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The Smiler Incident - What Happened
MaxPower
TS Member
I don't think it was that much of an overreaction considering two people needed amputations due to the parks incompetence. It was quite right that the park was publicly lambasted for it.
The overreaction to every e-stop / breakdown from anyone with an X account and a smart phone is the problem.
The overreaction to every e-stop / breakdown from anyone with an X account and a smart phone is the problem.
DistortAMG
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I suppose the difference between the Madeleine McCann case and the Smiler accident is that the former is still unresolved.
That is pretty much, exactly the same as saying, that having a light switched on, is the opposite of having it switched off.
In my opinion, the over reaction from the media came from the 'horror, fear, death, danger,' headlines that literally popped up weekly, for years in the aftermath. Mostly for things as simple as a routine lift hill stop in any UK park. To the point that even AT themselves, put out a series of videos from Francis Jackson.