"Hello there viewers...Keiko here again...*Keiko proceeds to go and currently say this while proceeding to go and traditionally bowing to the viewers as usual. To which Keiko then proceeds to go and bring her attention and eyesight back up again, in order to go and continue to address the viewers. Keiko also now proceeds to go and briefly clear her throat, as Keiko then proceeds to go and continue, to properly address the viewers*...
Now then viewers, for this chapter I will once again be covering several more transportation related accidents in history...And for this particular chapter viewers as like the last one, we will be covering another three of them...
And each of them, as shown by the chapter title of this particular chapter, is going to be covering one aviation accident, and two railway accidents, one of which was attributed in some way, to a case of 'pilot error'...
Another that actually did not wind up having a definitive conclusion with regard what exactly caused the accident. Which by the way viewers, will be explained in a bit as to why that is...
And finally, another that was caused by a sort of outside force. Which again viewers, like the previous one, will be explained in a bit as well as to why that is...
Now then viewers, lets begin with the first of the three accidents...
And for this one, we will start by going all the way back, to November 6, 2002...
And on this particular day...Luxair Flight 9642...Which was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tempelhof Airport, in Germany, to Findel Airport, in Luxembourg. And on this particular day, the aircraft that was being used to operate the flight, was a Fokker 50...
And on board Flight 9642, were two pilots, 1 flight attendant, and 19 passengers...
The captain of Flight 9642, was 26 year old Claude Poeckes, who had a total flying experience of 4,242 flight hours and 2,864 hours on the Fokker 50....
The first officer, was 32 year old John Arendt with total flight hours of 1,156 and 443 hours on the Fokker 50...
And as for what wound up happening with regard to the crash that would result involving Flight 9642?...
Well upon coming into land at in Luxembourg, and after having extended the landing gear. Both of the propeller speeds on Luxair 9642s engines began to increase. And interestingly enough the cause of this was due to both engines going into full reverse while Flight 9642 was still in flight. Which was due in part to Captain Poeckes pulling the thrust levers for both engines below flight idle. Which in turn due to a technical glitch, had caused both engines to go into full reverse thrust in flight. And unfortunately in this case, recovery was not possible...
And as a result, Flight 9642 wound up slamming into the ground short of the runway at Luxembourg...
With the crash killing 20 of the 22 passengers and crew on board. With only Captain Poeckes and a passenger surviving the crash...
And now viewers, we will be moving onto the second of the three accidents of this chapter...And for this one, we will be going all the way back, to September 15, 1958...
And on this particular date Central Railroad of New Jersey Commuter Train #3314...
Which was made up of 2 EMD GP7 diesels, and five Central Railroad of New Jersey passenger cars. This consisted of a combine, and 4 standard commuter coaches...
And as for the accident in question involving Commuter Train #3314? Well on September 15, 1958, #3314 wound up going through a red signal before the Newark Bay Lift Bridge...
Which as a result, caused the two diesels and two of the five carriages to derail, with a third left precariously dangling over the then open lift bridge...
And though the following investigation did wind up finding that the absence of a 'Dead Man's Switch,' played a big contributing factor in the accident...
Investigators however could not determine with absolute certainty, as to why neither the engineer, or the fireman had been unable to stop train #3314, before it wound up plunging into the open span of the lift bridge...
And while they did find that the engineer had apparently had indications of hypertensive heart disease, it was determined that they had died of asphyxiation due to drowning...
And as for the fireman, they could not find anything medically wrong with them...
And along with the deaths of both the engineer and fireman of train #3314, another 46 others were killed in the crash, and another 48 were injured...
And now viewers, we will be moving onto the third and final accident of this chapter...And for this one, we will be a bit further back in time, to December 24, 1953...
And on this particular date, the 3pm Wellington to Auckland express train...
Which was operating between Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand. And consisted of 4-8-4 steam locomotive #949. Which was hauling 11 carriages, consisting of five second class carriages, four first class carriages, as well as a guard's van and a postal van. With Charles Parker as the engineer, and Lance Redman as the fireman. And on board, were a total of 285 passengers and crew...
And as for the cause of the crash of the 3pm Wellington to Auckland Express?
Well as the train was heading towards a bridge over the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai, what the crew did not realize, was that a rapid mudflow or a 'lahar.' Had gone and swept away several of the key support columns of the bridge. And unfortunately, though engineer Charles Parker did shut off steam and had initiated an emergency air brake application. Which while his fireman, Lance Redman, had gone and shut off the oil supply valve for the fire. This unfortunately was not done fast enough, to stop the train from running onto the bridge. Which wound up collapsing, and wound up sending the locomotive, its oil tender, and as well as the first five second class carriages into the flooded river...
With the leading first class carriage left teetering on the edge of the bridge, before its coupling snapped and it too wound up falling into the river. But thankfully, the remaining last three first-class carriages, the guard's van and the postal van remained on the track...
And tragically along with Engineer Parker, and Fireman Redman, another 149 people were killed in the accident. And a further 7 more were injured, making this the deadliest rail accident, in New Zealand's history...
And finally viewers, though I have said this in many of these same chapters before...
I will once again reiterate, that I don't mean any sort of disrespect, to those whose lives were lost by either this tragedy, or those like it...
As the only reason why I am mentioning them in these fanfics, is to help preserve the legacy of those who were injured or killed in these tragedies...
And also, to make sure that those who lost people in these tragedies, have some sort of another way to remember their loved ones...
And now viewers, this now marks the end of this non action packed filler chapter...But you can look forward to things getting right back into the action in the next chapter...And so viewers, from me, Angel Bluebell, Zachary, Catherine, and everyone else in The Four Aces Alliance...We all look forward to seeing you lot in the next chapter...So viewers, see you all there, okay?...*Keiko proceeds to go and say this, while Keiko is also proceeding to go and smile with both of her brown eyes closed. And this is also while Keiko currently has her head tilted to one side, in her usual very cute looking manner as well*"