News Rider Dead After Being Thrown from Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia

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telamark said:
Nitro is posted as closed as well. Doesn't seem like any of the hypers will open this weekend.
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Like someone said earlier in this thread, it sounds like Candy will be open. Apollo’s is possibly open right now, not 100% sure someone can update us on that. And Nitro is our only confirmed closer, as the park requested both a state and 3rd party inspection. I still feel Canada’s Wonderland and Carowinds will have their B&M’s open this weekend, but only time will tell. But the fact that they’re giving the green light for candy makes me think at this point B&M believes this was not a mechanical failure on their fault but instead operator error but another possibility is that the newer hypers Candy and Orion have a design change.
 
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CarolinaCoasters said:
I still feel Canada’s Wonderland and Carowinds will have their B&M’s open this weekend, but only time will tell.I still feel Canada’s Wonderland and Carowinds will have their B&M’s open this weekend, but only time will tell.I still feel Canada’s Wonderland and Carowinds will have their B&M’s open this weekend, but only time will tell.I still feel Canada’s Wonderland and Carowinds will have their B&M’s open this weekend, but only time will tell.
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what're ur feelings on Canada's Wonderland's and Carowinds' B&Ms
 
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Six Flags has posted a a statement on the website of all parks that have a B&M hyper coaster.
From over Georgia:
Park Update

We are deeply saddened by the recent incident at the park. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences remain with the individual involved, their family, friends and loved ones. We also continue to keep the guests and team members affected by this tragic event in our thoughts.

Six Flags Over Georgia will open as scheduled on Friday, October 16. As efforts to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident continue, we remain focused on supporting those affected and maintaining the safe operation of our park and attractions. All other rides and attractions that were scheduled to operate will be available to guests, subject to normal operating conditions and availability.

The safety of our guests and team members remains our highest priority. We maintain rigorous inspection, maintenance and operational procedures that meet or exceed industry standards. Our attractions undergo daily, weekly, monthly and annual inspections, and our team members receive extensive training to safely operate and maintain our rides.

Each year, millions of guests safely enjoy the rides and attractions at Six Flags parks. While serious incidents of this nature are exceedingly rare, we never take responsibility to our guests for granted and remain committed to continuous learning and improvement.

We appreciate the patience, understanding and support of our guests, season passholders and community during this difficult time. We remain committed to providing safe, fun and memorable experiences for everyone who visits our park.

Richard Pretlow
Park President
Six Flags Over Georgia

The safety of our guests and associates is our highest priority. Guests interested in learning more about our ride safety practices, we invite you to visit our Ride Safety page. In addition to information about our own safety practices, guests may learn more about industry-wide safety standards and best practices through the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
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From Canada's Wonderland:

Park Update​

We are deeply saddened by the recent incident at Six Flags Over Georgia. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences remain with the individual involved, their family, friends and loved ones. We also continue to keep the guests and team members affected by this tragic event in our thoughts.
Our park is open and welcoming guests as scheduled. As efforts to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident continue, certain rides similar to the attraction involved in Georgia remain temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution. This includes Leviathan and Behemoth. All other rides and attractions that were scheduled to operate will be available to guests, subject to normal operating conditions and availability.
The safety of our guests and team members remains our highest priority. We maintain rigorous inspection, maintenance and operational procedures that meet or exceed industry standards. Our attractions undergo daily, weekly, monthly and annual inspections, and our team members receive extensive training to safely operate and maintain our rides.
Each year, millions of guests safely enjoy rides and attractions at Six Flags parks. While serious incidents of this nature are exceedingly rare, we never take responsibility to our guests for granted and remain committed to continuously strengthening our operations and safety practices.
We appreciate the patience, understanding and support of our guests and communities during this difficult time. We remain committed to providing safe, fun and memorable experiences for everyone who visits our park.
Christopher Mortensen
Park President
Canada’s Wonderland
The safety of our guests and associates is our highest priority. Guests interested in learning more about our ride safety practices, we invite you to visit our Ride Safety page. In addition to information about our own safety practices, guests may learn more about industry-wide safety standards and best practices through the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
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All of the other park's statements appear to be identical to Canada's Wonderlands statement, with the only difference being the park, park president, and names of the closed rides.
 
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rswashdc said:
A weld crack failure would be really bad for this ride model, since it would be a single point of failure for the restraint. A seatbelt could be installed as a backup, but would need to hold a rider in through a failure.

If the crack started under the paint from inside the weld, it may not be apparent during inspection. Hard to say where the blame is in that scenario, on the park or the manufacturer.
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Most equipment that has single point failures on wield (aerial lift platforms/bucket trucks) specify regular ultrasonic weld testing as part of the required maintenance. It would suprised me if there wasn’t a requirement for the welds on a ride.
 
Nitro230 said:
This is now the third ride in recent memory where Six Flags hasn't properly taken care of the ride, and it's led to an accident; it's the second time it's killed someone.

This was pre-merger, but El Toro was clearly not running as intended leading up to the derailment that sent people to the hospital.
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I think it’s been forgotten (and fair enough, considering everything else that happened at the time) that the end of 2024 was fairly fucking disastrous for Great Adventure even ignoring the strataelephant in the room.

Harley Quinn derailed and took out a chunk of the unload platform, Joker had two trains collide on the lift hill, and the 2023-2024 refurbishment of the log flume ended up being some truly half assed bullshit that resulted in damage less than a year after reopening. Even if we do look at the ride closures, we lost the Skyride because of piss poor to nonexistent maintenance.

These days, Great Adventure is one of the better examples of maintenance in the chain, but it certainly hasn’t always been that way, and it shouldn’t have taken two separate derailments, a train collision, and the loss of one of the remaining handful of day one attractions.

That said, if this incident does end up being maintenance related, it’s fucking horrific that this is what it takes for changes to be made. Not trying to compare the incidents at Great Adventure to this clearly much more tragic event, but there are certainly parallels in the lack of upkeep regardless of what the investigation finds.
 
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