• Teenage Girl Died in Amusement Park Ride in Spain
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[url]http://today24news.com/breaking/teenage-girl-dies-in-amusement-park-ride-at-barcelona-el-pendulo-in-spain-192025[/url] [release]In Spain, a 15 year old teenage girl died on Amusement Park Ride “El Pendulo” in Barcelona. The park ride broken in midair. In this accident the girl died, other three people were injured, two teenagers were admitted in hospital with severe injuries, and a young boy left the scene with minor injuries. The El Pendulo ride is situated in the Tibidabo amusement park. “El Pendulo” is described as a long articulated arm where riders are taken up to 124 ft height and from that height they are dropped in a free fall reaching 60 mph within 2.8 seconds and as the riders reach the bottom the arm it takes them through an arc of 50 meter. The accident occurred around 7:00pm when all four victims were riding the “Pendulum” and part of it fell onto another attraction the “Gold Mine” which was empty at the time. When the Amusement ride’s mechanical arm broke, the basket carrying the teens fell on top of the ride known as “The Golden Mine.” The park’s website explains El Pendulo as “the ultimate free fall and the first of its kind in Spain.” For the past four years, this ride has been in operation and it is recognized as one of the park’s main attractions. According to later reports, the park managers had a warning that all was not right with the ride after operators reported a “strange noise” at about 3pm. The ride was closed while an inspection was carried out by the maintenance team. After running the ride successfully without anyone on, it was declared in “perfect working order” and opened again to the public just ten minutes later. The “El Pendulo” was started at the amusement park since 2006. When the accident happened, there were about 4,000 visitors in the park. After the accident of El Pendulo, the amusement park remained close on Sunday for the investigations. According to Sara Jaurriete the park’s director, “ the mechanical arm of El Pendulo (The Pendulum) broke and the basket carrying the teens fell on top of the ride known as ‘The Golden Mine’.” Witnesses said that the base of the ride gave way, and the whole ride collapsed, sending the passenger carriage crashing down onto an adjacent ride called the Golden Mine. Before the accident just three and a half hours, maintenance workers were called to the ride because it was making strange noises. Workers checked and tested the ride for 10-15 minutes, then reopened it after they could not detect any problems. Till now, the name of the sufferers has not been declared. Barcelona spokeswoman Rosa Diaz said, that a young boy who was on the ride suffered minor injuries, but walked away from the twisted metal on his own.[/release] :gibs:
Amusement parks suck. Except for Disneyland.
[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;23465125]Amusement parks suck. Except for Disneyland.[/QUOTE] People have died there too.
amusing
this could happen anywhere really. At least no-one got killed on the ground.
It's sad that accidents like this gives bad publicity. One accident in four years of running countless rides? I'm willing to bet my left PC monitor that statistically, that's a whole lot safer than the car-ride the families of the injured took to get there.
I guess you could say they hit the goldmine Fuck fuck fuck that was stupid
[QUOTE=Nilrus;23465364]It's sad that accidents like this gives bad publicity. One accident in four years of running countless rides? I'm willing to bet my left PC monitor that statistically, that's a whole lot safer than the car-ride the families of the injured took to get there.[/QUOTE] It probably is safer, however would you go on a theme park ride that had malfunctioned and killed someone?
shame this happens right after they win in south africa
[QUOTE=efeX;23465151]People have died there too.[/QUOTE] Didn't someone die from a seizure on the buzz-light year ride.
Well, now I know to never go to amusement parks in Spain. Or any amusement parks.
You could die typing up a reply on facepunch from a heart attack at just about any age, or crossing the street, or dancing, or drive 200 Miles per hour for a living every week and live to be 100 When it's your time to go it's your time to go, She's lucky, she got to go while having fun
Please don't spawn another Final Destination movie.
Deep down I always have a fear that something like this might happen to me, but I then dismiss it as ridiculous as such incidents are actually quite rare.
The people behind her must of been amused
must've been one hell of a ride
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;23466199]Deep down I always have a fear that something like this might happen to me, but I then dismiss it as ridiculous as such incidents are actually quite rare.[/QUOTE] I am the same. Though my worry escalates when I am at Blackpool, as the older rides rattle a lot and you get quite concerned. :ohdear: But yeah, these incidents worry me when I am at a theme park but I'll still go on the rides.
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;23465430]It probably is safer, however would you go on a theme park ride that had malfunctioned and killed someone?[/QUOTE] Sure. There's going to be less people, and they're going to put on more safety measures to make sure it doesn't happen again. Still, it sucks that they would lose reputation for something that (mainly) wasn't their fault.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;23465651]You could die typing up a reply on facepunch from a heart attack at just about any age, or crossing the street, or dancing, or drive 200 Miles per hour for a living every week and live to be 100 When it's your time to go it's your time to go, She's lucky, she got to go while having fun[/QUOTE] You realize the fear she must have had when plunging to her doom? ...Fear... Fear tastes so GOOD.
[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;23465125]Amusement parks suck. Except for Disneyland.[/QUOTE] Disneyworld is better.
It's Rollercoaster Tycoon over again
[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;23465125]Amusement parks suck. Except for Disneyland.[/QUOTE] Universal Studios.
I think it was because the ride is called "pendulum". Pendulum sucks major dick.
In my local theme park someone had managed to undo their seatbelt and loosen the bar on a ride and fell out, the ride was then closed for two years and then now if you put the bars down in the wrong order it won't start.
[QUOTE=ashxu;23467610]It's Rollercoaster Tycoon over again[/QUOTE] 'Cept people don't bounce around on the ground. Except for 1 and 2. those were bad ass.
Oh man, I live in Spain and there's a ride like this near my town. My friends always joke around that it's gonna send people flying one day...
She dun goofed. :frown: [b]Wrong thread?[/b]
[QUOTE=Cirtaboyz;23471421]She dun goofed. :frown: [b]Wrong thread?[/b][/QUOTE] Consequences will never be the same.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb0srSlL8HI[/media] Said ride.
must not, say, anything, [I]RACIST[/i] -snip-
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