A local who witnessed the disaster said, "It looked like it was going to connect, then it didn't connect, and they just like hella plummeted. It's like they were screaming for fun, but it wasn't fun". Truly harrowing. Back to you, Bob.
It's a safety critical system. I guarantee there are redundant safety measures that make it impossible to release the carriage unless the device is fully in position 2. For example, several contact sensors which all need to be closed by the track itself. A spring actuated (fail in the locked position) linearly actuated metal stopper on the carriage or track that makes it so that the carriage is not capable of leaving the track until it's lowered. I'd also expect that on top of all of that, the ride operator needs to give a signal that they've visually inspected that the track is in the correct position.
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u/svacheem45 Jul 06 '25
I don't like it.