Airmaxx 360

Airmaxx 360

Juan Almazán (Spain) Location Travelling, Spain Status Operating since 2021
Taylor's Fun Fairs (UK) Location Travelling, UK Operated 2016 to October 2019 C,J and Sons Amusements (Australia) Location Travelling, Australia Operated 2013 to September 2014
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Manufacturer	Safeco
Product	Hang-Jump
Type	Jump & Smile
Capacity	12 gondolas seating 2 people each
Height	10 metres

Airmaxx 360 is a Hang-Jump model made by Spanish manufacturer Safeco. The ride was made for Australian amusements company C,J and Sons Amusements in 2013.

After the incident in 2014, it was sold to UK showman David Taylor in 2016.

Since 2021, the ride has started travelling again on the Spanish fair circuit with showman Juan Almazán (Valencia).

Incidents

In the first three days of the 2013 Melbourne Royal Show, 22 reports were made regarding minor injuries sustained while riding Airmaxx 360. In particular, four children received head, neck and chest injuries, causing one to be hospitalised. As a result of the incidents, WorkSafe Victoria forced the ride's owner at the time, C,J and Sons Amusements, to raise the minimum height restriction from 120 cm to 130 cm.

On 12 September 2014 at the Royal Adelaide Show at around 12:25pm ACST, eight-year-old Adelene Leong was flung from Airmaxx 360 after she had slipped out of the ride's over-the-shoulder restraints. She was rushed to the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital but was declared dead by the time she arrived. SafeWorks SA and the South Australian Police Force investigated the ride, and found that C,J and Sons Amusements had set the minimum height back at 120 cm, despite SafeWorks Victoria forcing them to raise it to 130 cm, and despite the ride's manufacturer, Safeco, recommending 140 cm. The ride was banned from ever attending any events in Australia again and was sold to UK showman David Taylor and his company Taylor's Fun Fairs in 2016. After a lengthy court investigation that concluded in July 2017, C,J and Sons Amusements were ordered to pay over $1 million AUD for two breaches of health and safety laws, as well as a $157,000 penalty fine for causing the death of a child, and $20,000 of compensation for Adelene's family. The company declared bankruptcy shortly after and all charges were dropped as a result. In 2022 as part of a coronial inquest, it was also discovered that some of the ride's hydraulic safety restraints had become faulty due to Safeco providing the wrong instructions on how to use them. Adelene's seat in particular was so badly contaminated that the harness would consistently rise when it was supposed to be locked.

On 7 October 2019 at the Hull Fair at around 7:30pm BST, 21-year-old Jade Harrison was flung from Airmaxx 360 into a nearby Sizzler ride, where she landed on the carriage of 16-year-old Ben Corran. Jade suffered a broken jaw, cuts to her face, damage to her teeth and soft tissue damage to her thigh. Ben suffered minor injuries to his head, nose and abdomen. Both were taken to the hospital, with Jade needing to stay for four days and undergo facial surgery. The ride was inspected by the British Government's Health and Safety Executive who prohibited its use. Jade later sued the ride's owner at the time, Taylor's Fun Fairs, and won an unspecified five figure sum in damages. Taylor's Fun Fairs sold the ride back to Safeco in Spain