DexterMorgan
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Is this like supposed to add ambiance or is it just a piece of shu#~ I truly cannot tell
. This is a terrible tragedy. I've read if anyone is criminally responsible they face up to 5 years in jail and the park may never reopen. I'm glad Australia is tough on these incidents unlike the Verruckt tragedy in the states this summer.
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I wish they would just shut the dang rides down, if they are experiencing problems, get them fully tested, repaired and before allowing access. In both of these fatal accidents, (Thunder River, and Verruckt), other riders had experienced problems earlier that the same day! Thunder River had to be shut down and drained, as rafts were, "Piling up" according to some witnesses... Verruckt riders, likewise, claimed staff was aware rafts were going air-born, and safety belts were coming undone mid ride.
I have no idea how one should go about owning/operating an Amusement Park , but this can't be right. There are almost always warning signs prior to these malfunctions, of some kind, as we have seen, but no one seems to take the warnings seriously enough.
Why-o-why are park staff allowed to Micky Mouse repairs on the fly, to quickly get people back on board? Too quickly as we have sadly been seeing as of late.
7 news tonight reported that the ride operator was an 18 year old on her first day. Maybe lack of experience has contributed? I'm curious to know how long it took to shut off tbe conveyor belt.
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Oh dear, surely if it was her first day, someone would of been with her supervising?
Or, maybe her first day on her own after training & supervision?
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mooA couple of the things that bothered were the pile of wood on the left - there is a gap in the two by 4's and it looks like that gear thing has something to do with "functionality " and looks neglectedIs this like supposed to add ambiance or is it just a piece of shu#~ I truly cannot tell
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33014307/former-dreamworld-ride-operator-suspected-fatal-flaw/#page
7 News has been told that after the ride had reportedly malfunctioned twice earlier in the day the safety measure was being operated by an 18-year-old woman on her first day on the job.
It is understood the fatal incident was caused when a pump failed, causing the water level to lower and another raft to be stuck. The raft containing the passengers then collided and mounted the stationary raft, causing it to flip.
About the CEO:
From 2015 inteview
YEARLY passes to Dreamworld, WhiteWater World and Skypoint could become more expensive if CEO Craig Davidson has his way, after declaring the heavily-reduced-in-price annual passes are a "road to nowhere".
More than 250,000 Gold Coasters spend just $80 ......
Quite simply, annual passes at $80 a year is too cheap when you are trying to reinvest capital and when we have labour costs like we have in Australia and when we have food costs like we have - you just can't sustain that.
http://www.businessnewsaus.com.au/articles/theme-park-boss-calls-it-a--road-to-nowhere-.html
RE: Thunder River had to be shut down and drained, as rafts were, "Piling up" according to some witnesses...
My sense regarding the draining was afterward to try to keep them from drowning, not sure. But why would a solution to too little water be to remove it all - that makes no sense!
But if it happened that way, that is IMO some big stuff cause it basically means that is the EXACT reason for shutting it down earlier and what ultimately happened
I suppose it easier after the fact, that something went wrong but it would seem that if the water levels were problematic, one would be keeping an eye it
Uunless maybe no one thought that a loaded one would flip- like the worst that could happen is there would be a traffic jam- but it strikes me as damning that there was an empty one that they hit. Common sense would indicate that if you are worried about that issue an empty one in terms of how it sits in the water is not gonna give you much useful data (weight).
At the end of the day tho,its not like it was a pay for each ride setting - so why not just shut it down for the day till real checks could be done- yeh some people would have missed it that day, but really ? they got everyone money.
I wonder over there if there if their legal system is like ours -where 37% of us (!) will have passed before any of the ongoing criminal stuff we talk about here get to court!
Have always had very mixed feelings, in this kind of accident, if incaration is really needed.Money talks.Fine em and make them pay for outside consulting company, (selected by the court lets say) to evaluate before opening it up
7 news tonight reported that the ride operator was an 18 year old on her first day. Maybe lack of experience has contributed? I'm curious to know how long it took to shut off tbe conveyor belt.
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Oh dear, surely if it was her first day, someone would of been with her supervising?
Or, maybe her first day on her own after training & supervision?
Definitely meant to look like that. As PrimeSuspect and scrambledeggs said. Dreamworld has different themed areas, this ride was part of the Town of gold rush (used to be called Gold Rush country). (so not all the park or rides look like this).7 news tonight reported that the ride operator was an 18 year old on her first day. Maybe lack of experience has contributed? I'm curious to know how long it took to shut off tbe conveyor belt.
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