Fair ride break down.

[-Soph-]

Last night a fair ride in glasgow got stuck at the top for over an hour, (Saw it on the news this morning)

I'd hate to be on that! Surprised more people weren't injured being stuck upside down for so long, Anyway, heres news story ^_^

Clicky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6121032.stm)

[Hecho]

Urghhh Thats the worst thing that could possible ever happen

[-Soph-]

Thats the pic of it stuck

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42282000/jpg/_42282074_moveitsmall.jpg

I went on it just the last week.

Something to do with the hydrolics I pretty sure of..

[Tussauds!]

Soph you might have been on an identical ride, but proberbly not because thats the only one in the UK ^_________^

OWNED M8!

[/Rossco\]

lol gutted, people pass out? thats a lot of blood to the head :s

[-Soph-]

Soph you might have been on an identical ride, but proberbly not because thats the only one in the UK ^_________^

OWNED M8!

LMAO.

It must of been pretty much identical then.. :P

I'm surprised no one passed out actually too (I don't think they did) the people who were taken to hospital where treated for shock ^_^

Well, I did kind of emphasis on the "just the other week" thing, It was when I was in liverpool.

[Casanova]

I think it was Kilmarnock?
that's not really Glasgow ;), i'm not sure though because i'm pulling it purely from my head!

[-Soph-]

If you ever got to know me well, you'd know i'm rubbish at geography, Your best asking adam, I swear he knows every street in london even though he lives further away from it than me:rolleyes:

[Casanova]

It happens!
i'm a townboy at heart, grown up in scotland's biggest town and going to glasgow myself takes me 4 hours... that's because i'll get lost trying to get from queen street to the other trainstation!

ontopic: erm bad luck to those people?

[-Soph-]

Urgh I barely know my home town, Let alone anywhere else!

Anywayz, I'd hate to be stuck like that (Rather a silly remark from me) wouldn't mind it AS much if that happened at a themepark, but a fair.. no way.. I'd be pretty scared, Response was pretty bad imo, it took them ages to get them down

[Ostinato]

LOL I WAS THERE!

Lol it was really scary lol - felt really sorry for them.

It took one hour for them to get sitting up again and then another hour to get them all off!

I was actually in line for the next like round of that ride and would've been on it if I was 5 minutes earlier haha.

It was in Strathclyde park - which is where M&D's is (if that helps). Lol - it's the biggest themepark in Scotland.

It was minging though, cause people were being sick and stuff and it was like flying everywhere :|

[:alexxTURNER]

Theres one like that in flamingo land.
It's never broken down while i've been on it though.

[Tussauds!]

Theres one like that in flamingo land.
It's never broken down while i've been on it though.
Circulator/Terroriser ^_^ - It always breaks down.

Ewww sick flying everywhere!

[Ostinato]

Lol quite funny - your all sitting saying it's in Kilmarnick and stuff, and little did you know I was there and seen it all - infact I was nearly involved! Pmsl. Thank God I never otherwise it would've been me all on the news with my blood rushing to my head! :o

[Tussauds!]

Lol quite funny - your all sitting saying it's in Kilmarnick and stuff, and little did you know I was there and seen it all - infact I was nearly involved! Pmsl. Thank God I never otherwise it would've been me all on the news with my blood rushing to my head! :o
ROFL! - Yeah..

Luckily nobody died, because being suspended upside down for more than 3 minutes increases your chance of dieing by 50 times, FACT.. My science teacher told me (H)

[-Soph-]

LOL I WAS THERE!

Lol it was really scary lol - felt really sorry for them.

It took one hour for them to get sitting up again and then another hour to get them all off!

I was actually in line for the next like round of that ride and would've been on it if I was 5 minutes earlier haha.

It was in Strathclyde park - which is where M&D's is (if that helps). Lol - it's the biggest themepark in Scotland.

It was minging though, cause people were being sick and stuff and it was like flying everywhere :|


I had a weird feeling someone would of been there :P

All I can say is that your verry lucky you weren't on it ^_^
I'm surprised no one died/was critically injured either..
If I sit upside down (Yes I do it often on my bed:rolleyes:) for just a minute or two I feel horrible.

I can't see why it took so long to get them down, Surely the response could of been better?

