October 27, 20168 yr comment_243624 1 hour ago, Weeksy said: In fairness to Nick and Merlin, the way they handled the Alton accident was textbook, took full responsibility and seemed to really care. Yet failed to call the emergency services for 20 minutes. I wouldn't call that textbook. Taking responsibility was really they only thing they could do. If they blamed Gerst then they would have had a lawsuit on there hands for defamation.
November 9, 20168 yr comment_244269 On 25/10/2016 at 8:22 AM, planenut said: Tragic incident at this park on their Thunder River Rapids, at Dreamworld, on Australia's Gold Coast. Apparently there are four adult fatalities. The ride appears a standard rapids type but the conveyor is an open ladder system. Very sad for all concerned. Dreamworld state they will dismantle the ride, I think that appropriate as opposed to the incident on Smiler when people were severely injured but no loss of life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37916546
November 11, 20168 yr Author comment_244443 I don't know, there have been plenty of rides which have caused fatalities and subsequently reopened. I strongly doubt the ride is inherently dangerous, I'm sure it could have been made perfectly safe with fairly little effort, but it's probably the right thing to do in this case for the parks reputation recovery.
February 4, 20178 yr Author comment_247271 Nasty incident (and footage) from China. 13 year old girl dies being flung from what appears to be a topspin knock off.
February 4, 20178 yr comment_247272 Literally no words, just saw that video on Facebook. Something has gone seriously seriously wrong for that to happen... Assume lap bar not locked correctly or she was too short to ride? Anything is possible with a Chinese knock off I suppose The poor girl had no chance judging by how bent the safety barrier was after she was thrown into it
February 5, 20178 yr Author comment_247276 It appears from this image that the seat she was in is the empty one on the row behind, which looks like the restraint is still down with that yellow belt in place. Suggests she may have slip out of the middle of the restraint rather than it having opened. The gap between each shoulder does look quite wide to me.
February 10, 20178 yr Author comment_247361 Woman hurts foot on slide at Tayto Park, wants to sue the world. http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-suing-tayto-park-after-breaking-her-ankle-on-twister-slide-35440890.html
February 10, 20178 yr comment_247364 It takes someone 5 years to take a place of work to court over an injury? Surely that's nothing to do with the recent spate of incidents at the park? Someone else is taking them for receiving a broken neck off CuChu, though only getting a x-ray 4 weeks afterwards (if your neck was THAT broken, you'd know the difference in a lot less time)... Guess the Irish have just discovered how lucrative theme parks can be in the court systems... Merlin's payout list was enough before even Smiler...
April 14, 20178 yr Author comment_249294 That's some extreme trapezing. Lucky he didn't pull her out of it entirely in trying to slow her down.
April 15, 20178 yr comment_249307 Seems like what could have been a worst case scenario on a coaster in Colombia. Not quite sure what has happened here, the park have said that it wasn't a mechanical error and that the ride was being operated according to manufacturers protocol. Link to article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/disabled-man-seriously-injured-horror-10226274Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk
April 18, 20178 yr Author comment_249352 That reads a lot like someone with false limbs has secured their prosthetics really well, but the rest of them not so much. Wouldn't be the first time that had happened. Australia - child critically injured being thrown from twister/sizzler type ride. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/boy-hurt-in-fall-from-rye-carnival-ride/news-story/1ad49c1129dae05222f75e9696b4656a Mix of reports, some saying he was flung from his seat, others that he was already clinging to the outside when it happened. Seems he was part of the owners family, and they do do that sort of thing sometimes.
July 16, 20178 yr comment_250944 http://www.cope.es/noticias/actualidad/menos-heridos-colisionar-dos-vagones-una-montana-rusa-madrid_153666 Not much info at present but two trains collided and it's another Gerstlauer ride.
July 16, 20178 yr comment_250945 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40624822 BBC article and one of the videos on the site Matt posted seem to imply a train didn't stop in the brakes and crashed into the back of another waiting in the station, very strange.
July 17, 20178 yr comment_250956 Gonna be interesting to find out why the mag brakes failed... lets hope its something very very isolated
July 17, 20178 yr comment_250957 That's a ride I've actually ridden ? It's a good thing the coaster isn't too fast in the first place.
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251200 Shocking stuff The Telegraph cut the video - but a whole pod comes away from it's arm Is this a KMG Afterburner?
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251203 Yes I belive it was, the full video on youtube appears to show the floor of the row of seats litterally fall from the ride at the bottom of the swing, read somewhere the deceased was flung 50ft from the ride. Shocking.
July 27, 20178 yr Author comment_251205 Well, shit. Not even a knock off either. I imagine we'll see KMGs every shut until it's know how the hell that happened.
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251207 Is there any difference to the travelling type of Afterburner to Vortex at Thorpe, or is that simply a travelling model that's permanently in the ground?
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251208 I believe there is a difference between park and funfair versions. Thats a horrific incident and by the sounds of it, this funfair has very strict health and safety as several rides weren't open due to not passing inspections. That footage of the gondola hitting what looks like the floor/barrier is haunting and gut wrenching.
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251209 The footage of the accident on a top-spin type ride in China from earlier in the year was also incredibly chilling - the difference was there, that China's "knock off" rides aren't renowned for their safety whereas this is an established and trusted manufacturer - one would assume that an error has been made in construction as it's a mobile version but who knows
July 27, 20178 yr Author comment_251211 With the specifics of which models have to close, excluding more recent models of the same type, it seems they have a good idea of what has failed.
July 27, 20178 yr comment_251212 It appears its the far end of the arm that failed, I had assumed it was the whole arm where it connects to the gondola. I'm unsure if this is a different design to park models?
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