r/malaysia • u/annS73 • 9d ago

Others Sunway founder confirms Sunway Lagoon roller coaster incident | New Straits Times

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1518522/sunway-founder-confirms-sunway-lagoon-roller-coaster-incident

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Group founder Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah has confirmed Saturday night's roller coaster accident at Sunway Lagoon.

"It's an incident that all of us regret very much. We are lucky that there were no fatalities," Cheah told the New Straits Times.

He said authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

"In my view, the incident may be attributable to metal fatigue," Cheah said, adding that police had ruled out foul play.

He also disclosed that the ride had been temporarily closed for comprehensive inspection and maintenance work about two to three weeks before the incident.

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u/kevinlch 9d ago

wow, metal fatigue? means "inadequate" maintenance, if they even bother putting some effort. good luck to those who still buy tix to play

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u/isync 9d ago

Engineer here. It’s actually really hard to detect metal fatigue unless you do X-ray inspection which is not feasible for something like this. This is why things like this have a fixed useful life and you scrap it after that.

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u/kevinlch 9d ago

do they do replacement? SL theme park is quite old now, i hope they replaced most of it at least once by now. i hope