1984 was the year of Six Flags Great America’s worst accident. The incident occurred on their former Intamin drop tower, The Edge. Too many, this was an accident that was unheard of at Great America. But the locals who have been visiting the park for decades. They see The Edge as a ride of misery and despair. But what exactly happened in 84 that caused the ride to close three years after it opened. Well, let’s take a journey to the past and see what transpired.
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More than a dozen people were hurt when a ride malfunctioned at Six Flags Great Adventure on Thursday night. CBS2’s Elijah Westbrook spoke exclusively with a park employee who is familiar with the ride’s operations.
The Batman roller coaster tragedies tell of two almost identical tragedies over six years apart, this is the tragic story of two highly preventable accidents involving Batman The Ride at Six Flags Amusement Park.
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Batman Coaster footage – ThomasRosieFan
Batwing Coaster Footage – The Coaster Scoop
Kraken Coaster Footage – Amusementinsider
Hyper Coaster Footage – Coaster Hipster
Raptor Inverted Coaster – ElToroRyan
Maxx Force Coaster – CoasterFan15
Barbed wire fence with batman coaster behind – Jeremy Thompson from United States of America, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Six Flags park entrance – Jeremy Thompson via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollercoasterphilosophy/5359243050
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After Superman: Tower of Power removed a girls feet on june 21st 2007 many were quick to blame the rides manufacture. In reality had the ride operators done their job this accident could have been prevented.
Sources:
-Giant Drop SFGAm Controls Explained sfgamfan
https://ridesdatabase.org/sites/default/files/accident_reports/KY_917172.pdf
-accident report (use wayback machine) (used for most of video)
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2008/04/15/89148.htm
-SFKK failed to comply with intamin inspections, and used a non intamin cable (2003). They also dried out the cable to stop it from slipping, causing more wear and tear.
https://www.wflx.com/story/6698454/update-girls-feet-amputated-while-riding-six-flags-ride/
-Witness statement stating inaccuracies in witness statement and disproving cable around neck theory.
https://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51557&hilit=storm+chaser&start=680
-Pics of the cable.
Videos Used:
Giant Drop SFGAm Controls Explained sfgamfan: https://youtu.be/RF-_qie3Klo
Giant Drop Off Ride: https://youtu.be/ElWS4fi975g
NL2 Drop tower made by SirMaverick34’s: https://nolimitscentral.com/forum/topic/82 & https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=824582232
Carowinds drop tower 1080p: https://youtu.be/ISzan_z_1ek
AP interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTxWRUE7zwU
Woman falls to her death on ‘Texas Giant’ roller coaster ride at Six Flags amusement park.
The unidentified 14-year-old girl from Greenwood, Delaware, was rescued by onlookers who caught the brunt of her fall at the upstate New York amusement park. Video Rating: / 5
