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Disney placed three monorail employees on paid administrative leave as a result of the incident. [5] On October 31, 2011, the NTSB issued its findings on this incident, citing the probable cause as the shop panel operator's failure to properly align the switch beam before the monorail train was directed to reverse through it.
This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.While the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH, better known as Cal/OSHA) of the California Department of Industrial Relations has ruled that some guest-related incidents are Disney's fault, the majority of fatal incidents were the result of wrongdoing on the guests' part.
2009 Walt Disney World monorail accident: On July 5, 2009, during a failed track switchover from the Epcot line onto the Magic Kingdom express line, Monorail Pink backed into Monorail Purple at the Transportation & Ticket Center station, killing Monorail Purple's pilot, 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg of Kissimmee, Florida. [25]
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On August 11, 1990, a 19-year-old mother threw her four-month-old daughter onto the tracks of the park's monorail. The baby supposedly fell at least 8 feet (2.4 m). The event occurred at one of the monorail's loading stations located at the Anheuser-Busch Hospitality Center. A monorail operator spotted the baby and immediately shut off the power.
Although Monorail Pink was retired from service following its crash with Monorail Purple in July 2009, Monorail Coral retained its White deltas until October 21, 2021. In November 2009, Disney put Monorail Teal into service. Monorail Teal was built using the undamaged portions of the two trains involved in the July 5, 2009 crash.
The Bourbonnais derailment The Wuppertal monorail derailment. March 15 – United States – 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash: The Amtrak City of New Orleans, traveling at approximately 80 miles per hour (130 km/h), slammed into a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) at a grade crossing and derails. An ...
NYPD urges people to avoid area. Wednesday 26 July 2023 14:30, Rachel Sharp. The NYPD has urged the general public to avoid the area around the crane collapse. “ADVISORY: Due to a crane collapse ...