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Accidents Involving Injury at Space Mountain

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12/5/2006 - Submitted by disney15 on 11/12/2006
At Tokyo Disneyland, 12 passengers aboard the park's Space Mountain roller coaster came to an abrupt stop when a roller coaster car derailed. None of the riders was injured. A park spokesman said that the rear car 12-car train derailed near the end of the ride. Space Mountain had recently undergone a complete safety inspection in response to a fatal roller coaster derailment at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on September 5. Officials at Tokyo Disneyland shut down Space Mountain as a precaution and conducted safety checks. They concluded that the ride was safe to operate.

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    Sorry everybody, the real date is 2003, not 2006! -- Submitted by disney15 on 11/12/2006

    12/5/2003 - Submitted by disney15 on 11/12/2006
    At Tokyo Disneyland, 12 passengers aboard the park's Space Mountain roller coaster came to an abrupt stop when a roller coaster car derailed. None of the riders was injured. A park spokesman said that the rear car 12-car train derailed near the end of the ride. Space Mountain had recently undergone a complete safety inspection in response to a fatal roller coaster derailment at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on September 5. Officials at Tokyo Disneyland shut down Space Mountain as a precaution and conducted safety checks. They concluded that the ride was safe to operate.

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