Bolliger & Mabillard

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Both were manufactured by the Swiss company Bollinger and Mabillard, which also built the Goliath ride in Georgia and eight of the additional coasters that Six Flags closed.

Bollinger and Mabillard declined Thursday to answer questions about the shutdowns.

Online photos and videos of 10 of the closed coasters show each equipped with so-called clamshell restraints mounted in front of each seat on a vertical bar that sits between the rider's knees.

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A Georgia amusement park where a man fell to his death from a roller coaster is set to reopen amid a growing safety probe of roller coasters made by the same manufacturer.

At least two theme parks not owned by Six Flags confirmed Thursday they also have temporarily shut down roller coasters built by the same manufacturer as Goliath in Georgia.

The manufacturer, Bolliger and Mabillard, declined to answer questions about the shutdowns.

People who visited the Georgia park have raised concerns about the Goliath coaster's restraints.

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A rider fell from their seat on the Goliath roller coaster.

This is a Bollinger and Mabillard hyper coaster.

It's been open since 2006 at Six

Flags over Georgia.

thing.

An investigation is ongoing at this point.

Bollinger and Mabillard and Six Flags and other companies have shut down basically all of the hypercoasters that use that clamshell restraint in the United States.

There is a message up from Six Flags over Georgia from Park President Richard Pretlow at this point with all you would expect in expressing condolences, expressing support for their teams.

We will not compromise on safety, he said.

The Goliath coaster was designed by Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swiss firm widely regarded in the amusement industry for engineering reliable and safe rides.

All but one of the 10 coasters that Six Flags temporarily closed following the fatal fall are B&M rides and all feature the same clamshell style lap bar safety restraints.

I call them the BMW of roller coasters, said Scott J. Smith, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina who consults for various theme park operators.

We will not compromise on safety, he said.

The Goliath coaster was designed by Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swiss firm widely regarded in the amusement industry for engineering reliable and safe rides.

All but one of the 10 coasters that Six Flags temporarily closed following the fatal fall are B&M rides and all feature the same clamshell style lap bar safety restraints.

I call them the BMW of roller coasters, said Scott J. Smith, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina who consults for various theme park operators.

They've closed, uh, nine rollercoasters throughout their, uh, their park system across the United States.

And, uh, they, along with the, uh, the manufacturer, which is Bolliger & Mabillard, who is considered the Rolls-Royce of the, uh, rollercoaster manufacturing, uh, contingents, um, they will come in, they will look at this, they will examine it from A to Z, along with their insurance companies, the state inspectors, and I'm sure that they will bring in third parties also to, uh, evaluate and look at what's happened.

Park-goers should not make any assumptions here, should they, that, uh, other parks have closed this, uh, similar rollercoaster?

Uh, well, they won't be aware of that unless they are, you know, go to a park in that, in their market.

Uh, a- but they're doing this out of an abundance of caution, they said.

The ride manufacturer, Bolliger and Mabillard, I don't know if you've seen a documentary on these guys, uh, who design these rides.

It's fascinating the science that goes into developing these rides.

And they're, uh, companies that just do that, and, uh, Bolliger and Mabillard, uh, is doing that, or does that, uh, is actually investigating the incident, will not comment further until we have a better understanding of what happened.