In July, 9 passengers of the Oscillating fireball at the Wisconsin Festival were stuck upside down for several hours as first responders scrambled for equipment to conduct a midair evacuation. And then just days earlier from that, a 325 foot tall roller coaster in North Carolina was closed for repairs after visitors reported seeing a complete fissure in one of its steel support beams. Inspectors later detected a second structural issue with the ride and then declined to issue a certificate of operation