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| Phil Durkin Special Events (Australia)
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| Name
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Insanity
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| Location
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Travelling, Australia
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| Operated
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2007 to 2010
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| Printschler (Austria)
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| Location
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In storage, Austria
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| Operated
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July 2004 to ca 2007
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| Prater
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| Location
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Vienna, Austria
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| Operated
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2003 to October 2003
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| Münch & Eckl (Germany)
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| Name
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Adrenalin Pur
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| Location
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Travelling, Germany
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| Operated
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2002 to 2003
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| Statistics
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| Manufacturer
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Funtime
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| Product
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Chaos Pendle
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| Type
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| Capacity
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Two gondolas seating four people each
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| Height
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40 metres
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Fury is a Chaos Pendle product owned by Australian amusements company Hi-Lite Amusements.
History
The ride was originally produced for German showmen Münch & Eckl in 2002, originally titled Adrenalin Pur. It was custom made to include a three-pronged second arm, increasing the capacity from eight riders to 12. It travelled on the German fair circuit for one year before being sold to Austrian theme park Prater in 2003, where it was modified to have a more standard second arm instead of a three-pronged one. It was dismantled and put into storage in October of that same year. Prater sold the ride to Austrian amusements company Printschler in July 2004.[1] It is unknown if Printschler did anything with the ride apart from keep it in storage. They later sold it to Australian amusements company Phil Durkin Special Events in mid-2006.[2] When in Australia, the ride was repainted, slightly refurbished and renamed to Insanity. First operating in 2007, the ride travelled for three-and-a-half years, last operating in mid-2010.[3] Phil Durkin Special Events would later sell the ride to another Australian amusements company, Hi-Lite Amusements, sometime between 2013 and 2016. During this time, the ride was repainted again and renamed to Fury. It would first appear on the circuit in early 2016, and Hi-Lite Amusements continues to travel with the ride to this day.
Incident
On the 24th of September 2019 at around 5:30pm, an 11-year-old girl was riding Fury with her mother at the Melbourne Royal Show when she sustained severe injuries to her right arm. A metal plate fell off the ride while it was in motion and penetrated the girl's right arm, causing her right hand to de-glove.[4] The ride was stopped immediately after the ride operator noticed she was in pain, and paramedics treated her on the scene before she was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The ride was immediately shut down and investigated by WorkSafe Victoria. [5] The outcome of this investigation is unknown, but the Fury does still operate to this day. The girl's mother would later sue the Melbourne Royal Show and Hi-Lite Amusements in 2022 for damages, and the lawsuit is still ongoing as of 2024. [4]
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