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Netflix Viewers in Shock at Ending of New Travis Scott Documentary About Crowd Crush that Killed 10 People
- In November 2021 at NRG Park in Houston, a deadly crowd crush at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival killed 10 people and injured over 300.
- The tragedy resulted from overcrowding, with 50,000 tickets sold for a stage viewing capacity of 35,000, plus failures in planning and emergency response.
- The film focusing on the Astroworld disaster uses recovered footage and testimonies from those who lived through the tragedy, shedding light on avoidable safety failures and sharing heartfelt accounts from the victims’ families.
- Medical examiners confirmed compression asphyxiation caused all 10 deaths, while critics note Scott's prolonged performance despite visible emergencies and his history of encouraging rowdy crowds.
- The tragedy prompted hundreds of lawsuits, many settled in 2024, a 1,266-page police report in 2023, and discussions on the live music industry's need to improve crowd safety.
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Netflix Just Added This Devastating Documentary — and I'm Hooked
Music festivals are known for being crowded and chaotic, which is why they usually employ stringent security and crowd control techniques. The now-infamous Astroworld festival, which took place in November 2021, is a terrifying example of what can happen when those measures fail. In Netflix’s new disaster documentary, Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, viewers get an in-depth analysis of how 10 people died from being crushed in the crowds durin…
What Happened To Travis Scott Following The 'Trainwreck' At Astroworld 2021?
As a part of its Trainwreck series (which looks into disastrous pop culture events), Netflix unveiled a documentary titled The Astroworld Tragedy on June 10. This anxiety-inducing new release sheds light on Travis Scott’s 2021 Houston festival, which impacted the lives of music fans forever. The doc provides an in-depth investigation of the circumstances that led to fatalities in a setting where patrons were expecting joy and entertainment. Whil…
Netflix’s chilling new doc has cracked the top 10 already — and it's made me never want to attend a music festival again
The latest installment in Netflix's "Trainwreck" anthology series chronicles the tragic events that unfolded at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival in 2021, and it's a seriously harrowing watch.
What happened in the Astroworld tragedy? 6 takeaways from Netflix’s new 'Trainwreck' documentary
A new Netflix documentary digs into the causes of the crowd crush at Astroworld 2021 that left 10 dead. Courtesy of Netflix The Astroworld crowd in Netflix's 'Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy'Key PointsTrainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy revisits the crowd crush that left 10 dead at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in 2021.The film claims that poor planning, ineffective stage placement, and slow responses from those in charge all exacerbated …
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