 Two staff members were found guilty on 23 counts of manslaughter and 11 counts of causing negligent injury and were fined 24,000 and 20,000 euros respectively.The line dispatcher who radioed the clearance to the maglev train was unable to take part in the trial because of suicide fears.The trial of the two line dispatchers both resulted in convictions and prison sentences of one year and six months in one case, and one year in the other.