No sabotage in 'Space' crash
By Wang Xiang |
July 2, 2010, Friday
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THE fatal accident at a south China amusement park that killed six people and injured 10 was caused by a mechanical fault, said investigators who ruled out the possibility that someone deliberately sabotaged the ride.
The lives of two injured patrons, suffering from multiple fractures, were still in danger yesterday. The six dead include a family of three, it was learned yesterday. The daughter of the family had just came back from the United States after earning a medical degree there.
Zeng Hui, the boss of Shenzhen's Overseas Chinese Town East, which owns the Ecoventure Valley amusement park where the Tuesday accident took place, bowed and said he was sorry to the victims yesterday.
He said the victims' families will get maximum compensation allowed for their loss without specifying how much they will get.
Some survivors said they heard explosion and oil spilled over them shortly after the "Space Journey," which simulates the feeling of a rocket launch, started.
Some others said the accident was caused when one of the 11 compartments, which hold four riders each, plunged to the ground and hit other compartments after the ride "took off."
Investigation was still going on while locally based Jin Bao newspaper quoted an unnamed insider as saying this type of amusement ride was too dangerous and had been banned long ago in foreign countries.
The machine spins at a high speed to create an artificial double gravity for the riders. Pure oxygen is pumped into the compartments as riders will feel it difficult to breathe.
Explosions are easy to trigger if sparks are generated from the spin, the insider said.
The "Space Journey" was suspended from operation for three days.
The group that ran the amusement park also owns the Happy Valley Park in Shanghai, which experienced frequent glitches after it opened last September.
The Shanghai Park authority said they ran a security overhaul this week and made sure every ride in the park is safe.
The lives of two injured patrons, suffering from multiple fractures, were still in danger yesterday. The six dead include a family of three, it was learned yesterday. The daughter of the family had just came back from the United States after earning a medical degree there.
Zeng Hui, the boss of Shenzhen's Overseas Chinese Town East, which owns the Ecoventure Valley amusement park where the Tuesday accident took place, bowed and said he was sorry to the victims yesterday.
He said the victims' families will get maximum compensation allowed for their loss without specifying how much they will get.
Some survivors said they heard explosion and oil spilled over them shortly after the "Space Journey," which simulates the feeling of a rocket launch, started.
Some others said the accident was caused when one of the 11 compartments, which hold four riders each, plunged to the ground and hit other compartments after the ride "took off."
Investigation was still going on while locally based Jin Bao newspaper quoted an unnamed insider as saying this type of amusement ride was too dangerous and had been banned long ago in foreign countries.
The machine spins at a high speed to create an artificial double gravity for the riders. Pure oxygen is pumped into the compartments as riders will feel it difficult to breathe.
Explosions are easy to trigger if sparks are generated from the spin, the insider said.
The "Space Journey" was suspended from operation for three days.
The group that ran the amusement park also owns the Happy Valley Park in Shanghai, which experienced frequent glitches after it opened last September.
The Shanghai Park authority said they ran a security overhaul this week and made sure every ride in the park is safe.
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