February 2, 201312 yr comment_149388 Sadly I'm going to have to bring up this topic up again due to the fact of a amusement park accident this January. The back 2 restraints opened on a 360 rotating pirate ship! Due to the nature of the video, it is currently under spoiler tags!
February 2, 201312 yr Author comment_149391 This is actually fairly old, not from this Jan, don't no exactly when though. Weird looking ride that, anyone recognise it? Also, imagine having to die to that awful music.
February 13, 201312 yr comment_150204 Sadly I'm going to have to bring up this topic up again due to the fact of a amusement park accident this January. The back 2 restraints opened on a 360 rotating pirate ship! Due to the nature of the video, it is currently under spoiler tags! The ride looked pretty unsafe anyway! Just wondering, did anyone fall out or was there no one in that row?
February 13, 201312 yr comment_150205 It is clearly shown in the video the person clinging on to the OTSR.
March 14, 201312 yr Author comment_153061 In Saudi Arabia all rides operated by a particular manufacturer have been ordered to close after an accident which injured some children, but it does not state which manufacturer. This is as a result of this incident, where a drop tower has failed and fallen to the floor with no apparent emergency braking or cushioning. The seats rotate like the new tower at Paultons, but I can't name the manufacturer from that, it may be a regional knock off company?
March 20, 201312 yr Author comment_153778 http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2013-03-19/Lehigh-carnival-ride-accident-sends-one-to-the-hospital#.UUnSqBxdCSo
March 20, 201312 yr comment_153794 Sounds nasty how that ride broke apart. It's a miracle no one died.
March 21, 201312 yr Author comment_153940 Little bit more on the same one. http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2013-03-20/Video-captures-moments-after-carnival-ride-accident#.UUsE7hxdCSo Just realised it is the ride Josh is trying to get on in Big! Always wanted to go on one of them.
March 23, 201312 yr comment_154213 Its so odd that, that girl died on Hydro at Oakwood 9 years ago, its gone so fast, RIP Hayley Williams
March 23, 201312 yr comment_154220 Pendragons Plunge or something I think. It was removed recently I believe.
March 23, 201312 yr comment_154227 Perilous Plunge. Never heard of an incident but yes it was removed to make way for 3 new attractions to regenerate the area, not because of an accident.
March 24, 201312 yr comment_154235 Ah alright! Well either way it has operated since then so that wasn't the cause of the closure.
April 12, 201312 yr Author comment_156577 Nicer news on this thread for a change. Remember the girl that wasn't caught by the nets on Terminal Velocity a couple of years back? She's recovering well, and has a dog to help her... http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Girl-hurt-on-Wis-Dells-ride-meets-companion-assistance-dog/-/10148890/19704470/-/twr6im/-/index.html
April 14, 201312 yr Author comment_156718 General cable car accident article... The city has been settling lawsuits almost since the cable cars began operation in 1893. One woman won a 1970 jury verdict of $50,000 after she claimed that a minor accident on a cable car she was riding turned her into a nymphomaniac.
April 17, 201312 yr Author comment_157202 Meanwhile in America, Disney don't show themselves in the best light safety wise... http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/04/16/36847/disneyland-faces-fines-after-worker-hurt-in-park-r/ Soarin' and Space Mountain remain closed after some mostly non specified citations, probably means some sort of remedial work is necessary. Maybe they'll announce it as a "$5million upgrade plan"
April 30, 201312 yr Author comment_157942 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10024971/Fairground-ride-car-breaks-loose-and-traps-girl-5.html While under maintenance a large bit of fairground ride hits kid. Sadly no hint as to what the actual ride was.
May 18, 201312 yr Author comment_159129 Can't quite tell what's wrong here, but kiddie hurt on kiddie ride. http://www.southwestiowanews.com/council_bluffs/news/local_news/child-injured-in-carnival-ride-accident-at-bayliss-park/article_3149867e-bf5a-11e2-8a67-001a4bcf887a.html
May 20, 201312 yr Author comment_159188 And another from America, having a bad carnival week http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/carnival-ride-accident-witnesses-urged-to-come-forward/4699324 Seems he may not have been tall enough to ride http://m.smh.com.au/queensland/injured-boy-may-be-have-been-too-small-for-carnival-ride-20130519-2juhy.html?skin=iphone Love those rides, which I've always known as a spinning penny. There used to be one at Butlins Bognor, I seem to remember very loose solid bar restraint and you really had to hold on.
June 2, 201312 yr Author comment_159872 Oh dear... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-22745094 A hearts and diamonds / round up by the looks of it. Looks like the platform structure under the ride connecting it to the paybooth is what has given way, not the ride itself, but I imagine that the jolt from that fall would be enough to throw the riders around. No restraints while riding these.
June 14, 201312 yr comment_160809 This is a question to satisfy my curiosity. Has a drop tower ever failed to break at the bottom? I find them terrifying just because of the possibility of crashing into the ground, whereas on a coaster the track will prevent that happening. I'm sure there's lots of brake failure safety systems in place?
June 14, 201312 yr Author comment_160810 This is a question to satisfy my curiosity. Has a drop tower ever failed to break at the bottom? I find them terrifying just because of the possibility of crashing into the ground, whereas on a coaster the track will prevent that happening. I'm sure there's lots of brake failure safety systems in place? There is one with a little clip on this post, the same sort that one of the smaller UK parks installed last year I believe (Lava or something? Where's that?). But it looks to be a failure of the ride itself rather than the braking system, if that makes sense? You have more chance of being ejected from your seat than the ride failing to stop, still unlikely though.
June 14, 201312 yr Author comment_160816 Couple of bits... Looks like the operator of the hearts and diamonds above has been a naughty boy before. The kid hurt on the American spinning penny is making a recovery. Not really a ride, but I've always thought those bungee trampoline things look like they have a lot of things to go wrong on them, sometimes they do.
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