At the time of the incident, the Tohoku Shinkansen, which combined the Hayabusa and Komachi trains, was running between Furukawa and Sendai stations in Miyagi Prefecture. The Shinkansen came to a ...

It's the first time something like this has happened, so I'm surprised." The following Shinkansen, Komachi No. 45, also stopped in Akita Prefecture but was not affected by a power outage.

Now experts are trying to figure out what went wrong with the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6. The mishap occurred shortly after 8 a.m. on Sept. 19. “I felt it stopping silently.