4 Most Dangerous and Deadly Amusement Rides in the World
VIVA – Enjoying the various rides in amusement parks is one of the fun activities. For lovers of challenges, they will definitely be happy to ride the amusement rides that trigger adrenaline such as roller coasters, and others.
But on the other side, there are a lot of accidents while riding the rides at the amusement park. A number of checks and safety cannot prevent a breakdown in a fraction of a second.
Here are some extreme rides that are damaged resulting in serious injury and death:
Mission Space
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This ride is claiming to be the most intense space simulator that can be accessed by the public. Connected to centrifuges similar to those used by NASA trainees, the spacecraft's passengers will be carried around at speeds similar to those experienced by astronauts.
The high speed of the Mission Space ride made several visitors fall unconscious, experience chest pain, and suffer from irregular heartbeats. Between 2005 and 2006, there were 200 recorded injuries from Mission Space.
2. Batman: The Ride, Georgia
Batman: The Ride
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This roller coaster was not created for the faint hearted. The reason is, the speed of Batman: The Ride reaches 80km/hour with a height of up to 108 feet or the equivalent of 32 meters.
Not only that, this roller coaster consists of sharp turns and reverses. This ride also ever made an employee's head pinched on the leg of a 14-year-old visitor who died when on the way to the hospital.
3. Fujin Raijin II, Expoland, Suita, Japan
kecelakaan di Fujin Raijin II, Expoland, Suita, Japan
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It has been operating for more than 10 years, this ride has always run normally until May 5, 2007, coinciding with Children's Day in Japan.
With a speed of 75km/hour, one of the axles on the ride broke causing one of the trains to slide sideways, causing a woman to die when she hit a guardrail. The accident left 18 other passengers injured.
4. Verrückt Waterslide, Schlitterbahn, Kansas City
Verrückt Waterslide
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The name of this ride is taken from the German, verrückt, which means crazy. Opened in July 2014, this waterslide is the highest at that time with a height of 168 feet or 51-meter equivalent at a speed of 70km/h.
With this speed, the manager still chooses to open the rides. As a result, in 2016 this slide killed a boy named Caleb Schwab.
The chronology of Caleb's fall is that when he slid, his speed made the raft he was riding float in the air while his body hit a metal pole until his head was cut off.
