Boy Killed on Kansas Water Slide

[Anonymous]

Probably lots of kids very close to the same age and size as this boy went down that slide without incident that very day.

It was probably a freakish combination of things that just went horribly wrong.

[Anonymous]

Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

After the sandbag throwing they tore down a significant portion of the ride and rebuilt it. They didn't just add some netting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

This slide was featured on a show called most insane water slides or something similar. We watched it last weekend.

This show - Xtreme Water Parks - you can watch the video of the delays and see what engineering/physics problems they were dealing with.

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/xtreme-waterparks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

This slide was featured on a show called most insane water slides or something similar. We watched it last weekend.

This show - Xtreme Water Parks - you can watch the video of the delays and see what engineering/physics problems they were dealing with.

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/xtreme-waterparks

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/xtreme-waterparks/video

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

They do not seem to know what they are doing though. They said they designed it using a regular a roller coaster as a model for their calculations and then had to redesign it because the ' sandbag model humans ' were flying off. I also see seatbelts at the neckline? On a turbulent bumpy ride? They do not know what they are doing and they should close it down for as long as is needed for a team of seasoned engineers with experience in ride safety review every aspect of it. They had no business opening something like this without doing that in the first place. Clearly the first team was not competent.
Signed an engineer

[Anonymous]

I read a comment by another engineer who was appalled by the videos showing how they kept redesigning it. S/he said that you never design something like this with a trial and error process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the cause, I hope they're able to determine what it was so they can prevent it from happening to someone else.

I doubt that it will reopen.

I think it will.

If you have done the research, when the ride was tested, it resulted in sandbags being thrown over the edge. That is why the netting was in place, but also why the ride had to be modified from the original design.

They do not seem to know what they are doing though. They said they designed it using a regular a roller coaster as a model for their calculations and then had to redesign it because the ' sandbag model humans ' were flying off. I also see seatbelts at the neckline? On a turbulent bumpy ride? They do not know what they are doing and they should close it down for as long as is needed for a team of seasoned engineers with experience in ride safety review every aspect of it. They had no business opening something like this without doing that in the first place. Clearly the first team was not competent.
Signed an engineer

Right, I have no problem if they didn't re-open this till next summer, but my point is, I think it will re-open.

The netting was added as a precaution after the sandbag test (I saw the video that someone else referenced months ago).

[Anonymous]

I doubt it will reopen. And who would be crazy enough to allow their children on that ride.

[Anonymous]

I really don't understand how netting (at 65+ mph) would be a "safety" item. Anything at that speed is dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand how netting (at 65+ mph) would be a "safety" item. Anything at that speed is dangerous.

Well I guess it's better than the alternative which is flying off of the 168 foot ride at 65 mph

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand how netting (at 65+ mph) would be a "safety" item. Anything at that speed is dangerous.

That was my thought, too. It's hard to believe none of the engineers could foresee what would happen if someone hit the net.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand how netting (at 65+ mph) would be a "safety" item. Anything at that speed is dangerous.

That was my thought, too. It's hard to believe none of the engineers could foresee what would happen if someone hit the net.

I hate to write this, but since you've chosen to read this far into the thread. . . Some have said that he was decapitated by the netting or the metal framing for the netting. There was blood pooled in the water at the the bottom of the track.