Talk:Kaprun disaster
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"...taking the lives of 155 passengers"
I watched the NGC documentary on the disaster and it claimed that not all of the deaths were passengers on the burning funicular train. It said that some died from smoke on the non-burning descending car, and that the fire even killed some people at the top station. Does anyone have the numbers? Sjakkalle 08:46, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
I just saw a documentary on Discovery Channel, and contrary to this article it claimed that the hydraulic fuel leak meant that the doors of the train wouldn't open and that the passengers had to smash windows to get out. Akihabara 03:36, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
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- According to Seconds From Disaster the hydraulic leak did prevent the doors from opening, but the driver was able to unlock the doors allowing many of the passengers to open them and leave the carriage. The people who ultimately survived had already escaped from a smashed window. Asa01 09:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
