Singapore transport authorities are still trying to determine how a cable that was behind a major disruption in service on the Circle Line Thursday night had gotten damaged.
According to SMRT, checks on the underwater power cables were stepped up from every six months to every three months since the conclusion of the Committee of Inquiry hearings earlier this year.
The cable that was found to have had damaged insulation and corrosion, however, had been examined as recently as in the middle of last month without incident, which gives rise to questions as to how corrosion could have occurred on the cable's insulation, exposing it to deterioration from the water it was passed through in the short space of a month. Full story
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