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Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

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Resonate said:
I believe one was related to over trim on the bunny hop before the inversion. Computer error, what's to stop that happening again for example? Never understood why they would want to slow a car down at that point anyway but im sure its there for a reason!
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It's to stop excessive stress on the track.

Resonate said:
I guess. Who knows. Think they should fit a launch system at the bottom of that inversion :)
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I wanted a mini launch in the batwing
 
I'd say it's honestly 50/50, all things would point towards it, but that's what has been said for 5 weeks now. Optimistic thinking though!
 
I'm sorry but they are not going to make it stall during the main season (in the eyes of the public), hire in massive crane, close off X-Sector for a long period, remove said stalled train, transport stalled train back behind the station and then put it back on the track. Maybe it's something they might do during the closed season (I still doubt it) but it just does not make sense.

The problem was not that the train stalled. The problem was that those in the op cabin did not realise that there was a stalled train and let the train on the lift go. Deliberately stalling a train solves nothing as the staff would know for a starter!

If they then I will happily apologise and say that I was wrong.

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Talking someone today:
*on the subject of me going to Alton towers on Sunday*
Her - "I've heard the smiler will opened today"
Me - "no, it hasn't. Can't be to long though. Would you go on it"
Her - "NO!! I like my like, thanks"
Me - ":banghead:"
 
I hate responses like that, I get it from people I know that they like their legs, it makes me angry when I hear it
 
I was being question by student in work smoking area a few weeks ago. She said she would not ride the smiler as she likes her legs, then started questioning other smokers about riding the smiler.
She got around to a mature student and ask, "would you ride it" in response "yes, i would." And started to pull his trouser legs up and said "I got nothing to loose" displaying two artificial legs.

Anyway back to the thread core propose. As soon as everyone is happy with the updates to the ride and procedures then it is just a matter of best timing for reopening the ride.
It is intresting that medical personal are being trained on cherry picker operations. Could his be a new layer of post accident operations, to allow faster access to guests in a crash situation?
 
delta79 said:
It is intresting that medical personal are being trained on cherry picker operations. Could his be a new layer of post accident operations, to allow faster access to guests in a crash situation?
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I can't imagine that they would be planning on reopening the ride if they considered that there was even the remotest possibility of a similar incident occurring again. Besides anything else, it would destroy the park's brand irreparably.
 
If the paint on the supports is at the batwing could we possibly be looking at a reprofiling over the closed season?
 
They appear to have no confidence in the ride not stalling again which is quite alarming
 
ASturge21 said:
They appear to have no confidence in the ride not stalling again which is quite alarming
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I don't understand what has given you that idea other than other people's speculation. Just because someone said there was training on the cherry picker doesn't mean they think it will stall again, the origional cherry picker was for the 2nd hill lift in case of a stall with no roll back so what's to say this isn't what the training was on.

People need to stop speculating getting tired of it.
 
I would dare say they train the medics constantly. All staff would need a refresh on the ride since its been closed so long in my opinion but this doesn't mean merlin are not confident in the ride I would imagine like any other project there will be a process flow and they have to tick every box before it can open again. Hopefully there isn't much left.
 
phildenholm said:
I would dare say they train the medics constantly. All staff would need a refresh on the ride since its been closed so long in my opinion but this doesn't mean merlin are not confident in the ride I would imagine like any other project there will be a process flow and they have to tick every box before it can open again. Hopefully there isn't much left.
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I'd assume medics would be trained on all rides and probably over the winter. So if reopening not soon why train them now and not over closed season
 
Alton have a really good safety record due to forward planning, including incident planning. So why not add working at height skill to the medical team
 
delta79 said:
Alton have a really good safety record due to forward planning, including incident planning. So why not add working at height skill to the medical team
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It can be used on other rides too. Not just in the event of a crash, but other incidents that could occur.

I don't know if this is likely or not, but as a result of he crash, would some of the medics chose to leave the park, why they need to train New ones.
 
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