http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32980354
Two carriages on the Smiler ride at UK's Alton Towers collide. No confirmation yet on whether there are injuries.
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Uh oh. Hope theres no major injuries.
The Smiler Incident 02/06/15
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Oh dear.
Hope they are ok........this aint gonna do the park any favours.
Hope they are ok........this aint gonna do the park any favours.
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Ok I thought very little of the smiler when the bolt fell then the guide wheels. This is just shocking. The ride should never have allowed 2 trains on 1 block. The train should never have stalled. This is a very serious problem with it.
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Oh dear! This isn't good! I hope the people onboard will recover But this won't help Alton, The Smiler will have to remain down for a while now I reckon and the staff operating will get in serious trouble
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Sky news is saying 4 serious injuries but I will believe it in a few hours when they get them down.
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Not good news Hope everyone is OK?
Floor of one of the cars has buckled..
http://i.imgur.com/6BqHglh.png
Floor of one of the cars has buckled..
http://i.imgur.com/6BqHglh.png
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How can that happen? Surely if the train in front is empty they would of been testing and wouldn't let another one go?
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Ridiculous coaster, bound to happen.
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Explain exactly why this was bound to happen? Or did you just pull this comment out of your backside? Think before you post such mindless comments. This is why i hardly post on this site because of wild and sometimes childlike posts.Andy Mc wrote:Ridiculous coaster, bound to happen.
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I recollect wheels on the v.lift hitting guests and bolts falling off / random bits of metal. A major incident was bound to happen is all I'm saying it was merely a case of when.NemJim wrote:Explain exactly why this was bound to happen?Andy Mc wrote:Ridiculous coaster, bound to happen.
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I recollect these incidents also which have been rectified since, but by saying something else was bound to happen is a little bit over the top anything could happen to any ride at anytime, so you could say that about any ride operated around the world which is silly in my opinon.Andy Mc wrote:I recollect wheels on the v.lift hitting guests and bolts falling off / random bits of metal. A major incident was bound to happen is all I'm saying it was merely a case of when.NemJim wrote:Explain exactly why this was bound to happen?Andy Mc wrote:Ridiculous coaster, bound to happen.
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This really says something about Gerst's ride construction. I always found it strange that their rides encountered so many problems (Basing off my own experience - I don't think I've been to thorpe park once without Saw breaking down) and now I wonder as to what irresponsible development in the design has allowed for two trains to be on the same block of track at the same time... shouldn't the computers/sensors have stopped this... and if not then shouldn't the ride ops have noticed a train had stalled and force-stopped the other one before it crested the lift hill?!!! I fear there are a lot of questions to answer.
Four seriously injured so far according to the Beeb - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32980354 - Let us hope dearly these do not extend to deaths at-all and that everyone is safely cared for.
Four seriously injured so far according to the Beeb - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32980354 - Let us hope dearly these do not extend to deaths at-all and that everyone is safely cared for.
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Hmmm from the pictures it look like the car stalled in its usual spot under the knot. You would seriously think they would know better with the amount of times its happened. I think its not fair for to blame the op here though. The ride shouldn't have allowed the cart to pass through to the same block, and even if the most vigilant ride op in the world were working, they would have surely assumed the ride was going to automatically break, but by the time they realised it didn't it would've been to late to do anything.