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The crashed bus returning from the Tūroa ski area on Saturday – killing a girl – had already failed nine times on her fitness certificate
The RAL (Ruapehu Alpine Lifts) bus rolled and crashed on Ōhakune Mountain Road in the 17 km trip. It was carrying 31 passengers
Three people were seriously injured – one man and two women – and were airlifted from the site and remained in stable condition at Waikato Hospital.
The Mitsubishi Fuso bus was imported from Japan in 2004 and has failed its fitness certificate nine times over the past 14 years.
Different from an aptitude warrant – the certificate is a regular check for heavy vehicles to ensure that they meet the required safety standards. The inspection covers many aspects, including the condition of the brakes and the operation.
The 24-year-old bus passed its most recent inspection at the end of May.
Ross Copland, General Manager of RAL Lifts: are with the passengers and families involved in the accident, as well as our driver.
"The accident is under investigation by the police and we will not make any further comment at this stage."
Steven Hatch, a He said that it was not uncommon for a vehicle to fail its inspection because the inspectors were "very pedantic".
million. Hatch said that he was working with many Mitsubishi Fusos.
As such, it would be very unusual for the accident to be caused by the loss of brakes, he said.
Passengers on the bus described when things went wrong.
They said that there was a loud horn sound
Steven Hatch proposed a possible explanation.
"It could be down on the brake fluid. It could be low on the aerial part because even though they are a hydraulic braking system, they are assisted by air. "
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Johl Dwyer and his daughter took a replacement shuttle, but they boarded vehicles with some reservations
" Everyone was calm. Nothing extraordinary, everyone was rather calm. "
Ken Summerhaus, who drives a bus to and from the Tūroa Ski Area for a private company, said that the accident was in his mind today.
I am at comfortable driving the big buses on the mountain because we have a good safety record, but we still think about it, it could have happened to anybody. "
It is believed that the girl who died was 11 years old Police said that because of the nature of his injuries, they still had to formally identify it.
Photos taken inside a bus, which is believed to be operated by RAL, show seats tied with wire and a handle that fell
Sophie Leather was a passenger traveling between National Park and Whakapapa on Saturday
. Tickets at the National Park Village booth, which only sells tickets for the R Shuttle Service AL.
She was so concerned about the state of the situation she took p hotos.
"The chair in front of me was completely broken, not held by wires and I was trying to hold it with my feet."
"A lady went to hang with her child and just go around a small corner, the whole handle came out of the chair and so we were horrified enough to be honest and we all started to talk about dangerousness. "
Security problems asked him if other buses were working
" Many people try to charge the bus driver first, but I think that even though it was the fault of the bus driver, the safety conditions in the bus
RAL's general manager, Ross Copland, and president, Murray Gribben, both refused an interview on Checkpoint
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