More on the Kentucky Ride Accident

This story provides some further information, in addition to the fact that another park found some deterioration in the cable on a similar ride.

Of note, it mentions that the cable is ordinarily replaced yearly (at least at Carowinds, owned by a different company, Cedar Fair) and that Intamin (the ride designer and manufacturer) doesn’t provide all of the parts.  The company’s US president did not specify whether Intamin provided the cable.  And of course, it seems like a cable failure could be anticipated, and that even if this particular horrific set of facts wasn’t predictable, I would expect the ride to be designed to contain the cable snapping.

–BC