Video shows Fire Ball inspection process at 2012 Ohio State Fair

[@RJMelendez82]

This was 5 years ago.... Wonder if they were as thorough as they claimed to be in this video.

[@damnbro53]

That musta been the last time it was inspected

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

Seeing the video, I can see exactly what happened. The ride sways left to right and once they're within the center, the decks begin to rise. The seats didn't detach by themselves, the center decks rose far too early, so when that happened, the row of seats struck the deck's bars and detached from the impact. You can hear the sound of the impact in the video. Very tragic this happened.

[@lawnzoz2033]

Awful design

[@StaticGorilla]

Beta Shadow yup, that's what I noticed too. It clipped the floor

[@marcrath1166]

How would that be possible though? When the deck is up while it's standing still, the decks are not touching the seats. It just moves to get away from the legs of the riders.

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

Marc Rath It doesn't touch when the ride stopped. It's a few feet off the ground, but if that ride is swaying and the decks are up, they are definitely going to strike each other. Look near the end of the video, while it's in motion. Those are the decks lowered. Imagine if they're reset to their loading position, that's what happened in the video. Whether the ride operator rose the decks too early, or something malfunctioned, the seats clip the deck and sent that entire row off.

[@stuffedpeppersinc.andmore.1221]

Whoever designed this ride should be hung up by their balls!

[@Djek1957]

The ride was build by KMG in The Netherlands and is 19 years old. KMG did the maintenance for a few years and than the mainenance was taken over. KMG does not know who was doing the maintenance. Until now there was no major incident with these kind of rides. Officially they are called 'Afterburner'. In Europe are a few afterburners. Right now there is an afterburner working on a fair in Tilburg, The Netherlands, called Chaos. It's from the same year as the Fireball.

[@BadSaratoga]

Djek1957 Interesting. Is there a source for this info where I can go to read more about this? Thx.

[@Djek1957]

Unfortunate only in Dutch:themepark.nl/ubb/ubbthreads.php/topics/2423103/vreselijk_ongeval_in_de_VS_met.html#Post2423103 and www.ad.nl/binnenland/maker-ramp-attractie-ohio-laat-ze-op-nederlandse-kermis-niet-draaien~af3bb12d/.

[@ShaneCarles]

As this ride swung back to the middle/center, one of the gondolas hit the deck that was supposed to be lowered causing the gondola to rip the metal brackets apart. This can be heard in the video that is going around. The questions that needs to be asked is - 1. How did the deck come up? 2. Was it a mechanical malfunction? 3. Did the operator hit the wrong button at the wrong time?

[@legohead6]

These ride controls are typically beyond idiot proof for the operator. It doesn't let the operator do much more then press Go or Emergency Stop(most of their control is in the loading time before pressing the GO button.. things like the restraint system release, queuing gates, etc) I cant see this ride allowing an operator to perform a potentially disastrous(from the standpoint of the manufacturer) action. Ive been stuck on several malfunctioning rides over my lifetime and it always takes 30 minutes+ to wait for a mechanic to come and manually override the system simply to bring the ride back to the dock or station to unload.

[@scottcol23]

I used to work with a show that has a fire ball. The sound you hear is the tub hitting the fencing. The brake is hydraulic and you don't hear it and there is no way the floor can come up until the pendulum parks and you have to manually operate the harness release

[@tthoma12]

Shane Carles one of the young lady's waiting in line said something dropped off the ride and an operator pulled the emergency stop. when the emergency stop button activated, the bottom floor of the ride came up and when the ride returned to center, it banged on the floor causing the gondola to detach

[@Jakilyn]

Jesuslover52 One of the main questions is WHY he hit the emergency stop..as you say, he either saw debris or the seat breaking. The ride operator ran away according to witnesses. He didn't stick around after the crash

[@jonathanoxlade4252]

You can actually hear the thing hitting something as it went back I was afraid of fair rides now I think this was operator error or the a mechanical error that caused the lift to go up and hit the gondola

[@stza16]

So in 2017, they clearly left at least one stone unturned.

[@tryhardheavy]

Actually 4 all.6 arms were corroded

[@Alien.mom36]

What happened this year

[@richardlong773]

An accident happened with the ride. People were flung from it while it was going. A person died and 5 others are in critical condition

[@brianreid4410]

They are try to cover their ass with this video smh

[@Godschild49]

Exactly. You filmed this I'm sure you film every year. So show the one for this year...

[@CrimsonLegacy]

Katrina Thomas I'm betting that the deck that is supposed to drop when the ride is in motion mentioned at 00:40 came back up during operation for some reason, so the first cart hit the deck, detached, then hit the cart behind, injuring the other passengers

[@MikeyLovejoy]

the video does sound like hit hit something but a lot of people are saying that it detached or hit the walls on the sides.

