Instantly after a person was killed and others had been damage whereas using the Goliath curler coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, Six Flags introduced it quickly shut down 9 related hypercoasters in six theme parks throughout North America.
“The protection of our visitors and associates stays one in all our highest priorities,” Six Flags mentioned in an announcement Monday.
On this Aug. 15, 2011, file picture, the Nitro curler coaster is proven at Six Flags Nice Journey in Jackson, New Jersey.
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The coasters closed embrace Nitro in Nice Journey; Raging Bull in Nice America; Behemoth and Leviathan in Canada’s Wonderland; Goliath in Magic Mountain; Fury 325 and Thunder Striker in Carowinds; and Orion and Diamondback in Kings Island.
A few of these coasters exceed 90 miles per hour and stand greater than 300 ft, in accordance with Six Flags.
All however one of many coasters had been manufactured by curler coaster design firm Bolliger & Mabillard, which has designed coasters for a lot of Six Flags parks and different amusement parks all over the world since 1988.
The Swiss-based firm mentioned in an announcement to ABC Information Tuesday that it was “actively investigating the incident,” and declined to remark “additional till we now have a greater understanding of what occurred.”
“We’re deeply saddened by this tragic accident. Our ideas are with the household and people affected,” Bolliger & Mabillard mentioned.
The Goliath coaster at Magic Mountain was manufactured by the now defunct Swiss-based firm Giovanola.
A hypercoaster, as defined by Six Flags, “typically refers to metal curler coasters over 200 ft (61 meters) tall that prioritize airtime and velocity over inversions. They usually characteristic massive camelback hills designed to maximise weightlessness.”
Raging Bull is the oldest of the closed coasters, opening at Nice America in Illinois in 1999, seven years earlier than Goliath opened, in accordance with the park.
On this Might 26, 2016, file picture, riders aboard the Raging Bull curler coaster scream out as they head right into a dip at Six Flags Nice America in Gurnee, Illinois.
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Six Flags touted the experience because the “world’s first hyper-twister curler coaster,” with a 202-foot drop and speeds of 73 miles per hour.
Orion within the Ohio-based Kings Island is the latest experience, debuting in the summertime of 2020, in accordance with Six Flags. The experience is 5,321 ft lengthy with a 300-foot drop and a max velocity of 91 miles per hour, the park says.
Fury 325 is the longest, quickest and tallest of the closed rides, in accordance with Six Flags.
On this July 3, 2023, file picture, the Fury 325 curler coaster is proven at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, N.C.
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The coaster, a part of the North Carolina Carowinds park, has a prime velocity of 95 miles per hour, a size of 6,600 ft and a peak top of 325 ft, Six Flags mentioned.
-ABC Information’ Jason Volack contributed to this report.
