The Smiler Crash - BBC News Reports

[@gamerhugoplayz1238]

I feel sorry for the four people at the front of the carriage.

[@nexaini]

Ikr like they broke there legs the law suit and compensation was unnecessary tho XDXDXDXD altontowers soon got out of that XDXDXDXD

[@heathermassie4059]

@@nexaini I'm sure you don't agree with that anymore

[@megansteele4427]

2 girls lost one leg each, and one boy shattered both knee caps and almost lost 2 fingers 😬😬😭

[@dbfamily9272]

at least they are gonna be prepared

[@joewillockthegoat7512]

@@nexaini this comment has ages so badly...

[@jamie7487]

The reason the full carriage stopped before is because the computer recognised that there was a stationary cart infront

[@cxxr__]

It was a human error and there were strong winds

[@jamesmitchell8922]

@@cxxr__ That's a falsehood.

[@MrSupercar55]

Yeah, and then the operator unwisely chose to override it. I hope they fired him and he’s now sleeping in a shop doorway. Stupid game, stupid prize.

[@xxmeganxx4108]

My school was meant to be going for a school trip to Alton towers that day. But one, I was ill and couldn't go. And 2, the bus that was meant to be coming to take us, well them, didn't turn up so they ended up just having one day off of school.

[@TKM12]

sorry to say this and i aint trying to be mean but i am happy ur school didnt let you go Alton Towers becuase you might of been dead or badly injured i hope ur ok

[@co-coearlandmartha9585]

@@TKM12 no one has died at Alton towers

[@TKM12]

@@co-coearlandmartha9585 i didnt say they did, i said "might be dead" not actucally dead

[@Evachu55]

ur lucky mate people had to get there legs amputated

[@Ukfairgrounds]

@@co-coearlandmartha9585 I’m pretty sure a girl died in 2017 after drowning on the water rapids after standing up and falling out

[@basesspace3012]

I remember watching this....😭

[@musicjoe1224]

I know, still cant believe this happened.

[@TKM12]

same

[@aviabyte]

This shouldn’t have happened, they have block sections. The next train can only leave when the one in front has gone through one. This keeps all trains a safe distance apart. Why did the release the riders if the train in front was so close?

[@DuckOfRubber]

It absolutely should not have happened. The ride has mechanisms to prevent this and they worked properly, but when the safety system detected the stalled carriage and stopped the carriage with the people at the top of the first hill, instead of checking the track the operator just overrode the computer. The manual override is necessary because computers can have faults, but even after the computer alerted them about the stalled carriage on the track they never even checked and just sent another carriage onto the track.

[@vekoma7427]

Also the engineers there trying to fix the ride didn’t know that 5 were on the track he thought there were 4 so he identified the 4 carriages and overrode it as he believe it was an error

[@justentertainingtv9686]

@@DuckOfRubber honestly the person controlling the ride was at fault and should have been held accountable cant believe they got away with being lazy.

[@zackblake1892]

@@justentertainingtv9686 they didn't really get away I mean Alton towers were fined 5 million pounds for the accident

[@justentertainingtv9686]

@@zackblake1892 no I'm talking about the person controlling the roller coaster not alton towers themself, that person probably got fired and a slap on the risk for negligence

[@amelie_thingz4471]

The public knew there was an empty cart they told the operators! This is just so mind boggling to me

[@richarddamien26]

Those screams at 19.15 absolutely terrifying.

[@kadiekris4913]

19:15

[@mpt7303]

So much for the ride operator being able to see EVERY part of the ride

[@ENSŌ_queen]

They could... And there was more to it than that!

[@devon896]

Nobody has raised the question that the front crash bar is meant to protect people, So why did it buckle and cause serious injuries. Surely there is also a manufacturer problem with this cart design as well as the human error from the theme park workers.

