Ninja (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

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Ninja
the station of ninja

the station of ninja

Data
Location Six Flags Magic Mountain
( Valencia , California , USA )
Type Steel - suspended
model Suspended coaster
Drive type Chain lift hill
Routing adapted to the terrain
Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
opening May 21, 1988
length 823 m
height 18 m
Max. speed 89 km / h
Travel time 1:30 min
capacity 1600 people per hour
Trains 3 trains, 7 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats
Inversions 0
Subject area Samurai Summit

Ninja in Six Flags Magic Mountain ( Valencia , CA , USA ) is a steel roller coaster from the model suspended coaster of manufacturer Arrow Dynamics , which was opened on May 21, 1988th

Together with Vortex in Canada's Wonderland , she holds the record for the fastest suspended coaster in the world.

Trains

Ninja has three trains with seven cars each. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car. Passengers must be at least 1.07 m tall to be allowed to ride. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system. The gondolas of the trains can swing a maximum of 55 ° to each side (total angle 110 °).

accident

On August 30, 2008, a 20-year-old man was injured while climbing over security fences to retrieve a lost hat. He was hit by a train.

On July 7, 2014, a branch fell from a tree onto the rails, causing a wagon set with two dozen people to get stuck on the track. Four people were injured and it took several hours to rescue the people from a height of 7 m with telescopic risers from the fire brigade because of the hillside location.

Web links

Commons : Ninja  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hochschaubahn in California was stuck - four injured , ORF.at from July 8, 2014 - with a link to the video

Coordinates: 34 ° 25 ′ 19.5 "  N , 118 ° 35 ′ 54.2"  W.