately derailed in the Pilbara region of Western Australia was revealed in a video sequence of the accident site.
The sequence shows the twisted wreck of the train two kilometers, some cars partially buried under piles of iron ore.
The BHP-operated train, which consisted of four locomotives and 268 ore cars, traveled 92 km without anyone on board before being stopped by derailment after 50 minutes.
The train was traveling from Newman to Port Hedland when the train driver came out to inspect a car at 4:40 in the morning Monday and the train took off.
The Perth Remote Control Center, located 1,500 km away, allowed the derailment at 5:30.
The train was traveling at an average speed of 110 km / h before the Turner derailment, 120 km south of Port Headland.
No one was injured during the accident.
BHP suspended its rail operations.
"We are working with the relevant authorities to investigate the situation," said a spokeswoman for BHP. "Recovery operations are in progress."
The incident has damaged a mile and a half of railroad tracks and the company expects its rail operations in the state of Washington to reopen in a week.
BHP will support Port Headland's iron ore reserves to maintain its port operations.
A mining insider said in Perth that the incident could cost the company about $ 55 million a day, or between 3 and 8 million tons of production.
In July, its mining giant, Rio Tinto, made a world first with its first driverless train trip, carrying 28,000 tonnes of iron ore 280 km from its Mount Tom Price mine to a WA port.
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