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[chubigans]

How often do we have fall out of restraints death? Usually i remember people having heart attack or something a lawyer could argue was a preexisting condition. I'll have to look into it more.

Hmmm, the last incident I can remember is that girl who's feet were severed on that Six Flags superman ride.

Which reminds me, I'm never going to six flags again.

 

[Twilight Gap]

:/

What a horrifying thing to happen. I really hate these rides.

 

[MThanded]

Hmmm, the last incident I can remember is that girl who's feet were severed on that Six Flags superman ride.

Which reminds me, I'm never going to six flags again.

Goddamn I never even heard of this. What the hell

A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.

A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.

An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap.

"The people on the ride just came and hit the ground," she said. "When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn't have no legs. ... And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.flags.accident/

 

[Epsilon-delta]

Holy crap that's terrifying!

Yea, it was the scariest 'oh fuck' moment of my life.

 

[Anteo]

To be fair, Disney is actually pretty top notch about safety. I'm not even sure they have had a roller coaster death before.

Well, I remember this post from another thread. Of course it's not a death (cause I don't think a gaffer would post it if it was one)

Uhh I've had various jobs I've done something at all of them.

While I was working at Disneyland (...)

It wasn't me but one morning after removing a few cars from the track in the back someone forgot to replace the pin to close the track. First guest the went around the track got to that point... oops is all I think the NDA we had to sign would let me say.

(...)

 

[nateeasy]

SANDUSKY, Ohio — A boat on a thrill ride at an amusement park that bills itself as the best in the world accidentally rolled backward down a hill and flipped over in water when the ride malfunctioned Friday, injuring all seven people on it.

Operators stopped the Shoot the Rapids water ride after the accident, which occurred on the ride's first hill, the Cedar Point amusement park said. Park police officers, medical technicians, ride operators and park visitors waded into the water and helped the passengers off the boat.

Cedar Point officials wouldn't say how the boat landed after rolling downhill. But witnesses told the Sandusky Register newspaper the boat flipped on its side or upside down.

Matthew Orr, of Euclid, was at the park and said people were belted into the boat and were trapped.

"We jumped in and helped them get out," he told the newspaper. "If we didn't help, I don't even know what would have happened."

Cedar Point officials said six of the seven boat passengers were evaluated and treated at the park and then were released and the other was taken to a hospital for further evaluation before being released.

Cedar Point, which says it has been rated the best amusement park in the world for 15 years in a row, is in Sandusky, along Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo. It's owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co.

The Shoot the Rapids ride, rated an Aggressive Thrill, "takes you up and splashes you down," Cedar Point says on its website.

"Shoot the Rapids feels like a real wild river adventure with canyons, a tunnel and something unexpected around every corner!" it says.

The accident was being investigated by Cedar Point officials, who said they had reported it to state officials. They said the ride will stay closed until park and state inspectors complete their review.

"The safety of our guests is our number one priority," Cedar Point said in an emailed statement.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...backward-at-ohio-amusement-park-7-hurt/nYxby/

 

[i-Lo]

I'm not a lawyer but I'm betting this gets passed off onto the company that made the harness(if it is not Six Flags). If the training ever said "one click is enough" then I don't know is she could be found negligible even if more clicks would have kept her in.

Well I don't think they could cling to hold harmless clause if the restraint was not malfunctioning. The proximate cause then would be the negligence by the person who did the victim's restraint.

 

[Jzero]

Fuck i hate seeing these stories since roller coasters are some of my favorite things in the world. It makes me want to go on them less often.

 

[RoeBear]

I was supposed to take my cousins there on Monday. Not going now...

 

[Ken Masters]

This is why I don't ride coasters

 

[RustyNails]

Yeah, never going on rollercoasters.

The park should be fucking closed if it turns out they didn't do safety inspection.

 

[XenodudeX]

As if I needed another reason to avoid rollercoasters

 

[facepalm007]

I know exactly what they're talking about when they mention the 'click, click, click' sound concerning waist restraints. Was on the ride Space Mountain here at Disney in Orlando a few years ago and the restraint only clicked once while my sister and her boyfriend clicked three times. Shit was loose as fuck and I felt like I was holding on for dear life during the ride and when it ended, I complained so much that they stopped the ride and did a maintenance check.

All the tourists were asking me what happened and I told them my story and that 45 minute packed line to get on the ride was empty within minutes.

