Originally published at: Passengers burned on Japanese train after man's jar of chemical liquid spills | Boing Boing
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That must have been horrible for all concerned- A spill of a noxious substance onto a Tokyo train sounds eerily reminiscent of the 1994 Aum cult attacks:
Thankfully, this was nothing so severe, and the person who brought the noxious substance (which sounds like a strong acid) should be held responsible for all the damage they’ve caused.
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an employee of a geological survey company — that something was leaking from his bag near his feet.
wild guess: hydrochloric acid for the “acid rock test” (for carbonate rocks) …but that’s usually just like a 10% solution, and this sounds a whole lot more concentrated …hmm.
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Is there a reason the media refuses to indicate the substance?
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Preventing copycat attacks?
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Agreed - the mention of people being overcome by fumes and what appears to be smoke suggests concentrated hydrochloric acid.
You can buy quite concentrated solutions of hydrochloric acid for cleaning surfaces like concrete or degreasing drains where it is often sold as muriatic acid.
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Whoopsie!
But was it an attack, or was it just a guy carrying chemicals he maybe shouldn’t have had on the subway, and definitely not in a leaky container?
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It’s not an attack, but it could give people ideas.
Hydrochloric acid would be easier to obtain than a gun.
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They are waiting for official analysis results, but they have confirmed that it is an acid, with experts speculating that it was probably sulfuric acid or a mixture containing sulfuric acid.
https://share.smartnews.com/BqREy
ETA: The news is reporting that JR East Rail actually allows people to bring up to 500ml of concentrated acid on board as long as it is property sealed. Apparently, there is some debate as to whether a regular PET bottle counts as a proper container.
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