[@jojicjojic5953]

The impact was to fast

[@sammy2745]

No. Ride cars are not supposed to sustain a collision and implementing that into the design would just be stupid. The only concerns of a ride car is to stay on the track safely and keep guests restrained. Gerstlauer is not at fault at all and the circumstances were very specific

[@devon896]

@@sammy2745 Designing a ride car so that people can walk away without life changing injuries is stupid? What fucking planet do you live on idiot!

[@co-coearlandmartha9585]

Was there 1 day before crash and in tears telling my mum not to get on creepy

[@ellycotton3976]

I went on this today, it was a really good ride but there was always a haunting thought of this ride has crash and people lost their legs and lives as they new it

[@ellycotton3976]

Coaster Productions ok but they lost their lives as they knew it, they’d have to change their lives so much and struggle with things they could do easily before

[@ellycotton3976]

Coaster Productions it’s fine dw I knew someone would say something bout it 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

[@awsomeweekends5289]

the curse of the black hole

[@awsomeweekends5289]

why?

[@awsomeweekends5289]

thank you

[@AlishaaaSexMe]

Awsomeweekends !! The house

[@AlishaaaSexMe]

Awsomeweekends !! I did the

[@AlishaaaSexMe]

cje5GAMING is a time

[@TKM12]

this scares me to see but i wanna know what happned

[@ThemeParkBoy]

I know this was a serious situation, and I know the victims were injured for life which was and still is really sad, but seriously... Coach? 2:30

[@happyhal7593]

TSC I think it means car..? I’m from the USA

[@emx-vh1bj]

As in a test ride.Shes calling the carriages coaches.

[@tenngirl4trump]

We call them cars. English people call them coaches. We say waiting in line. They call it queuing!

[@musicjoe1224]

@@tenngirl4trump We call them trains lol. She just didn't know, she even said she didn't know fml.

[@Archman155]

That woman was wrong. It WAS a low section of track, the bottom of the batwing element...

[@ConcreteAngelx3]

25 ft in the air is still high up. She said they had been at the top and went down, but “down” was still high

[@smilingadvocate7815]

Well this will ruin my name

[@Panthaz]

Smiling Advocate Haha

[@wraifed_2696]

It'll ruin mine aswell ' SMILERKING11 '

[@smilingadvocate7815]

SMILERKING 11 One problem with your name. There is no king of the smiler as the ride isn't monarchy but owned by the ministry of Joy.

[@wraifed_2696]

Im sorry about my name my friend , My Friend Dan loves the smiler as much as i do and he called this Smilerking11 but i wanted to be called The Smiler news . I will change my name if it does bother you

[@smilingadvocate7815]

You don't have to change your name if you don't want to.

[@ryankelleher7177]

I was on nemesis when it happen basically when it finished our ride the nemesis it stopped before it got to the station so we had to get off on the platform outside the gate

[@xxsstarlightxx2689]

my brother went on it and he was little and he had a cut on the side of his belly

[@millyxcg]

xxSstar lightxx stomach*

[@mariasbuggy]

Mildred 2.0 still the same thing

[@MrMarshmelloBoi]

This is something that’s never going to happen again.

[@xxsstarlightxx2689]

and I am going to go there again

[@egg7338]

And all this happened on my birthday :(

[@millyxcg]

Tamara Brooks same

[@egg7338]

Wait your birthdays on the 2nd of June?!

[@misssxup929]

It was sad yesterday I went on the smiler its was so GOOD

[@mirrore1730]

@@misssxup929 Two years later and I’m here to say these people were expecting this happy thrilling experience and came back maimed, injured and scarred for life. The staff were terrible THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO AVOID THIS, Alton Towers is a beautiful place but the staff really blew themselves. I am still disappointed to this day, knowing that these innocent people’s lives a ruined

[@Ct.1010]

@@mirrore1730 there was a environmental issue in the area that caused the staff to sent out a empty cart and the cart that had the people on it got stuck on the lift mechanism. and a mechanic went to fix it but he did not know about the 5th cart being on the track and did something to the automatic brakes

[@jennifermoody1383]

Clearly they knew that empty cart was on the track so why didn't they stop others from going on the ride? It doesn't make sense. Do any of you think this was deliberate?

