Ride/Park Accidents

[pluk]

More an incident than accident.
New York - music express gets stuck full speed reverse, e stop button fails, have to wait for maintainance to come and pull the power.

 

[DistortAMG]

More an incident than accident.
New York - music express gets stuck full speed reverse, e stop button fails, have to wait for maintainance to come and pull the power.

It reminds me of the time a similar thing happened on Drayton Manor's Vekoma Ranger (Skyflyer) around 2002. After the ride went around and around for 20 minutes after all controls failed, engineers cut the power to the ride, resulting in a further half hour until the ride came to a stop using no power. They usually use mechanical assistance to stop the ride, something not available with no power. To say people were green when coming off was an understatement.

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

More an incident than accident.
New York - music express gets stuck full speed reverse, e stop button fails, have to wait for maintainance to come and pull the power.

I had to laugh at the opening paragraph of that report. Just a touch dramatic!

“A horror scene, reminiscent of something from a Final Destination movie, occurred at an amusement park in New York earlier this week, as passengers were spun backward for 3 to 4 minutes”

 

[pluk]

Wales - man breaks back on Waltzer. Written up like the car has come off the ride, really its just lifted and slammed down as they do sometimes when spinning fast.

 

[Zeock]

Boy possibly falls from Galaxy Spin at Fun Spot America.

Boy falls from coaster at Florida amusement park, rushed to hospital with 'traumatic injuries': officials

A six-year-old child was rushed to the hospital on Thursday with serious injuries after possibly falling off a roller coaster at the Kissimmee Fun Spot amusement park, according to paramedics.

www.fox35orlando.com

 

[pluk]

France - child dead and adult injured falling from ride at Luna Park.

 

[BarryZola]

That doesn't sound good at all.

 

[Poisson]

Same park that now operates Flamingo Land's Corkscrew

 

[Austin Towers]

This thread has been a lot busier recently that it should be :-(

 

[Rob F]

France - child dead and adult injured falling from ride at Luna Park.

Am i right in saying this was a sky coaster?

It seems high wind maybe was to blame causing them to turn and hit obstecals

Also another one in france Child held onto ferris wheel and fell

 

[Craig]

Any information on the ride involved?

It was Adrénaline, the park's "skycoaster". I've no idea if it's an official version or not (it's not listed on the Wiki page). Considering the pretty hefty failsafes built into official Skycoasters I'd be intrigued to know how the whole thing happened, especially if it is one of theirs.

 

[pluk]

India - woman dies and others injured falling from ferris wheel.

Not an accident as such, but one waiting to happen. Wild Mouse XXL keeps stalling, and I don't think the fix will be compliant with the health and safety at work act if it is still doing it at WWW!

 

[BarryZola]

We'd like to thank our theme park serious accident correspondent for his latest update. Now, it's back to the studio for the main headlines.

 

[Poisson]

India - woman dies and others injured falling from ferris wheel.

Not an accident as such, but one waiting to happen. Wild Mouse XXL keeps stalling, and I don't think the fix will be compliant with the health and safety at work act if it is still doing it at WWW!

Time Machine stalled at HPWW last year, with the car in front (empty) valleying. The staff happily climbed the track unharnessed to pull the winch from under the main lift to connect to the stalled car. It'll be fine.

 

[pluk]

Belgium - 7 people injured, 2 seriously, falling from.magic carpet. Not entirely clear what happened due to translation, but I think a safety bar has unlocked mid ride.

 

[RicketyCricket]

Wow... Magic Carpets are powerful rides to be ejected from. Could end up at Thorpe Farm if that happened on Quantum.

 

[Poisson]

Wow... Magic Carpets are powerful rides to be ejected from. Could end up at Thorpe Farm if that happened on Quantum.

I doubt anybody would notice they don't lock on Quantum

 

[Rob F]

Rollercoaster accident at Octoberfest looks to be reasonably serious with a couple of people in serious conditions after 2 trains collided

 

[Skyscraper]

Rollercoaster accident at Octoberfest looks to be reasonably serious with a couple of people in serious conditions after 2 trains collided

It happened on the indoor roller coaster Hollenblitz.

 

[pluk]

Later updates suggest nothing too serious, sounds like a relatively low speed bump in the station with everyone able to get off the ride themselves and it reopening soon.