Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/DoOMJO5KwtY
"At normal speed?" the AVE driver asked. Adif's control centre said yes. That is the 08:36 exchange on the leaked recordings published by El País, Cadena SER and El Mundo on 28 Oct 2026.
The signalling (LZB) on the Madrid–Seville high-speed line had failed at about 08:30, and every train on the section stopped. After a failure like that, the rule is to restart "on sight" (marcha a la vista), at 40 km/h at most. Twenty-five kilometres ahead, on the same track, an Iryo train was standing still. The AVE went past 200 km/h over some of those kilometres, Transport Minister Óscar Puente said, and near Urda (Toledo) it ran into the stopped train. The order said "normal" where the rule said "on sight".
The investigation (AITAT) and a court in Orgaz are still working on why. Victims, crew and control-room staff are not named.
Full film: https://youtu.be/hMhDl7w8EHo
Provisional toll by Thursday night, 29 Oct: 69 dead (Centro Integrado de Datos via clm24.es).
Sources: Leaked Adif recordings via El País, Cadena SER, El Mundo, elDiario.es (28 Oct); Óscar Puente, press conference at Atocha, 28 Oct (via elDiario.es, El Español, Público); the "on sight" rule and the LZB 4 / LZB 3 form: Ministry of Transport, rail sources via elDiario.es (28-29 Oct); minute averages: Renfe open data via El Español (28 Oct); toll: clm24.es (Centro Integrado de Datos), 29 Oct 23:35 CET.
3D reconstruction by Debrief: the cab, control room, form and line table are generic and illustrative, not footage; no impact is shown.
Video: Owl SP Trains, youtu.be/LjoWy9jEbhk, CC BY 3.0 (file footage of a Renfe AVE S-103, not Urda; cropped, graded, labels added).
3D models (CC BY 4.0, Sketchfab): "Olive Tree 1" and "Olive tree 3" by b_nealie; "Old olive tree" by massive-graphisme; "High-Poly Office Chair" by kilicarslan; "Office Phone" by maxdragon. Textures: Poly Haven, ambientCG (CC0).
Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sentinel-2 cloudless, s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. Terrain: Mapzen Terrain Tiles via AWS Open Data.
Original score and sound design by Debrief. No recorded call audio is used; the narrator quotes the published transcripts.
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