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In 1999 the Schwebebahn had the first fatal accident when a train ran into a claw that was fixed to the rail by a repair crew and was forgotten to be removed ag
by _Microft 6y ago
In 1999 the Schwebebahn had the first fatal accident when a train ran into a claw that was fixed to the rail by a repair crew and was forgotten to be removed again.
It was considered to be so safe that when someone reported the accident, the personnel at the emergency central didn't take them seriously first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Wuppertal_Schwebebahn_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Wuppertal_Schwebebahn_acc...
- detaro 6y agoThe most famous incident on the other hand is probably the one where a circus elephant was taken on the train as a publicity stunt in the 1950s, got understandably unhappy and bounced around enough that it and some people fell out of the train into the river.
- Matthias247 6y agoI got curious about this one and read about it on the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn#Incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn#Incident... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuffi https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuffi Those only do only mention the elephant jumping out, but nobody else.
- detaro 6y agoindeed, seems I misremembered.
- Tainnor 6y agoThe elephant was named Tuffi and today there's a brand of flavoured milk called after her.