• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    The fact that they stopped roller coasters of similar design at other parks means that there is a possibility of a fundamental design flaw of the tracks and/or cars.

    Someone else is saying that someone was ejected from a car and may have struck another car on the way down. That would align with the one death and others injured, and indicate a possible design flaw in the safety harness system. Maybe the primary and redundant harnesses failed through a design flaw. Maybe the rider/operator(s) misapplied the restraints and the operator(s) failed to catch the mistake. Either way, mechanical or process failure, means that their safety system needs to be reworked and/or more stringently applied. It takes multiple failures for something like an ejection to happen.

    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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      12 days ago

      Even without a known, fundamental flaw, it’s very prudent to halt any ride with a similar design.

      If another injury or fatality happened before they investigated, all hell would break loose.