The Interpreter Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 (for those who do not know, this is the same model Vekoma as is Face/Off): http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_279223655.html The Washington Post (which may require registration), reports that this is the second time the coaster has stalled in the last month: Riders were stranded 10 stories in the air yesterday on a roller coaster at the Six Flags America amusement park in Maryland for the second time in a month. When they were brought down in a "hard landing," a hydraulic line broke, spraying some, a Prince George's County rescue official said.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...?hpid=sec-metro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOFirehawkFAN Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Six Flags hasnt been doing too good in the whole positive media coverage this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 kwindshawne posted a more recent link with a bit more information in another thread (now closed): http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/riders-stu...007125409990001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 And: http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=54380 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I'm having trouble picturing where it was stalled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Given some of the riders were sprayed with hydraulic fluid, it must have been at one of the two ends. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 If look at the pic on the first link, it says it stalled on the lift. The video also said that the riders were stuck facing down (backwards), so it sounds like the brake stuck or something. So much for 4 secs! deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 And more on this: http://www.coaster-net.com/newsandreleases...&newsid=886 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Given some of the riders were sprayed with hydraulic fluid, it must have been at one of the two ends. . . You are correct sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Face/Off models tend to stall every once and a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 911 Tapes Released For Stalled Ride: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1007/462365.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Okay, did I miss something, I didn't see any information about the 911 tapes in that article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Not types, tapes. They have been released, and will probably be on the net soon. When they are, I will post a link...but for now see the headline and the first paragraph of the story . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I meant tapes my bad. I fixed my post. Okay thanks though, I thought the tapes would be in that link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Butcher Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 And, wouldnt you know it, the media around here is showing all the pictures of the ride when it is upside down in an inversion. As if it was valleyed out, and even suggesting that riders were all upside down for two hours. Just crazy, to hear you local news man talk about how the train was stuck in an upside down state for two hours, and show still shots of a train from maybe three days ago passing through an inversion passing them off as not just a still, but what actually happened. Makes me sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I'm just glad Face/Off isn't having these issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 More, with video: http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_282225539.html The video, on the right side of the screen, includes an excerpt from the 911 tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boricuabud Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I'm just glad Face/Off isn't having these issues. i agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I think Face/Off has valleyed before. I'm sure someone knows for sure on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Face/Off has been stuck on the first lift before, but nothing as bad to make the news. Yes it has valleyed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I think Face/Off likes to valley coming down from the 2nd lift adn where those breaks are right before the loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 More, with video: http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_282225539.html The video, on the right side of the screen, includes an excerpt from the 911 tape. Okay, I've been waiting to see if anyone noticed, but no one did. Go back and listen to that video again. Listen to where the guy says he is. And how incredulous the dispatcher seems. Yes, the accident occurred at Six Flags America...but the caller said he was at. . . . And people wonder why I think Cedar Fair's strategy of NOT putting the corporate name on every park is a good one. . .(and naming Great America as Knott's Great America would have been a not good idea.. . .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH13TEEN Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Face/Off models tend to stall every once and a while. they do? has face/off ever stalled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Face/Off models tend to stall every once and a while. they do? has face/off ever stalled? Yes, it has. But never with quite these results. I am quite sure Vekoma and all parks with these rides will follow this incident quite closely. There may even be some changes made to the hydraulic system to prevent this type of incident in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I don't know so don't bash me for asking but A)What is the big deal about the hydraulic fluid being sprayed all over the place. Yea it might ruin someones clothes but a free T-Shirt(s) would have more than made it up for me unless it can damage your skin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hydrualic fluid in use, and it was in use, is hot. It can be very hot. And many states regulate skin exposure to it. It is to be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I am glad that Face/Off never has problems of that status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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