Yeah, that's pretty scary situation, but that is pretty weird that they actually went down the ride for that as oppose to dead heading (sending the train empty) that particular train until maintenance came around. Well either that or they said screw it and swapped trains, which is a 30 min to an hour turn around.

(Former Tomorrowland Attractions Cast Member BTW)

 

[ohlawd]

wrong thread.

Terrible news, though :/

 

[blame space]

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...backward-at-ohio-amusement-park-7-hurt/nYxby/

yeah but dude the gatekeeper. the gatekeeper. don't fuck this up for me.

 

[Midnight Moon]

I went on my first and only roller coaster ride at Fiesta Texas. I basically closed my eyes the whole ride and started drooling while riding it. After that I had a massive headache all day and swore I would never ride one ever again.

That's some final destination type stuff, I feel sorry for the poor woman and her family.

 

[Helmholtz]

Wow. That's the stuff of nightmares...

 

[Rookje]

They keep making the seats bigger and bigger to accommodate larger people these days. I always watch more petite girls or younger kids sit in these seats that have no seat belt and just a guardrail. You seriously have to hold onto it tightly when riding it, I always have the sensation I'm going to fall out.

I remember at Marine World/Six Flags in Vallejo in NorCal in the 90s some group got stuck upside down for hours on a roller coaster.

 

[BraXzy]

Fuck i hate seeing these stories since roller coasters are some of my favorite things in the world. It makes me want to go on them less often.

Yup. I feel terrible for the people who had to witness the OP accident. Can't imagine what that boy is going through. What a nightmare

 

[John Rabbit]

waitaminute waitaminute....

this sharp of a bank in LAP RESTRAINTS? what in the actual fuck? thunder mountain gets hairy sometimes and those banks aren't shit.

 

[Shrennin]

Holy crap. That poor kid. I love rollercoasters but the safety precautions need to be top notch. What is Busch Gardens Williamsburg's record on safety, by the way? I love that park and I've gone for years but I never really thought about their safety record. Or any themepark that I love. You kinda just assume they always have a top notch safety record.

 

[Sub_Level]

As if I needed another reason to avoid rollercoasters

Eh, while this event is tragic, you should still probably ride some. Another poster mentioned double restraints at Cedar Point (which has a ton of amazing rollercoasters). I would recommend there.

 

[Richfield]

To be fair, Disney is actually pretty top notch about safety. I'm not even sure they have had a roller coaster death before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad#Incidents

 

[BakedPigeon]

Now many Texas GAFers and myself have ridden this ride at one point or another. I rode before the renovation and thought it was an incredibly unsafe ride. My thoughts are with her family. :/

I rode the giant as a vacationer before the redesign. I have no idea what it is like today though. Wonder if she died from a heart attack or something.

 

[Richfield]

I rode the giant as a vacationer before the redesign. I have no idea what it is like today though. Wonder if she died from a heart attack or something.

Before or after she hit the ground?

 

[BakedPigeon]

Before or after she hit the ground?

I was just going to edit my post, I did not hear she fell out of the restraints. That's fucked up

 

[Snkfanatic]

Holy crap. That poor kid. I love rollercoasters but the safety precautions need to be top notch. What is Busch Gardens Williamsburg's record on safety, by the way? I love that park and I've gone for years but I never really thought about their safety record. Or any themepark that I love. You kinda just assume they always have a top notch safety record.

Only thing I know off hand is the incident with Fabio getting his face hit pretty hard by a goose. Nothing really major.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

I'm pretty sure the Giant doesn't loop. Must have happened in a hard turn.

 

[Javaman]

Here's a POV video of the ride. Not the accident ride of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtbCi6xts7s

 

[GulAtiCa]

Well, I remember this post from another thread. Of course it's not a death (cause I don't think a gaffer would post it if it was one)

Man, that gaffer sure sounds like a responsible employee....

 

[Shrennin]

Only thing I know off hand is the incident with Fabio getting his face hit pretty hard by a goose. Nothing really major.

That's all I've heard as well - it happened on my favorite roller coaster of all time, too - Apollo's Chariot. Granted, I've never been to Cedar Point so a roller coaster there will probably surpass the Chariot.

It's just scary to think that there are certain roller coasters that could be unsafe. I will never go to a Six Flags. I never had a desire to before (everyone tells me that Busch Gardens Williamsburg easily surpasses any Six Flags any of my friends have been to) and I definitely will not now considering this tragedy.

