Amusement Trades Exhibition International
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The Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) is the major UK trade show for the coin-op and amusements trade.
was installed. After apparent "gross miscalculations" of the physics of the display, and entire coin operation exhibition fell under the weight of its own metal beams. There were 18 recorded injuries, and it was said to be "extremely lucky" that there were, in fact, no casualties.
2009 Vortex incident
At the 2009 Amusement Trades Exhibition Internationaltrade show for the coin-op and amusements trade, a ride called the VortexVortex
A vortex is a spinning, often turbulent,flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed streamlines is vortex flow. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex...
was installed. After apparent "gross miscalculations" of the physics of the display, and entire coin operation exhibition fell under the weight of its own metal beams. There were 18 recorded injuries, and it was said to be "extremely lucky" that there were, in fact, no casualties.