[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37759162[/url]
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37759162[/url]
yeah :( poor people.
Not so much in the original concept of the thread though, not very lighthearted fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kbqeTeIdio
water and moving machinery always has the potential to go drastically wrong, in part because the nature of the flow can be unpredictable.
ill wait for the inquest but at the moment it looks like a failed pump caused this.
Im surprised there wasnt a deadmans switch on the tubes though something that shuts off the ride if they go over 90 degrees and drains the water or inflated airbags or something
It wasn't mentioned in the linked news article, but they'd previously had mechanical issues on that same ride in the same place twice before. Six people were in the raft, the two smallest were thrown clear and survived, two were thrown and killed, and two more were recovered from underneath the raft, but it's not implied that they drowned. It seems likely that where was some underlying issue that caused a catastrophic failure, bypassing the safety mechanisms.