[Ostinato]

I had a weird feeling someone would of been there :P

All I can say is that your verry lucky you weren't on it ^_^
I'm surprised no one died/was critically injured either..
If I sit upside down (Yes I do it often on my bed:rolleyes:) for just a minute or two I feel horrible.

I can't see why it took so long to get them down, Surely the response could of been better?

The way it was really did look difficult. I was really curious to how they would get them down cause it did look really, really tricky. All the other rides and that got closed down cause of it n loads of people had to go home early, lol.

Well one person ended up getting hypithermia but that was the worst, luckily.

[sam iz da buz]

I would so hate that

[-Soph-]

The way it was really did look difficult. I was really curious to how they would get them down cause it did look really, really tricky. All the other rides and that got closed down cause of it n loads of people had to go home early, lol.

Well one person ended up getting hypithermia but that was the worst, luckily.

How did they get it down in the end?
Did they get the people off it in that position (Can't really see how they'd do that..:s) or swing the ride back around somehow?

[Tussauds!]

I would say that they would brake the lift mechagnism (sp) and use the auto-balancer to bring the ride back to the ground and level.

Think on the lines of slammer at thorpe park, and your on the right track. :)

[-Soph-]

Why couldn't they do that sooner then O.O?

[Tussauds!]

Why couldn't they do that sooner then O.O?
Would you want to break a ride that cost a few million quid?

[-Soph-]

Would you want to risk killing/seriously injuring the people on it?


I guess you do have a point though..
few million for one? Wow..

[Tussauds!]

Would you want to risk killing/seriously injuring the people on it?


I guess you do have a point though..
few million for one? Wow..
I'd say about 2m brand new for one of them.

And for the safety aspect, well I suppose its the chance you take!

[-Soph-]

I guess, Thats the one thing I never think about before I go on a ride!

[Ostinato]

Well they just got it upright again - I think they tried to fix the fault... then just got everyone off.

[-Soph-]

Wonder what the fault was

[Tussauds!]

Well they just got it upright again - I think they tried to fix the fault... then just got everyone off.
Any ambulances or fire engines?

[-Soph-]

When I watched it on the news fire bridage were there, And it said people we're taken to hospital so I reackon ambulances would of been called..

[Ostinato]

Any ambulances or fire engines?

It took ages for the fire brigade to come actually... The police where there first and they closed off all the other rides and people were getting refunds and stuff. Then the ambulances came with blankets and all that for people but the fire brigade didn't come till like an hour or so into it all...

Think they maybe thought the right could jsut be fixed, and it was bonfire night remember so they were really busy...

[-Soph-]

Then the ambulances came with blankets

And someone still got hypothermia didn't they?
Must of been a cold night..

[Tussauds!]

Yeah.. Anywhere the police tend to get there first.

Take school today for example, someone fell down the stairs and broke their back - Guess who came first? Our mate PC Plod! - Followed by the ambulance, only like 1 minute later though.. Argh, it's not nice having to show a copper where to go in a school :(

Annnyyywaaaayyyy, at least they got there!

[-Soph-]

Yeah.. Anywhere the police tend to get there first.

Take school today for example, someone fell down the stairs and broke their back - Guess who came first? Our mate PC Plod! - Followed by the ambulance, only like 1 minute later though.. Argh, it's not nice having to show a copper where to go in a school :(

Annnyyywaaaayyyy, at least they got there!

Ouch nasty, Someone fell down our stairs once and went right into the glass display case ^_^

I suppose they got there eventally..

[NintendoFreak]

This is really odd. Knowing absolutly loads about fair rides did anyone see in the news about the 'Evolution' ride at GT.Yarmouth pleasure beach?

That was stuck up-side-dwon for 6 and a half mins. And 2 people passed out. This was upside down for more than that yet mo one was treated for any other things other than shock :O

[-Soph-]

This is really odd. Knowing absolutly loads about fair rides did anyone see in the news about the 'Evolution' ride at GT.Yarmouth pleasure beach?

That was stuck up-side-dwon for 6 and a half mins. And 2 people passed out. This was upside down for more than that yet mo one was treated for any other things other than shock :O

I've been wondering that as well.. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that the people on this ride at this time were more tolerant to it..

it is strange though.