Wheel and Axle
The wheel has undoubtedly been among the most significant of human inventions. Prior to its invention, population growth was limited, because people could not move easily to find more f...
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Nearly 25 percent of roller coasters and similar rides
nationwide have never undergone maintenance checks by amusement park
operators, the transport mi...
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Nearly 25 percent of roller coasters and similar rides
nationwide have never undergone flaw inspections by amusement park
operators, alth...
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Part of the wheel axle of a roller-coaster car that derailed at
an amusement park outside Osaka on Saturday has been found under the
first half of the 2,340-meter-long course, contradicting t...
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Annual maintenance checks of play facilities at the Expoland
amusement park outside Osaka have continuously since 2004 given the
highest rating of A to all items on a checklist for the roller...
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Police investigators have detected a crack on the wheel axle
shaft of a roller coaster which had been operated alternately with
the roller coaster involved in a fatal accident at Osaka's Expo...
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Metal fatigue is suspected of causing the rupture of the wheel
axle of a roller-coaster car that derailed at an amusement park
outside Osaka last Saturday, killing a woman and injuring 19 oth...
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House Democrats called for better inspections and tougher standards for bus operators Tuesday after the recent crash in Atlanta that left five college baseball players dead.In a House hearing that ...
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Police searched the offices of the operator of the Expoland
amusement park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, and other locations
Sunday, a day after a roller-coaster accident...
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Two U.S. senators, motivated by a bus crash that killed five college baseball players, on Thursday proposed requiring seat belts on long-haul buses.The proposed legislation also would require chang...
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Wheel and Axle
LEAD: No maintenance checks ever done on 25% of roller coasters: gov't
