Employee failed to activate switch in train crash
National Transportation Safety Board has begun to sort-out events that led up to a train crash at Disney World's monorail system the morning of July 5th, 2009.
According to various sources familiar with the investigation, an employee working in the maintenance bay had presumed to activate a control switch for the train to change tracks. The train waiting to terminate service was suppose to back unto the spur, then return to the maintenance bay.
After investigators had put pieces of this puzzle back together, it revealed that the employee responsible for activating the switch, signaled to the on-duty supervisor to back up the train waiting to be transferred off the track. Investigators confirmed that the switch mechanism was intact and functioning correctly.
The report by the NTSB team affirms that the failure to re-align the track in tandem with other contributing factors set the stage for train crash. While Mary Poppins Mapo) should warn and prevent a train wreck, the employee at the control counsel was in flux do to an inopportune sickness that had developed. Without a man behind the control panel, the second safety feature designed to illustrate track realignments and train positions was compromised.
While the on-duty supervisor had authorized the train to back up, he was dining at the perkins restaurant near Disney World. Before a new coordinator was able to operate the control panel, all the variables were in place for an impending accident.
Since the aftermath of the fatal crash on Disney's monorail system, it is now required for an employee to be at the control panel at all times. Investigators believe that the roles of other employees may be also responsible for the unfortunate accident that occurred nearly two weeks ago.
Many questions are still left unanswered for example, why didn't the pilot Alan Rubino become aware that he was backing down the wrong track and not unto the spur? Since employees outside the Disney Information center are required to where kill packs, why didn't of the employees kill the movement of the train?
Most employees outside the station platform are trained to be vigilant for a potential injury while a pedestrian is on or near the tracks but not specifically to observe whether trains are about to collide.
According to various sources familiar with the investigation, an employee working in the maintenance bay had presumed to activate a control switch for the train to change tracks. The train waiting to terminate service was suppose to back unto the spur, then return to the maintenance bay.
After investigators had put pieces of this puzzle back together, it revealed that the employee responsible for activating the switch, signaled to the on-duty supervisor to back up the train waiting to be transferred off the track. Investigators confirmed that the switch mechanism was intact and functioning correctly.
The report by the NTSB team affirms that the failure to re-align the track in tandem with other contributing factors set the stage for train crash. While Mary Poppins Mapo) should warn and prevent a train wreck, the employee at the control counsel was in flux do to an inopportune sickness that had developed. Without a man behind the control panel, the second safety feature designed to illustrate track realignments and train positions was compromised.
While the on-duty supervisor had authorized the train to back up, he was dining at the perkins restaurant near Disney World. Before a new coordinator was able to operate the control panel, all the variables were in place for an impending accident.
Since the aftermath of the fatal crash on Disney's monorail system, it is now required for an employee to be at the control panel at all times. Investigators believe that the roles of other employees may be also responsible for the unfortunate accident that occurred nearly two weeks ago.
Many questions are still left unanswered for example, why didn't the pilot Alan Rubino become aware that he was backing down the wrong track and not unto the spur? Since employees outside the Disney Information center are required to where kill packs, why didn't of the employees kill the movement of the train?
Most employees outside the station platform are trained to be vigilant for a potential injury while a pedestrian is on or near the tracks but not specifically to observe whether trains are about to collide.
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