Today's HERALD carries a front page news item on the Skybus. It provides an update on the reasons for the accident during the test run. In addition to the grease-on-the-test track problem mentioned by the KRC's MD in a TOI interview recently he now also lists the following: 1) a computer glitch (software? hardware?)over distance measurement, 2) malfunctioning mechanical brake causing the emergency brake to be used, 3) "short" (i.e.sharp?) curvature of the test track.
It seems that one of the measures to be employed in future will be that of using a motorman to control the coach. Auto drive will begin after three months. Moreover, in the post-accident scenario, the plan is to certify the skybus project under railway safety provisions for which a visit by the Railway Safety Commissioner was due shortly. This was to facilitate adoption by states. KRC has reportedly identified a total of 950 route km in the country where the technology "could be implemented".
