Demon Stuck

[[jonrev]]

Last night Real TV did a thing on when the Demon got stuck on a loop. Was anyone on here on that train when it got stuck?

[Mr.SIX]

Do you have a picture of it?

[[jonrev]]

Photos of it stuck on the loop? No, I was only 7 when it happened.

[punkbunny24242]

I saw that a couple of weeks ago.. was that the one where they had the family that was stuck on it talking?

[Mr.SIX]

If you were 7 when it happened then why did you say it happened last night?

[sfgam]

From Rideaccidents.com

"Roller coaster fails in Illinois; riders stranded upside down for hours
(Saturday, April 18, 1998) - At Six Flags Great America Theme Park in Gurnee, Illinois, 23 riders on the Demon roller coaster were left stranded upside-down after the train in which they were riding stopped in the middle of a vertical loop. Firefighters used a cherry picker to bring the passengers to safety. Some riders were stuck for nearly three hours. Four passengers were treated at local hospitals and released.
Investigators concluded that the accident was caused by mechanical failure. The accident happened when a wheel that runs along the inside of the track broke off from the axle of the last car after a nut loosened. The ride's safety systems engaged, preventing the train from derailing.

The park has installed a new safety mechanism to the trains.

In 1986, 3 people were killed when a similar malfunction on a roller coaster in Canada caused a coaster train to derail."

here is a news video about it

http://www.alexsplace.com/Videos/Amusem ... eos-04.htm

[playerplex]

If you were 7 when it happened then why did you say it happened last night?

He said it was on Real Tv last night not that it got stuck last night. That happened in 1998.

[Mr.SIX]

ooooooooooo my bad

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Yeah that was on my 8th birthday but I never got to SFGAm til 2 years after that.

[CoasterDude12-2]

I was there a week after that happened and Demon tested until midday. I didn't even think of going on it. I went on my first Eagle ride instead. But eventually, I went on Demon and got the smoothest, fastest ride i've had on it. Could it have been from that mechanical repair?

[Drkstarboard]

I saw that on Real TV last night also. I recorded it. It was cooled haired lady talking.

[[jonrev]]

I also recorded it.

Does anyone know what caused Demon to get stuck on the loop?

[SFaddiction84]

try reading through this forum again...it explains in the NEWS ARTICAL ABOVE!!!!

Investigators concluded that the accident was caused by mechanical failure. The accident happened when a wheel that runs along the inside of the track broke off from the axle of the last car after a nut loosened. The ride's safety systems engaged, preventing the train from derailing.

[Drkstarboard]

I think it's wheel was broken.

[Timmy179]

One of the ties had broken... which stretched the wheels apart when the track expanded... cuasing the wheel to deraill in a rather inconvienant spot.


Arrow had all the ties on all thier existing coasters at that time re-welded to the highest standards

[Rusty888]

a kid on my friends basketball team was on it.

[Mr. SFGAm]

Yeah that was on my 8th birthday but I never got to SFGAm til 2 years after that.

I was at PKI that day... my first theme park and first coaster rides ever. I remember getting back from Kings Island and seeing the Demon thing on the news... made me glad I never got to ride Vortex that day.

[FParker185]

One of the ties had broken... which stretched the wheels apart when the track expanded... cuasing the wheel to deraill in a rather inconvienant spot.


Arrow had all the ties on all thier existing coasters at that time re-welded to the highest standards

That was Orient Express. And no action was taken afterwards. The tie broke due to internal corrosion/cracking that was not visible on the outside of the track.

On Demon a safety pin was left out in a bolt holding on one of the guide wheels on the last axle, letting the nut come loose and it lost the wheel, and the resulting impact tore off the entire rear axle dropping the last car of the train between the rails where it got wedged into place and it finally stopped at the point of the least momentum.