Accident at Six Flags (merged threads)

DLcastmbr · 06-21-2007, 03:40 PM

Article here:
http://www.wlky.com/news/13547817/detail.html

At Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom a Women lost her feet due to a ride malfunction on the Superman Tower of Power ride. More in article

*SusieP.* · 06-21-2007, 03:41 PM

O.M.G. That is terrible!

samsma · 06-21-2007, 03:42 PM

WOW!!! What a horrible accident!

*pratt55* · 06-21-2007, 03:46 PM

My prayers go out to the victim and her family. What a horrible thing to have happen.

MickeyMania · 06-21-2007, 03:47 PM

I'm thinking of the scene in the last episode of Sopranos, with everyone's reaction to the scene at the gas station.

Seriously, sounds disgusting.

DLcastmbr · 06-21-2007, 06:43 PM

the ride looks like a supreme scream or maliboomer type ride trying to think what couldve went wrong. I also wander if they have an organization like cal OCHSA or DOSH overseing them.

Opus1guy · 06-21-2007, 06:52 PM

I just watched the video with the eyewitness interview in that link in Post #1...just awful. Poor kid.

Max Fischer · 06-21-2007, 06:55 PM

What a shame. I only hope they're able to re-attach her feet, but depending on the amount of trauma she suffered, it may not work. Poor kid.

HiddenMickey · 06-21-2007, 07:13 PM

Wow, that is shocking. A cable detached her feet. I feel bad for this poor girl.

I wonder if all the other rides that are similar to this type of ride will be closed.

aimster · 06-21-2007, 07:58 PM

That is freaky! My stomach turned reading that article. Those cables are wicked bad when they snap.

Bubbadunne · 06-21-2007, 11:09 PM

Dude...that's scary. I just went to Great America today and rode the Drop Zone (basically the same ride) and to come home and read about something like this makes me appreciate every day i can say my loved ones and myself are safe.

I feel for the family and the young girl! How horrible! Is six flags taking responsibility for this?

PragmaticIdealist · 06-22-2007, 04:03 AM

Quote:

(CNN) -- 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.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21...lags.accident/

Snow_White_Raven · 06-22-2007, 04:09 AM

I heard about this earlier tonight... That is pretty scary... I wonder what really happened to make a cable snap like that...

PragmaticIdealist · 06-22-2007, 04:10 AM

The representative of Six Flags is stating that the Kentucky attraction was made by a different manufacturer than the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags over Texas.

Peabody · 06-22-2007, 05:32 AM

But....both of those rides, and Maliboomer use a cable. If a cable can snap on one, a cable can snap on another....or TOT. It's in theory possible on a lot of rides/coasters. Would it result in the same outcome? Probably not, but those cables, if snapped could cause serious injury or death. (See cable snap episode of Mythbusters)

06-21-2007, 03:41 PM	#2
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06-21-2007, 03:42 PM	#3
samsma Senior Minion Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 8,002	Re: Accident at Six Flags WOW!!! What a horrible accident! __________________

06-21-2007, 03:47 PM	#5
MickeyMania Vehicle rotating backward Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 4,518	Re: Accident at Six Flags I'm thinking of the scene in the last episode of Sopranos, with everyone's reaction to the scene at the gas station. Seriously, sounds disgusting. __________________ Voted MiceChat's most sporadic poster 2008 AND 2009!

06-21-2007, 06:43 PM	#6
DLcastmbr Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 607	Re: Accident at Six Flags the ride looks like a supreme scream or maliboomer type ride trying to think what couldve went wrong. I also wander if they have an organization like cal OCHSA or DOSH overseing them. Last edited by DLcastmbr; 06-21-2007 at 07:12 PM.

06-21-2007, 06:52 PM	#7
Opus1guy Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SoCal, U.S.A. Posts: 2,768	Re: Accident at Six Flags I just watched the video with the eyewitness interview in that link in Post #1...just awful. Poor kid.

06-21-2007, 03:40 PM	#1
DLcastmbr Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 607	Accident at Six Flags (merged threads) Article here: http://www.wlky.com/news/13547817/detail.html At Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom a Women lost her feet due to a ride malfunction on the Superman Tower of Power ride. More in article

06-21-2007, 06:55 PM	#8
Max Fischer Minion Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wizard Sleeve Posts: 4,555	Re: Accident at Six Flags What a shame. I only hope they're able to re-attach her feet, but depending on the amount of trauma she suffered, it may not work. Poor kid. __________________

06-21-2007, 07:13 PM	#9
HiddenMickey 2 years - wow! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,355	Re: Accident at Six Flags Wow, that is shocking. A cable detached her feet. I feel bad for this poor girl. I wonder if all the other rides that are similar to this type of ride will be closed. __________________ ...it's been a long time.

06-21-2007, 11:09 PM	#11
Bubbadunne Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Banos, Ca Posts: 597	Re: Accident at Six Flags Dude...that's scary. I just went to Great America today and rode the Drop Zone (basically the same ride) and to come home and read about something like this makes me appreciate every day i can say my loved ones and myself are safe. I feel for the family and the young girl! How horrible! Is six flags taking responsibility for this? __________________ Siggy siggy sig sig.

06-22-2007, 04:09 AM	#13
Snow_White_Raven Senior Minion Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 7,230 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Girl's Feet Severed on Maliboomer-style Attraction at Six Flags Park I heard about this earlier tonight... That is pretty scary... I wonder what really happened to make a cable snap like that... __________________ "You could be the biggest turd in the toilet bowl and you'd still come out smelling like a rose." George Lass: Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 1

06-22-2007, 04:10 AM	#14
PragmaticIdealist Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,897	Re: Girl's Feet Severed on Maliboomer-style Attraction at Six Flags Park The representative of Six Flags is stating that the Kentucky attraction was made by a different manufacturer than the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags over Texas.

06-22-2007, 05:32 AM	#15
Peabody Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 401	Re: Girl's Feet Severed on Maliboomer-style Attraction at Six Flags Park But....both of those rides, and Maliboomer use a cable. If a cable can snap on one, a cable can snap on another....or TOT. It's in theory possible on a lot of rides/coasters. Would it result in the same outcome? Probably not, but those cables, if snapped could cause serious injury or death. (See cable snap episode of Mythbusters)

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