Rovos Rail freak accident: What happened?
The luxury Rovos Rail train was carrying foreign tourists to Zimbabwe for Easter when it collided with another locomotive.
The accident derailed carriages and injured several people on board, the operating company and a local rail employee confirmed.
According to Tourism Update , no guests were injured, although one staff member did pass away in the hospital almost three weeks after the accident due to an unexpected medical complication.
Vos-Thane said that while a comprehensive accident report was still being finalised, the accident happened as a result of miscommunication by BBR operators.
'Somebody made a mistake and miscalculated the timings, which is just so unfortunate, particularly considering that we travel on this line at least twice a week. Having lost one of our staff members, there's an immense weight on us and we, of course, ask deep questions about how something like this could happen. But we have little control over other entities and we have to put our trust and faith in them. And, overall, they've never let us down, except for this one occasion,' Vos-Thane said as per Tourism Update .
Vos-Thane also said that the accident had not impacted demand for the Rovos Rail product.
'We've only had one query asking about the BBR line. We haven't seen anything to show that this had an impact. The major concern at the moment is the general sense of economic uncertainty in the world due to issues such as tariffs and geopolitics,' Vos-Thane said.
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