I saw the remake of this movie when it was out a while ago and recently found that there was a contest for the cliffhanger [literally!!] at the end of this movie. Could they actually get away with the gold without dying from the bus on the edge of the cliff?

The Royal Society of Chemistry created a competition to find a scientific solution to their problem of getting the gold at the end without dying of course.

The winning solution was -

_Break the windows at the back to reduce weight.

_Break two windows at the front, hold one gang member upside down out of the window to deflate the front tires and stabilize the vehicle.

_Drain the rear fuel tank through an access panel at the bottom of the bus.

_Gang members leave one by one from the front, collecting stones to replace their weight.

_Keep adding stones until someone can safely go to the rear to retrieve the gold.

Fun and educational…love it!

Found here!