Comments on: Disney Monorail Crash Video http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/ The Not So Pretty Side of Hollywood Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:44:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kitsune dawn http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/comment-page-1/#comment-52670 kitsune dawn Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/#comment-52670 There's a couple things that could have caused this, though one factor that's been drawing some attention is the trains themselves. The monorails (built by ALWEG) only have a service life of fifteen years. These monorails were twenty years old. Well beyond the age that Disney should have retired and replaced them. There’s a couple things that could have caused this, though one factor that’s been drawing some attention is the trains themselves. The monorails (built by ALWEG) only have a service life of fifteen years. These monorails were twenty years old. Well beyond the age that Disney should have retired and replaced them.

]]> By: Rachel Henderson http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/comment-page-1/#comment-52669 Rachel Henderson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/#comment-52669 we were travelling on this route a week ago and would like to express our sincere and deepest sympathy to the drivers family we were travelling on this route a week ago and would like to express our sincere and deepest sympathy to the drivers family

]]> By: grinwithin http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/comment-page-1/#comment-52630 grinwithin Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:49:35 +0000 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/#comment-52630 I think it was a combination of mechanical failure and fatigue. When I was down in May 09 for 10 days, I was on the pink train when the sensors went off for a break problem. I was in the front with the driver (not the kid that was killed) and they said each car has it's own set of breaks and there is a light to let them know if something is out of wack. He wrote it off as a routine check/maintenance. You just have to wonder if someone is "cutting expenses" in the hardened economy by waiting a while on routine maintenance and early replacement of routine parts to avoid issues. I think it was a combination of mechanical failure and fatigue.

When I was down in May 09 for 10 days, I was on the pink train when the sensors went off for a break problem. I was in the front with the driver (not the kid that was killed) and they said each car has it’s own set of breaks and there is a light to let them know if something is out of wack. He wrote it off as a routine check/maintenance.

You just have to wonder if someone is “cutting expenses” in the hardened economy by waiting a while on routine maintenance and early replacement of routine parts to avoid issues.

]]> By: manky http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/comment-page-1/#comment-52557 manky Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:35:31 +0000 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/07/05/disney-monorail-crash-video/#comment-52557 thanks for providing this. someone [probably disney] is trying to make it difficult for people to see this. thanks for providing this. someone [probably disney] is trying to make it difficult for people to see this.

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