November 2, 201410 yr Author comment_196582 This actually isn't that infrequent, but this one did get a bit big! Because of all the fireworks those buildings have sprinklers on the roof which normally do the trick.The ride was back open after about 2 hrs, so no big thing.
November 7, 201410 yr Author comment_196890 Ski Jump ride collapses injuring three in manchester The ride itself looks like it is still pretty much intact to me, with the surrounding walkway having collapsed. If the surround has gone off center as seems from this account then the cars would simply slip off the track and be consistent with her account. “We had been on it for about a minute when it jolted to a stop. It was quite shocking and my son was upset Ski Jumps seem to be one of the more incident prone rides from my anecdotal experience. Funnily enough my dad and I have both witnesses accidents with ski jumps about 20 years apart! Many many years ago my Dad was at The Kursel in Southend when a car came clean off at high speed and shot across the fair, and quite a lot of years ago at my local fair in Grays I saw one of the ride cars collapse in on itself during its 'jump, landing on its out edge.
November 7, 201410 yr comment_196891 Ski Jump ride collapses injuring three in manchester Isn't that what 'Yeti' at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is? I thought that looked familiar despite the wreckage!
November 7, 201410 yr Author comment_196892 It's a little flat ride, don't know if Winter Wonderland has one. Should look like this...
November 7, 201410 yr comment_196905 Isn't that what 'Yeti' at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is? I thought that looked familiar despite the wreckage! nope Yeti was Theordore Whyatt's jumpin frog themed to a yeti ride a ski jump is lots of arms that have a hill that when the cars go over they fly up and the cars have either coli springs or shock abosrbers on them to make them jump!
November 7, 201410 yr comment_196906 I went on a Ski Jump when I went to this armed forces thing in Kent in the summer, it creaked it's way through and I just wanted to get off! It was hardly maintained well mind. But I can really see how these things are prone to accidents.
November 15, 201410 yr Author comment_197356 Some bits... USA - couple of kids fall from faulty bungee trampoline things, Americans get a little over excited. Sheffield - not really a ride, but kids play equipment causes injury, manufacturer fined. USA - kiddie hurt on kiddie ride, very little info. USA - remember the unfortunate guy who slammed into the end of an flume trough empty of water? The investigation has found the operators were massively at fault, the victim is still recovering.
November 29, 201410 yr Author comment_198280 UK - Spectator left with a minor head injury a couple of years ago. Owner of a Top Buzz in the poo after he fails to maintain his ride and a bit of it fell on someone. Update on the Texas Giant fatality from last year, 6 flag and Gerst have settled with the family of Esparza. Looks like we won't hear anything further of the details of how this actually came to happen. Texas law does not require any state investigation into amusement park deaths, so the park handled the inquiry. Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/11/18/6299314/six-flags-settles-lawsuit-over.html#storylink=cpy So that's alright then. That they have both settled without either publicly admitting responsability suggests to me both companies were at least partly at fault, but I guess we'll never know.
November 29, 201410 yr comment_198293 I 100% agree. We've had this discussion before, blah de blah, but at the end of the day: 1. Six flags should have used all the parts gerst gave them for the train 2. Gerst should have made them mandatory etc, etc..
November 30, 201410 yr comment_198318 UK - Spectator left with a minor head injury a couple of years ago. Owner of a Top Buzz in the poo after he fails to maintain his ride and a bit of it fell on someone. Update on the Texas Giant fatality from last year, 6 flag and Gerst have settled with the family of Esparza. Looks like we won't hear anything further of the details of how this actually came to happen. So that's alright then. That they have both settled without either publicly admitting responsability suggests to me both companies were at least partly at fault, but I guess we'll never know. sadly the owner of top buzz does not look after his ride well its sad that it had to come to that. The ridenrotting away in dubai at the moment so who knows what will happen to it in the future. Hopefully gets scrapped or sold to a decent showman
December 6, 201410 yr Author comment_198613 Wales - Minor incident on starflyer, can't imagine there are any injuries. Always an exciting moment when one of these things e-stops! Not a whole lot that can be done about that happening really.
December 9, 201410 yr Author comment_198759 Australia - Worker fatally injured dismantling unidentified ride.
December 28, 201410 yr Author comment_199683 The same swing ride at Cardiff winter wonderland that made the 'news' for swinging about a bit gets more coverage for breaking down a bit.
December 28, 201410 yr comment_199684 Overheard about this 'incident' when I was on the train earlier. I'm not sure how this is a news story as such, it's not exactly a big incident and worse happens regularly. The cause of the electricity fault should be identified however I think asking the Matthews family to remove their ride completely is a bit far. I would not like to be stuck up there in the freezing cold however I think it is a slight over-reaction as power faults occur at theme parks and funfairs all the time. Being stuck on a ride may be frightening however it is not a major incident and I fail to see why it has to be removed because of this.
December 28, 201410 yr Author comment_199686 The fault may have been caused by a power cut, power cuts are never entirely avoidable, but I think the problem is with the inability to get the thing back to the ground again; something that should always be possible with or without power. Until they can demonstrate they can do that reliably it probably shouldn't be open. Agree it's totally non news though.
December 28, 201410 yr comment_199691 Yeah I saw this happen, typical news media outlet blowing the whole story out of proportion and spreading around to people that no one should go on it, tbh didn't help that this ride was rushed in after being a week late ( they had a vortex at tp type ride replace it) and it has broken down a few times since then, so why it made the news again for something thats quite common in fair ground rides is weird, probs some family overreacting to the media to get a quick buck...
December 29, 201410 yr comment_199707 Double post but the cardiff sky swing has been axed from winter wonderland and will be replaced by this thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-30622505 called a mega swing... This will be operational by Monday, this was the original ride here before the sky swing as it was late and will now replace it again, following complaints and the media scrutiny.
December 29, 201410 yr comment_199710 I think it's a KMG afterburner, as there used to be one at Funland, Hayling Island called Tornado. Brilliant rides, and much more intense than the Vortex style ones.
December 29, 201410 yr comment_199712 It's a KMG Freakout, Vortex is an Afterburner. You're right about Hayling though, my local small park, and I do miss Tornado
December 29, 201410 yr comment_199717 It's a KMG Freakout, Vortex is an Afterburner. You're right about Hayling though, my local small park, and I do miss Tornado Ah, got them mixed up. How is Funland nowadays? I must visit next year, haven't been for two years
December 30, 201410 yr comment_199722 hahaha, XXL, come on. XXL feels exactily the same as a freakout except a bit more forceful! And getting back to the sky swing I think its been having a few problems this year since being aquired by darren matthews that's why it stopped and darren is still getting used to the ride but by 2015 it should be fixed and sorted out
December 30, 201410 yr comment_199730 Ah, got them mixed up. How is Funland nowadays? I must visit next year, haven't been for two years still going. Breakdance went, replaced with a Sizzler, old school, haha. A Miami where Tornado and Speed Flip stood. Drop Tower still there, but feeling it's age now. Everything else still going well. Will pop down half term.
January 10, 201510 yr Author comment_200597 USA - 'Brain Injury' - Dollywood visitor falls from Chair-O-Plane, apparently because her seat was wet.
January 10, 201510 yr comment_200603 if it's like any normal one with a chain through the middle of your legs... how on earth do you fall out of one!?
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