Do not play drop tower at SixFlag next time 下次不要玩自由落体了

2007-06-23

Do not play drop tower at SixFlag next time 下次不要玩自由落体了

据此间媒体报道，由于发生伤人事件，美国两大主题公园集团22日关闭旗下多家游乐场的“极速下降”项目。

报道说，一名13岁女孩21日在肯塔基州“六面旗”主题公园连锁集团下属的一家游乐场玩“极速下降”时发生意外，她的双脚被削断。受伤女孩随后被送往医院接受治疗，目前状况不明。

发生事故的“肯塔基王国”游乐场已经关闭“极速下降”项目，以配合当地政府展开现场调查。“极速下降”项目是将乘客提升至距离地面54米的高度，然后使乘客以每小时86．9公里的速度下降。

据报道，出于安全考虑，“六面旗”集团还关闭了位于华盛顿州、伊利诺伊州和圣路易斯的三个游乐园内的类似项目，防止再次发生伤人事件。

美国另一家游乐场连锁集团“Cedar Fair”22日也在其位于弗吉尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州、加利福尼亚州等地的五个游乐园关闭了“极速下降”项目，对设备展开安全检查。

June 22, 2007, 10:36PM

Six Flags shuts down more thrill rides after girl’s feet cut off

By BRETT BARROUQUERE
Associated Press Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more
thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl’s feet
were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky.

State
inspectors were at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the
Superman Tower of Power, where the accident happened Thursday. The ride
lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them nearly the same
distance at speeds reaching 54 mph.

A cable broke loose on
the ride, striking the 13-year-old girl in the legs, said Bill Clary, a
spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects
amusement park rides. Clary said inspectors don’t know what caused the
cable to break.

“We’re going to go where the evidence takes us,” he said.

It
was unclear at what point in the ride the 13-year-old was injured, said
Wendy Goldberg, a Six Flags spokeswoman. The girl was taken to a
hospital, where her condition was not immediately available Friday.

Six
Flags shut down similar rides at parks in St. Louis; Gurnee, Ill.; and
near Washington as a safety precaution, Goldberg said. She said Six
Flags Over Texas, near Dallas, also has a Superman Tower of Power, but
it is not the same ride.

There had been no reports of injuries on the ride before Thursday, she said.

“Millions of people have safely ridden this ride in our parks,” Goldberg said.

The
ride passed inspection in each of the last four years according to
inspection records, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported on its Web
site.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. also shut down drop
tower rides at five of its amusement parks for inspection, company
spokeswoman Stacy Frole said. Frole described it as a precautionary
measure.

Intamin AG, a Swiss company, made all the rides
but did not supply all the parts, said Sandor Kernacs, president of the
company’s American operations, Intamin Ltd. in Glen Burnie, Md.

The
accident didn’t appear to slow business Friday at Six Flags Kentucky
Kingdom. A stream of cars and foot traffic poured into the amusement
park on a warm, breezy summer day.

The five Cedar Fair
rides that were shut down are at Kings Island near Cincinnati; Canada’s
Wonderland, in Toronto; Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va.; Carowinds, in
Charlotte, N.C.; and Great America in Santa Clara, Calif.

我有去那家六旗玩过自由落体，那个不算高的，只能算中等，亚特兰大的要高很多，看来下次也不敢去玩了。呵呵，幸好当时都没有事儿。Drop Tower应该是SixFlag里面最恐怖的了。我坐在上面的时候，看到小鸟从我脚下面非过，下落的时候面部肌肉没有办法控制，被空气扭曲变形了。。。。。。

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creampie cathy Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am

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air Says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 pm

[E|amazing]一切皆有可能,還是小心點好,遠離危險
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