Rushewar gadar Glanrhyd

A ranar 19 ga Oktoba 1987, wani jirgin kasa a kan layin Heart of Wales ya fadi kuma ya fada cikin Kogin Towy saboda rushewar Glanrhyd Bridge kusa da Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire . Mutane hudu sun mutu sakamakon bala'in; direban da uku daga cikin fasinjoji sun nitse.

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An gudanar da taron da wuri a ranar Litinin 19 ga Oktoba 1987. Kwanaki da yawa da suka gabata, Babban Guguwa na 1987 ya faru, wanda ya haifar da mummunar lalacewa ga ababen more rayuwa a duk faɗin Burtaniya. A ranar Lahadi da yamma, wani direban da ke halartar aikin injiniya a Llandrindod Wells ya ba da rahoton ambaliyar ruwa a kan layin. Manajan zirga-zirga mai alhakin, bayan bincike da wasu shawarwari, ya yanke shawarar tafiya tare da jirgin farko a ranar Litinin: 05:27 daga Swansea zuwa Shrewsbury.

05:27, wanda ya kunshi mota biyu Class  DMU, ya fada cikin Kogin Towy kusa da Llandeilo a kusan 07:15. Hadarin ya faru ne saboda gadar Glanrhyd da kogin ya kwashe. Jirgin yana motsawa a kawai 10 (16 km / h), wanda shine iyakar saurin al'ada ga wannan gadar.

Carwyn Davies, wani manomi da ke kusa (kuma mai son wasan rugby na Llanelli),  ya jira har zuwa karfe 07:00 don hasken rana don ya iya bincika ambaliyar a gonarsa. Yana da yadudduka 400 (370  daga gadar a cikin filin ambaliyar ruwa lokacin da ya ga cewa wani sashi na tsakiya na gadar jirgin kasa ya ɓace. Ya yi ƙoƙari ya koma gidansa don kiran gargadi, amma bai isa can ba lokacin da ya ji jirgin kasa yana gabatowa kuma ya ga karusar farko "ta tashi" daga gadar. Davies daga baya ya taimaka wa masu ceto su isa gadar ta amfani da ma'anarsa.

A cikin mutane goma da ke cikin jirgin, fasinjoji uku da ma'aikatan jirgin Burtaniya uku ne suka yi nasarar tserewa amma direban da fasinjoji uku suka nutse.  Ma’aikatan da ke cikin jirgin sun hada da Manajan kula da zirga-zirgar ababen hawa da Injiniya da ke raka jirgin domin duba hanyar bayan da aka samu rahoton ambaliyar ruwa da barnar da aka samu a ranar da ta gabata.  Jirgin ya bar hanyoyin kuma ya fada cikin kogin da ke kumbura a gadar Glanrhyd, kodayake jigilar baya ta kasance wani bangare a kan dogo da sama da ruwa. Yayin da fasinjoji da ma’aikatan ke tafiya cikin natsuwa zuwa motar baya, motar ta gaba ta watse kuma aka bi ta cikin kogin tare da direban da fasinjoji uku (wasu ma’aurata da wani matashi dan makaranta) suna ciki.Clark, Rhodri (19 October 2007). "Rail travel in Wales is so safe, the most dangerous part of a train journey is getting to the station". Western Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2015.Report on the Collapse of Glanrhyd Bridge (1990), page 7  

Sakamakon abin da ya faru shi ne cewa an karfafa hanyoyin binciken gadar jirgin kasa. Babu wani hadari na jirgin kasa a Wales wanda ya haifar da mutuwar fasinja tun daga wannan lokacin har zuwa hadari na 21 ga Oktoba 2024 kusa da Talerddig.Clark, Rhodri (19 October 2007). "Rail travel in Wales is so safe, the most dangerous part of a train journey is getting to the station". Western Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2015.Morris, Steven; Topham, Gwyn; Badshah, Nadeem (22 October 2024). "Two trains collide in Wales leaving one person dead and 15 injured". The Guardian. 

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