Video Of Almost deadly accident at Efteling...

[Golfie]

I actually think it might've been the evacuators' faults - see, the unloaded the BACK of the train first, when about half of the train was already over the crest of the lift. So when the dude in the second row jolted the train a bit when he was getting out, it might have been just enough to nudge the train foward and set it in motion.

[timetrial3141592]

So let me get this strait, because something was edited and you didn't like that, you retaliated by using shorthand and acknowledging the problems with your post? Am I getting this correct? Because I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about.

 

Ah. I see. Nothing was edited. I posted the "ur doing it wrong" and then immediately edited my post to add the disclaimer, as a preemptive strike. It was a misunderstanding.

[bgwfreak]

I actually think it might've been the evacuators' faults - see, the unloaded the BACK of the train first, when about half of the train was already over the crest of the lift. So when the dude in the second row jolted the train a bit when he was getting out, it might have been just enough to nudge the train foward and set it in motion.

 

Actually I think most parks evac from the back of the train first. But as I've never worked at a park, I don't know that for sure.

 

The title of this thread is kinda funny to me. I could write a thread called "My Almost Deadly Trip to Work!" I was never in danger, but it's more dramatic!

 

After several viewings of the video, I still don't see that the front restrains were up at all (any of them). So I don't think anyone was in any real danger, except the worker.

[Shockwave]

Looks like they just didn't think this one through. Irrespective of which side gets evacuated first, this is something that should had a bit more common sense applied initially.

[coasterdude5]

After several viewings of the video, I still don't see that the front restrains were up at all (any of them). So I don't think anyone was in any real danger, except the worker.

 

I watched a clearer video and it looks like one person's restraints in the front were up but they pulled them down as the train began to roll.

[artattack]

Yep, if you look close, you can see that the person in the first car was getting up to leave the car, but when the train starts to move, he gets down again and pulls down the restraint.

 

One staff-member managed to pull his co-worker off the train (he injured his hand and had a small concussion)

 

I think that would've been the biggest problem: if the staff-member didn't get off the train in time...when it moved on.

 

 

they also were trained to evacuate from the back. something to do with people not seeing other people in front of them getting out..and walking past them.

[jamesdillaman]

^ At King's Island we always evacuated from back to front, and supervisors had to be present, as well as maintenence, and the power must be locked out completely.

 

-James Dillaman