[@Djek1957]

The manufacturer of these rides (Afterburner) calls all owners to close there rides until the reason of the accident is known. www.ad.nl/binnenland/maker-ramp-attractie-ohio-laat-ze-op-nederlandse-kermis-niet-draaien~af3bb12d/

[@Mazzy0774]

It looks to me like it hits that floor that's supposed to lower in the corner. Some are saying it detached IN the air and dropped, but it looks like it catches impact and then detaches...Unless it loosened and was too low and then hit the metal floor. But the other sets didn't hit it on the way back. I don't know. Blows my mind. I want to know wtf happened.

[@westsydepi3339]

There should be THOROUGH FULLY DOCUMENTED (recorded) inspection EVERY YEAR AT ALL FAIRS AND CARNIVALS AND THEME PARKS

[@quintonmchale7997]

thrills, spills & kills.

[@rageanarch261]

yeah right did they do that this year?

[@windreaper]

Rage Anarch of course they did its a requirement. You just have to keep in mind these rides are assembled and disassembled every week literally in a matter of hours. Accidents do happen it's just a damn shame that somebody lost their life in this one. It's hard to say how preventable this was until the investigation concludes.

[@DCoasterVideo]

www.10tv.com/sites/10tv.com/files/Fireball.pdf

[@mathieuennigkeit6679]

all these rides are designed and built in europe and specialy in germany and the netherlands, like this one... and we have hundreds of them on our fairgrounds every year, and the afterburner is very lame by the way... in germany they have to be checked by the "TÜV" which is very strict and regulated by thousand of security laws... maybe that was the reason, but to be fair we had a few very similar accidents in the last decades in europe, and sadly at the end the public will never find out, because in a few weeks there are other important and spectecular news... like always

[@candacedavis2377]

This ride is the one that killed at least 1 person critically injuring 6 more

[@bcbxcbvbcvb9237]

I would like to see if they were still using the rusty bolts shown in the video. If those bolts aren't replaced every couple of years then it's murder.

[@StaticGorilla]

You had one job mike

[@Ace-vu3oc]

This is why i dont fuck with this ride

[@clevelandboys3068]

This is why I stay off of rides. I used to like riding things but then I got smart and said nope. Not losing my life over something petty like this.

[@marcrath1166]

Better stay away from streets then. Chance of dying there is just too high.

[@marcrath1166]

Most people don't have to ride by car, which is FAR more dangerous. Just use a train. But it's a question of quality of life. I'm certainly not giving up on having a lot of fun, based on the extremely unlikely chance of dying on a ride, when I'm far more likely to die on the way to that ride.

[@melissatucker179]

I dont care what the excuse is / That poor man lost his life. That was just a lac of not making sure the ride was secure and safe . Now they are investigating. I beleive its a little to late for that / Dont you think !!!Obviously the crew that put that ride together ,didnt secure it very well .

[@babbzilla]

This was from 2012.

[@thura3]

In a republican run world... inspections, regulation, and safety all cut into PROFITS. Plus, GOD is responsible for all this... so why have insurance?

[@rickrickard2788]

thura3 you are such an imbecile.You make up BS like that and post it in here?

[@BadSaratoga]

Melissa Tucker don't be so quick to judge as this could have been a structural failure that wouldn't have been detected without x-raying the structure , which is neither feasible nor cost-effective during daily inspections. All of these rides, new or old, sustain some level of risk regardless of their condition. The safe bet is to not ride on these types of "equipment".

[@stza16]

thura3 Accidents also cut into profits. So you don't understand capitalism.

[@SocksThePup]

The most safe ride in Ohio

[@LilSmoove502]

Little did they know

[@pwr6471]

"Safety first"

[@CelesteTheFox]

I rode this ride 🙃

[@laceynunez2227]

Now the ride is closed

[@Madnessonman]

What does the USDA have to do with carnival rides? No wonder why it failed. They are horrible when it comes to checking out dead animal carcasses. Shouldn't trust them for anything.

[@dennyc88]

The heavy person that went air born hit the Machine landed on a red bar ouch

[@sarahtherobloxmaster]

Have they no guilt for the accident they're at fault for?

[@nathanbirth909]

They messed tf up this year

[@rageanarch261]

safety my ass

[@Astrocode]

They sure did a good job! *cough* not *cough*

[@angelcruz2903]

And that's what they didn't do is check on 2016 and 1 died

[@ThinCrustPizza67]

Rusty ass bolts lol fuck that

[@poppabear9279]

Russia caused them to lose a bolt this year.

[@BAYAREA4150]

Cheap ass rides

[@DoYouWantToBeSuccessful]

lmao

[@jorgegomez715]

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[@TheChaosWithin]

You ride at your own risk. This is 100% responsibility of the people who choose to ride these at parks.

[@firstlast430]

This ride was APPROVED during he Obamaa Administration, NOW do you see the failures? Disgusting what politics can do. I am soooo glad I renounced the libterds.

[@CrimsonLegacy]

First Last Lol. Nice try trying to make everything about politics. It didn't work