The operating company of Alton Towers Resort, Merlin Attractions Operations Limited, have today been given a £5 million fine in relation to the incident on The Smiler which occurred on 2nd June 2016. Following a two day hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Judge Michael Chambers QC described how there was [...]
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited, the company which operate Alton Towers Resort, have today been in court as the two day sentencing hearing for the incident on The Smiler, which occurred on 2nd June 2015, commenced at Stafford Crown Court. During the first day of the hearing Bernard Thorogood, prosecuting barrister [...]
Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd, the company responsible for operating Alton Towers Resort, have today pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety Act in relation to The Smiler incident which occurred in June last year (2015). During a hearing at North Staffordshire Justice Centre, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) [...]
The Health and Safety Executive have announced today that they are to prosecute Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd, the division of Merlin Entertainments which is responsible for the operation of Alton Towers Resort, over the incident on The Smiler on 2nd June 2015. In a statement released this morning, the Health [...]
Alton Towers Resort has today confirmed that it has concluded its investigation into the incident which occurred on The Smiler on 2nd June, confirming that the incident was the result of human error and that the rollercoaster will re-open in 2016. In a statement released by the Resort it was [...]
Alton Towers Resort has been under intense scrutiny over the past few weeks, with a wide range of media outlets reporting on various ‘further incidents’ which have occurred since the events of Tuesday 2nd June. With such a diverse range of coverage it can sometimes be difficult to determine exactly [...]
Alton Towers Resort has today re-opened its theme park, six days after the ‘dreadful incident’ which occurred on The Smiler last Tuesday. A number of changes have taken place around the park, with the most obvious being the closure of X-Sector to allow for the investigations to continue, [...]
Alton Towers Resort and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are continuing their investigations into the incident which occurred on The Smiler last Tuesday (2nd June). The park has remained closed since the incident, which involved a train carrying sixteen people colliding with a stalled empty train on the batwing [...]
Four people in their twenties have been seriously injured following an incident involving two ride trains on The Smiler shortly after 2pm this afternoon (Tuesday 2nd June 2015). Occurring on the batwing element of the ride, the incident involved two trains colliding, with one train carrying 16 guests [...]
Four teenagers are thought to be seriously injured following an incident on The Smiler shortly after 2pm this afternoon. It is thought that two trains collided on the track with one train being full and the other empty. Merlin Entertainments, owner and operator of Alton Towers Resort has [...]
Just over two months after the intended original opening date, The Smiler will be opening to guests on Thursday 23rd May, 2013. This long awaited announcement finally came from Alton Towers, who are encouraging guests to join them from the 23rd May and onwards to finally get corrected. The ride [...]
Ever since the announcement of The Smiler, members of the TowersTimes Forum have been speculating as to the meaning of the taglines 'World First' and 'World Beating' used when advertising this years major new rollercoaster. Back in October 2012, TowersTimes received information which led us to believe the ride would be going for [...]
