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07-27-2017 12:12 PM
From the witness reports I have seen or listened to, they are saying one person fell out of his seat and then the operator pressed the emergency stop button and then the ride broke apart - as if using the emergency stop while the ride was traveling so fast is what broke it apart, after initially one person fell out.
It will be interesting to see what a final report ends up finding as the cause of why this happened. But as I say, it sounds like first one person fell out, the rider stopped the ride, and then the one part of the ride broke apart.
07-27-2017 12:23 PM
07-27-2017 12:38 PM
@Laura14 wrote:The young man who supposedly took the video claimed on GMA that the ride was sped up by the operator and the crowd was yelling to slow it down because the people were having trouble dealing with the rough ride. If that's true, no amount of inspection is going to help improper operation.
And just a personal observation/issue, that video I could not even watch on ABC. Kudos to CNN for stopping it in a more appropriate place.
I don't know if that is true or not but that brings up another point. I've always been a little suspect of the employees that work as these carnivals, fairs and festivals as well. I wonder how trained they are.
07-27-2017 12:40 PM
@Pearlee Sounds like maybe those yelling to slow the ride that the young man heard were doing so because they saw someone was in trouble. Brake was thrown and caused exactly what you said happen. Such a horrible accident.
07-27-2017 12:41 PM
@Lipstickdiva wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:The young man who supposedly took the video claimed on GMA that the ride was sped up by the operator and the crowd was yelling to slow it down because the people were having trouble dealing with the rough ride. If that's true, no amount of inspection is going to help improper operation.
And just a personal observation/issue, that video I could not even watch on ABC. Kudos to CNN for stopping it in a more appropriate place.
I don't know if that is true or not but that brings up another point. I've always been a little suspect of the employees that work as these carnivals, fairs and festivals as well. I wonder how trained they are.
@Lipstickdiva My thoughts exactly. Anything can be inspected but you're relying on the quality and attention to detail of the person doing it.
07-27-2017 01:02 PM
Very tragic. The older I become, the less adventurous I am. Sending heartfelt thoughts to the victims and their families.
07-27-2017 01:44 PM
And another thought regarding my post above, can inspectors inspect what happens when the emergency stop is pushed? Maybe to some extent, but maybe not to the extent to know if something is going fast and the brake is put on suddenly, it won't crack off.
07-27-2017 01:57 PM
@Pearlee wrote:And another thought regarding my post above, can inspectors inspect what happens when the emergency stop is pushed? Maybe to some extent, but maybe not to the extent to know if something is going fast and the brake is put on suddenly, it won't crack off.
@Pearlee Mechanical engineers could calculate that. They do it all the time in testing for G-forces I'm sure.
07-27-2017 02:00 PM - edited 07-27-2017 02:00 PM
Actually @Pearlee, I worked for a welding school once and they did a test for tensile strength. They pulled apart a steel rod to see at what point it broke apart. Not sure this would be relevant to this but it's fascinating to watch steel stretch and finally break apart with enough stress on it.
07-27-2017 02:08 PM
I'm amazed that my friends and I survived our outings at the local small amusement park back in the dinosaur age.
Fast forward and, no, we never let our little one go on pop-up rides.
Just last week here in our little SoCal beach town we had the annual AVP beach vollyey ball tournament. It's a very big deal that brings out the crowds. As part of this year's exhibition, they had one of those deal where you can jump off a very high platform to land on some kind of bouncy thing.
I noticed it first when I was walking and saw what seemed to be a person randomly flying from a very high point. As as I got closer, I saw what it was and that children were doing it. I couldn't believe it.
A few days later, a friend told me that a woman broke her leg jumping during the weekend. Couldn't see that coming...jeez.
My heart goes out to all who were killed or injured.
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