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World's Scariest Roller Coasters: Crack In Second Osaka Coaster

Where: 1-1 Senri Banpakukouen, Suita, Osaka, Japan, 565-0826
June 25, 2007 at 5:46 PM | by | Comments (2)


On May 5, 2007 a roller coaster at the park, Fujin Raijin II, derailed due to a broken axle. One person died, and many others were injured . Now, a second Expoland park coaster is sporting a large crack, visible to the naked eye, in its axle.

How terrifying is this? One professional inspector said:

I've never heard of a crack big enough to be seen by the naked eye.

In all fairness, the other roller coasters on this list were scary in a thrill seeker type of way, while the coasters at Expoland are mentioned for reasons that should be self explanatory. Let's hope Expoland fixes their coasters. In the meantime, check out the terrifying, but safe, ride experienced on an Expoland coaster above.

The World's Scariest Roller Coasters Map is here.

Related Stories:
·Crack found in 2nd coaster at Expoland [Yomiuri]
·Expoland [Official Site]

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Not as scary ...

... was this story I heard on the radio in Australia this week. A guy who used to work at a Melbourne theme park (he didn't name it, but it's gotta be Luna Park) explained that one time the rollercoaster had "got stuck" and a bunch of people were trapped in the top. The boss sent this guy up with a spanner (basically) but nobody wanted to call the fire dep't to actually help get them down because they didn't want bad publicity. After 3 and a half HOURS the mother of someone stuck up there called the cops, they got the fire dep't and the people got down. Nice, hey?
amandak on June 26, 2007 at 4:24 AM #Permalink

Wow

That is scary.  
markj on June 26, 2007 at 8:21 AM #Permalink

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