Project LC

They did apologise for that tweet and did delete it almost instantly.

Or instead of luck it was a rushed, poorly engineered business investment which was executed poorly and run by staff who were following insufficient protocols. Then again like you said it could just be luck.

I was told by someone who was apparently at oakwood yesterday that it was closed.

Speed was closed yesterday however going by their twitter its opened again today.

It would seem from the H&S report that Gerstlauer have got someone over there assisting and Gerstlauer are cooperating in their investigations.

Is it not the case that the manual override for the lift hill is at the bottom of the lift where it is not possible to see the rest of the track.

It may be a little off topic but what on earth is cam 15 showing and why is it needed.

It got stuck at the top of the loop because gravity!

Arh ok now I know, also Ewwww storm surge.

It would seem I have been misinformed.

I don't think you are allowed to operate a ride without all sections being able to be seen by the operator. I'm quite sure its a regulation they must meet before being allowed to open a ride. I would not be surprised if this comes down to miscommunication between the ride team and the engineers.

True, but saying that the trims played no part at all may not be entirely correct.

You don't know that trims didn't play a part of this. After all something made that train stall.

The daily mail do gain some credibility towards the end of the article. It's just the first half that is inaccurate rubbish which is insulting to call news.

Alton towers is closed tomorrow. The decision has been taken that Alton Towers theme park will not open tomorrow Wednesday 3rd June following the dreadful incident on The Smiler today. All guests with pre-booked tickets, or those who arrive at the theme park, will have the choice of either having their tickets revalidated for an alternative date or a full refund. We will be posting regular updates on the theme park closure on both our website and social media channels.

I don't think rush was closed when skyhawk's cable's snapped. Skyhawk wasnt closed very long, it opened 2 weeks later.

Was the e-stop engaged? With all the lies spurting out from sky and the BBC I don't think we have a very clear picture of what happened.

If its a fault with the block system then Gerst need to know. After all their rides main focus is multiple trains/cars at a time with multiple blocks.

Turns out that some how they failed to inform Gerstlauer. Our correspondent Justin Huggler has spoken to Smiler manufacturer Gerstlauer's head office in Münsterhausen, Germany. Surprising as it may seem, they told him they had not heard anything about the accident and didn't even know it had happened, his call was the first they'd had. http://www.telegraph...ride-crash.html

Cold weather slows it down and strong winds can all amount to stalling. Then again it could be misfiring trims again.

The ride system should have been able to stop the ride. No excuses on how little time the system had. What it does mean is that the ride hosts could have done very little to stop it.

The ride encountered technical difficulties and they sent it round testing. An announcement was made which said they had fixed it.

Not trying to cause an argument but maybe try and show a bit more respect to the 4 people injured. Complaining about your lift walk maybe isn't appropriate. No ride system should ever allow a collision. I hope Gerst get some serious investigating on how this was allowed to happen.

Well then that is a bit more serious than a bolt. I wonder how the ride even let 2 trains on the same block. I hope everyone involved is ok.

Its soo pwetty