 

[big_z]

despite what paranoid gaf claims rides like this one only need a t-restraint. her death was from operator error/neglect. that said Im surprised the restraints don't auto tighten. typically you push it down, then the computer pushes it down to make sure you did good then the operator double checks to make sure its down and that people didn't cheese it for wiggle room. the setup they have seems flawed.

 

[Vibed]

I went to six flags just yesterday in St. Louis.

 

[Dibbz]

Fucking hell this is sick. No words. Just devastated that something like this happened because someone got lazy and didn't do their job.

 

[Jitters]

Goddamn I never even heard of this. What the hell


http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.flags.accident/

Damn, I remember reading about this. I am NEVER going to Six Flags.

 

[TDLink]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad#Incidents

Alright well that is in fact 1. I still think they have the best safety in the businesses and it is impossibly rare to die due to one of their rides. It still isn't frequent in general but I feel like six flags has an incident every few years

 

[toxicgonzo]

And then there was that teen that was decapitated on a Six Flags roller coaster.

Geez, I don't wanna talk about these things anymore. I'm out.

 

[Kaizer]

Last time I rode the Batman Roller Coaster at Six Flags here in Georgia about 4-5 years ago, my harness/buckle wasn't fully secure and actually began to lift up in the middle of the ride. I was freaking the fuck out, I clutched that thing for dear life every time we did a flip or twist.

 

[Vyer]

Damn that's sad. Family thinks they are just having a fun day out and something like that happens....

I can't ride roller coasters, fear of heights and motion sickness pretty much grounds me, but I did when I was younger. Never was my favorite thing.

 

[Jitters]

And then there was that teen that was decapitated on a Six Flags roller coaster.

Geez, I don't wanna talk about these things anymore. I'm out.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25431893/ns/us_news-life/t/teen-decapitated-six-flags-over-georgia/#.UeocqG1Tedg


Jesus Christ.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Horrifying story, especially if her son was there with her.

I wonder why the restraint did not lock fully. From the descriptions I can't tell if it was a malfunction of if it was not lowered far enough.

 

[Vyer]

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25431893/ns/us_news-life/t/teen-decapitated-six-flags-over-georgia/#.UeocqG1Tedg


Jesus Christ.

Wow.

 

[Cameron122]

Road it while it was made out of wood. Terrifying experience as a child.

 

[B-Dex]

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25431893/ns/us_news-life/t/teen-decapitated-six-flags-over-georgia/#.UeocqG1Tedg


Jesus Christ.

To be fair that is the kid just being a dumbass trying to get a hat. Not the ride itself. Still tragic though.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Six Flags generally hires highschool students to operate the rides during summer break. The park is crowded so they try to get everyone in as fast as possible and you STILL wait 2 hours before you finally get on the ride. Now Six Flags will probably have to change their code and require triple checks on lap bar/seatbelts, and lines will be twice as long.

And how big was this woman to only get one "click" on the lap bar? You either have to be morbidly obese or the lap bar was malfunctioned. I guess the investigation will solve that.

 

[Mudkips]

I enjoy roller coasters, but you better believe I'm braced in there so hard with my legs and arms and hands that even if the restraint gave out I'd be fine. None of that hands in the air crap for me. I'm holding on to some shit.

waitaminute waitaminute....

this sharp of a bank in LAP RESTRAINTS? what in the actual fuck? thunder mountain gets hairy sometimes and those banks aren't shit.

You'd be safe with no restraints. Same reason you don't fall out when you do a loop, same reason you can ride a motorcycle inside a steel ball. Of course, "safe" is a relative term here, and actual riders aren't stationary dummies.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

A lot of coaster enthusiasts prefer the lap bars rather than over the shoulder. Roller Coasters have always been statistically safe and with improvements in technology have been able to push the bar on thrill while proving to keep most people safe 98% of the time (made up number, but I am sure it's close to that).

Come on ThemeParkGAF back me up

 

[blame space]

people with their hands up the whole ride

 

[NintendoRev]

that's terrible ;__;

This makes me feel like never ever riding a roller coaster.

Yeah just a little bit :/

 

[numble]

A lot of coaster enthusiasts prefer the lap bars rather than over the shoulder. Roller Coasters have always been statistically safe and with improvements in technology have been able to push the bar on thrill while proving to keep most people safe 98% of the time (made up number, but I am sure it's close to that).

Come on ThemeParkGAF back me up