Ohio State Fair disaster: Cause of ride malfunction revealed

Fox News ^ | August 06, 2017

[BenLurkin]

The amusement ride that broke apart at the Ohio State Fair late last month, killing a man, was due to its “excessive corrosion,” investigators concluded on Sunday.

The Fireball, an 18-year-old fairground ride created by Dutch manufacturer KMG, broke mid-ride at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus on July 26. In addition to the death of a Marine recruit, seven other people were hurt.

In a response letter from the company, Product Manager Albert Kroon said the investigation into the incident determined that the ride malfunctioned from “excessive corrosion on the interior of the gondola support beam,” which “dangerously reduced the beam’s wall thickness over the years. This finally led to the catastrophic failure of the ride during operation.”

[norwaypinesavage]

"This why I avoid amusement park rides, fair rides, etc. Nowadays, people don’t do their jobs and maintain and inspect these things"

You better avoid driving over bridges then, too. Remember the bridge collapse over the Mississippi river in Minneapolis a decade ago? It happened because of excessive corrosion, too, and was not caught by inspectors.

[mad_as_he$$]

+1. My first thought upon reading the OP.