Comments on: Monorail Crash at Walt Disney World

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:18:51 +0000

It was neither fatigue nor user error on the part of the deceased monorail pilot that caused this tragedy. It was the pilot backing up from the switch which *might* carry some or all blame there. If the track did not switch over, most of the blame rests with mechanical failure (especially if the reversing driving was newer and could not recognize being on the spur vs. track at night time). The other (not Austin) pilot would be reversing in override mode, on the main track at the override limit of approx 15 mph, when he made contact with Austin’s train. The blame most likely can be assigned by the answer to the following question: did the driver wait for monorail control to issue the statement that the track had switched, or did he forget to wait and made the assumption that it was complete?
- KW Monorail (1995 CP)

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:52:28 +0000

Thats so wierd. Cause if 2 trains are really close together they both come to a complete stop. Apparently they did not stop. And this was the exact way that subway crash happened in DC. Trust me, i doubt this was going to happen again. This was on July fourth at 2 am. I bet the guy was really tired and fell to sleep. Thats the only thing that i can think of.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:01:52 +0000

Yeah. It is weird that there were two rear-end collision train crashes so close together. I updated the post with a little more information I was able to find. I hope Disney tightens up this process if it was described correctly. It’s worked well enough all this time, but I’d hate for it to happen again.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:16:51 +0000

Wow your lucky. Did you notice how many brake runs are on that ride i mean that has to be a record or something!

By: JaMeS

JaMeS — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:08:03 +0000

I just came back from USO and I saw rockit on the go, and the station. AWESOME!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:06:31 +0000

And its freaky that just a month ago there was a Subway crash in Washington DC. It pretty much happened the same way: they both collided

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:05:09 +0000

I would hate to be at the park on July 4. Thinking how crowded the place was going to be.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:03:52 +0000

It’s not a freak accident when considering how many people were in Disney World on July 4th. It is still sad. Very, very sad.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:00:59 +0000

wow if i was that operator, i would be shaken. Every day would just be the same, driving these people to and from the park, then one day a crash happens. I would be shaken too! Is Disney World now closed cause of this?