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FTA: What’s more, according to court documents, the investigators learned that on July 3, 2014, one week before the ride’s grand opening, an engineering
by bb88 8y ago
FTA:
What’s more, according to court documents, the
investigators learned that on July 3, 2014, one week
before the ride’s grand opening, an engineering firm
hired by Jeff and Schooley to perform accelerometer tests
on Verrückt’s rafts had issued a report suggesting that
if the combined weight of the three passengers in a raft
was between 400 and 550 pounds—the weight Jeff and
Schooley had agreed was appropriate—there was a chance
the raft would go airborne on the second hill. The ride
opened anyway, with the weight range unchanged.
So that sounds pretty damning.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoFrom the indictment: 39. HENRY remarked, "[Verrückt] could hurt me, it could kill me, it is a seriously dangerous piece of equipment today because there are things that we don't know about. Every day we learn more.* I've seen what this one has done to the crash dummies and to the boats we sent down it. Ever since the prototype. And we had boats flying in the prototype too.* It's complex, it's fast, it's mean. If we mess up, it could be the end. I could die going down this ride." These guys are going to gaol for a long time. Unfortunately, that won't undo anything.
- bb88 8y agoThanks for that. That's as bad as testimony one can get.