Travel News - Megabus crashes into the bridge

I heard Megabus crashes into the bridge. When its happening the bus was blew the tire off. There is dozen injured but, only 1 died on the scene.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/megabus-crashes-into-brid_n_1734717.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D187668

Who is their fault?

I am not sure for which one is that. So please feel free to moved the thread.

That is a horrible tragedy.

This is horrible.

I find it very strange to see the front-middle of the bus straight smashed against the center pillar of the bridge. It almost looks like the bus was speeding in a straight line at that pillar.

I heard Megabus crashes into the bridge. When its happening the bus was blew the tire off. There is dozen injured but, only 1 died on the scene.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/megabus-crashes-into-brid_n_1734717.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D187668

Who is their fault?

I am not sure for which one is that. So please feel free to moved the thread.

Fault will more then likely be placed on the tire manufacturer.
The NTSB, DOT, and various other agencies will investigate and publish their findings.

I think it's way too early to blame anybody. They will investigate and look at the bus, the skid marks (if there were any), the black boxes, interview people, etc.

With that information they will be able to reconstruct the accident.

Personally, from the images I have seen, I don't buy the blown tire theory. The front tires on the bus in the pictures appear to be intact, and the driver should not have lost control like that if it was a rear tire that blew.

But after what will probably be a long investigation, the NTSB will find something for fault.

If they determine it to be a blown tire, they will most certainly be able to blame the tire, the wheel, road hazard, poor maintenance, etc. Because there was no fire to destroy anything they should be able to reconstruct the tire and wheel.

Well, did they wear seatbelt on? I am not quite sure if those people who wearing a seatbelt.

The bus was less than a year old and just passed it's every ten days maintenance and safety inspection with in the last week. This morning the state police said that final reports will take weeks, but they are sticking with the blown tire.

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LCBs, low cost bus companies are notoriously bad about safety violations. A few resumed operations under a different name after being shut down due to safety violations.

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LCBs, low cost bus companies are notoriously bad about safety violations. A few resumed operations under a different name after being shut down due to safety violations.
Megabus is a big company and I don't think that they will be shutting down any time soon.

Megabus is a big company and I don't think that they will be shutting down any time soon.

No, probably not. I am not quite sure if they still in business. They won't close the company anytime soon. It still have enough profitable.

The bad news for them just keeps on coming

ATLANTA -
A fire involving an Atlanta-based Megabus is under investigation.

The double-decker caught fire late Wednesday morning after a tire blew out on Interstate 85 northbound near Lavonia, Ga. Passengers were unhurt and evacuated the bus near the Georgia-South Carolina border.

The bad news for them just keeps on coming

ATLANTA -
A fire involving an Atlanta-based Megabus is under investigation.

The double-decker caught fire late Wednesday morning after a tire blew out on Interstate 85 northbound near Lavonia, Ga. Passengers were unhurt and evacuated the bus near the Georgia-South Carolina border.

Gosh! Not another bus accident yet again! :mad: So what happened now?

So what happened now?

A tire blew out on Interstate 85 northbound near Lavonia, Ga. Passengers were unhurt and evacuated the bus near the Georgia-South Carolina border.

That's a lot of flat tires! What's going on? My daughter was on one a few months ago that blew out a tire. That one didn't make the news. They had to wait an hour for a replacement bus to get there. Anyways, why are they having so many blowouts? Is the number they have about average and they're just getting more attention, or is there something wrong with the tires they use?

A blow out can mean anything. Defect in the tire, hit something in the road, hit the curb a day or two ago and got a bubble that blew, the wrong rated tire for the hours they drive it at once, etc.

Or it could be they messed up something and are overinflating them, etc.

One would assume that even though they inspect every ten days, they would be looking for the reason for the blow outs, and if there's a common reason they would be doing something quickly to recover from it.

I did some research at the NTSB web site and blowouts on commercial buses are not that common. Underinflation is a possible cause. The tires are obviously critical with no backup, so blowouts are hard to accept. But the Megabus is supposed to have tire pressure monitors, so maybe underinflation isn't the reason.

Also, I'm not sure how the bus went off the road to the left after the right front tire blowout. Perhaps the driver overcorrected.