Booster (Fabbri ride)

Not to be confused with Booster (HUSS ride) or Booster (KMG ride).
Hydro Max, a Fabbri Booster ride at Pleasure Island, Cleethorpes, UK

Booster is an amusement ride made by Fabbri.

It is a pendulum ride, similar to the later Speed by KMG (which, due to its similarity to the Fabbri ride, is often referred to as the KMG Booster)..

There is another ride from the Italian company, Zamperla. Zamperla made a booster like ride called Turbo Force made in 2001.

Incidents

On August 4, 2007, in the Fête des Loges at Saint Germain en Laye, France, a gondola broke loose from the swinging arm and crashed to the ground. Two people sitting in the gondola were killed and two seriously injured. A father and his son were killed instantly, while another two people were stuck 40 meters in the air for over 2 hours.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ French man, son killed in accident at fairground outside Paris - International Herald Tribune
  2. ↑ Theme Park Review :: 2 people died in a fairground accident in France
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