Overview
- HTM recalled every bus and stopped services on Friday after maintenance teams discovered a serious technical malfunction on several vehicles.
- Inspections identified that an important cooling installation could, in theory, become loose because of a mechanical defect, which HTM said had not happened in service.
- Maintenance crews tightened the mountings on multiple buses during evening checks to fix the potential fault.
- HTM announced there would be enough safe buses to resume the timetable on Saturday morning and committed to daily follow-up inspections.
- The grounding caused clear disruption for commuters and raises oversight questions about component checks on urban fleets, so authorities and passengers should watch for further updates on inspections and any service reliability effects.