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Cable on Slingshot Ride Snaps But, every once in a while, we hear about a horrifying case of an amusement park ride gone wrong. Like in this video above, your day can go from terrific to tragic in ...
The reverse bungee (also known as catapult bungee, slingshot, or ejection seat) is a modern type of fairground ride. Video of SlingShot at Cedar Point The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel.
The cycle began around 10:10pm and ended around 10:38pm. Prior to the incident, the ride operators ran a test cycle in which the ride functioned normally. Deeming the ride to be in proper working order, the operators allowed passengers to board the attraction. The ride was eventually safely brought to stop with assistance from a Kennywood ...
SlingShot is a reverse bungee ride manufactured by Funtime and featured at several Six Flags amusement parks, including Cedar Point, Carowinds, and Canada's Wonderland. The first installation opened at Kings Island in 2002, but the park retired the ride in 2022. An additional fee is required to ride, which is separate from park admission.
In 2017, a bungee ride stopped working at a county fair in California, leaving riders suspended in the air for nearly half an hour. One of the passengers, 19-year-old Roger Rodriguez, was left ...
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On 15 April 2004, a 16-year-old girl named Hayley Williams from Pontypool, Monmouthshire, was killed after falling approximately 30 m (100 ft) from the top of the Hydro (now called Drenched) ride. Another youngster aboard the ride, ten-year-old Martin Rothwell, also fell out - but suffered only slight head injuries.
The following article is a summary of notable incidents at the amusement parks and water parks that are operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.In some cases, these incidents occurred while the park was under different management or ownership, such as legacy Cedar Fair parks.