Date: 261013
Time: ~1830hrs
Location: Bukit Panjang (Blk 604) bus stop
Weather: Heavy rain
TIB879P (on 960) middle door have problem
closing. BC kept trying to close the door but the left side of the
door (view from outside of bus) refuses to close (at least for 5
mins). BC stopped the engine and start again but cannot close. By
now many pax going towards BPP thought bus
breakdown so they alighted the bus. BC tried pulling the door but
cannot close also. Finally, BC managed to close the doors with the
help of 1 pax pulling the door at the same time.
Caused jam at the bus stop. SMB302P (on
963) parked too close to TIB879P. SMB302P BC
thought the 960 loading pax so was waiting for the 960 to leave
before it follow behind. Subsequently, TIB708A (on 975) came closely behind. SMB302P BC realised something was wrong but he has no
space to reverse due to TIB708A and worse
still, SMB1357A (on 963) came along. Lucky
after much effort, both TIB708A and
SMB302P managed to overtake TIB879P, leaving TIB879P there.
Luckily, once the door managed to close, it left the bus bay and
it followed behind SMB1357A.
Can’t imagine if TIB879P were to declare
breakdown there…