A TRAGÉDIA DE TANGIWAI: a ponte cedeu minutos antes do comboio | Documentário Completo

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Tangiwai, Nova Zelândia, 24 de dezembro de 1953: um lahar do vulcão Ruapehu arrancou a ponte ferroviária sobre o rio Whangaehu minutos antes de o expresso noturno de Wellington para Auckland chegar. Das 285 pessoas a bordo, 151 morreram na véspera de Natal — o pior desastre ferroviário da história do país. Esta é a reconstituição hora a hora de duas coisas que desciam para o mesmo ponto: uma parede de lama, rocha e gelo de três metros de altura, e um trem lotado de famílias voltando para casa. Geólogos já tinham medido o lago da cratera, já tinham documentado o lahar de 1925, já tinham escrito que o rompimento era questão de tempo. O relatório foi para uma gaveta do departamento de obras públicas. Entre a cratera e a linha férrea não havia um único fio, um único sensor, um único sinal. Cinquenta e quatro anos depois, em 2007, o mesmo lago rompeu pelo mesmo vale — e ninguém morreu, porque o fio existia. Contamos também a história de Cyril Ellis e da lanterna que ele agitou nos trilhos, de John Holman no vagão pendurado sobre o rio, e dos vinte corpos que o Whangaehu entregou ao mar. Fontes: — Tangiwai hero Cyril Ellis with his George Medal, 1954: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/373592/ — A New Zealand Christmas Eve tragedy: https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/a-new-zealand-christmas-eve-tragedy/ — Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand: Observations on its Crater ...: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/mount-ruapehu-new-zealand-observations-on-its-crater-lake-and-glaciers/6D87E5305C90FE1774C2369C579DF799 — Daughters of Tangiwai disaster heroes seek closure in ...: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/91903679/daughter-of-tangiwai-disaster-hero-speaks-of-her-fathers-bravery — Whangaehu River Facts for Kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Whangaehu_River — Death at Tangiwai: a class affair: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/tangiwai-disaster/class-affair — New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/new-zealands-mount-ruapehu-150357/ — Volcanic Activity Report on Ruapehu (New Zealand): https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN200703-241100 — Tangiwai hero Cyril Ellis with his George Medal, 1954: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/373592/ — A New Zealand Christmas Eve tragedy: https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/a-new-zealand-christmas-eve-tragedy/ — Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand: Observations on its Crater ...: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/mount-ruapehu-new-zealand-observations-on-its-crater-lake-and-glaciers/6D87E5305C90FE1774C2369C579DF799 — Daughters of Tangiwai disaster heroes seek closure in ...: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/91903679/daughter-of-tangiwai-disaster-hero-speaks-of-her-fathers-bravery — Whangaehu River Facts for Kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Whangaehu_River — Death at Tangiwai: a class affair: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/tangiwai-disaster/class-affair — New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/new-zealands-mount-ruapehu-150357/ — Volcanic Activity Report on Ruapehu (New Zealand): https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN200703-241100 — Tangiwai hero Cyril Ellis with his George Medal, 1954: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/373592/ — A New Zealand Christmas Eve tragedy: https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/a-new-zealand-christmas-eve-tragedy/ — Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand: Observations on its Crater ...: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/mount-ruapehu-new-zealand-observations-on-its-crater-lake-and-glaciers/6D87E5305C90FE1774C2369C579DF799 — Daughters of Tangiwai disaster heroes seek closure in ...: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/91903679/daughter-of-tangiwai-disaster-hero-speaks-of-her-fathers-bravery — Whangaehu River Facts for Kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Whangaehu_River — Death at Tangiwai: a class affair: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/tangiwai-disaster/class-affair — New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/new-zealands-mount-ruapehu-150357/ — Volcanic Activity Report on Ruapehu (New Zealand): https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN200703-241100 #tangiwai #novazelandia #ruapehu #documentario #desastreferroviario