[@Leimiful]

Lmao no it was just neglect and shitty employees

[@johnfraser1761]

Tge risk assesment when the ride was built gave the go ahead for when a cart is on a certain part of track another can go

[@MegaSuperkong]

The electronics said that the empty train had entered the 2nd lift hill. Block brakes, or "Blocks" are brakes and when a train goes on a Block Brake it basically gives a signal to let another train go. The Smiler has 5 blocks, leading to 5 trains being aloud on The Smiler. So the ride operators "knew" that the empty train had entered the 2nd lift, so they gave the full train the all clear to go, without knowing that the empty train stalled. So think twice before you disrespect staff members. You couldn't do any better than them.

[@nexaini]

+PossesedShadow I looked at the first two sentences just awful just bad. First electrics which you mean elections which still isn't correct it's called maintenance also, 2nd loop *6th

[@MegaSuperkong]

Nexaini Well no shit its awful, I know it is. I just come up with shitty things on the spot. Elections? I didn't mean elections, I meant electronics. How the hell do you think I meant elections? An election is something to do for a presidential campaign etc. Also, whats with the "2nd loop"? It's called an inverison. I didn't know it was human error obviously so thats why I stated those points! No need to bloody assess it.

[@harrisnuttall5627]

watching this in the way to alton towers

[@sammy2745]

It was a very specific set of circumstances and the smiler is extremely safe

[@Th3Sm1ler]

I was told about the crash and what happened while queuing for The Smiler 💀

[@charlottemuir3564]

Oh my god to 16 people who was on it that day and I love rides xxx

[@lewislongobardi2148]

1 in 24 million chance though this whole accident was down to stupid ride operators that day who failed to do things that every opperator should be able to do.

[@iCrackr]

Why isn't the ride just closed

[@twistedcheese1]

iCrackr because it's safe. It wasn't the ride's fault, it was an operator error

[@puppydragon4862]

Because there is nothing wrong with the ride. This accident is 100% human error and lack of communication.

[@lucasbrown1260]

Because it's an amazing ride

[@Boom1n]

@@puppydragon4862 I would say 5% machine error and 95% human error

[@prince_xi]

Thorpe Park is better

[@caitlingehensnama]

VLASH VEGETA ikr I like to go there on school trips

[@musicjoe1224]

Not relevant at all.

[@millyxcg]

VLASH VEGETA yep

[@amelie_thingz4471]

Yep all the rides seem safer

[@KeelieMai]

Owned by same company as Alton towers

[@Thatplotagonkid]

Won’t stop me...

[@emmaarmand7138]

is it a curse of a black hole??? or not

[@Th3Sm1ler]

Funny you should say that because the smiler replaced the black hole

[@SleepExports]

​@Th3Sm1ler that's why he said it

[@rico.prodzz]

Crazy

[@sarahr3570]

I wanted to go on the smiler but now i don't trust it.

[@coasteryaris6710]

It's completely safe

[@Boom1n]

It's safe it's a human error

[@sammy2745]

It’s really safe and the circumstances were extremely specific. It’s not anything to do with the ride and you’re over 60000x more likely to crash in a car. Probably more than that

[@iMizzy777]

It’s completely safe I went on it was safe

[@KaneyBlackwell]

omg

[@jenniferanderson795]

Hi Its Me Im On This RollerCoaster I Was In The Back Sreamin My Leg Almost Got Decapitated

[@ThemeParkBoy]

Jennifer Anderson decapitated means your head gets detached from your body.

[@george-pi5mo]

Jennifer Anderson Please get the fuck off YT. You're an idiot.

[@puppydragon4862]

You clearly dont know what decapitated means.

[@jenniferanderson795]

@@puppydragon4862 Amputated*

[@Boom1n]

Ur desgusting idk if its a lie but if it is ur foul