It wasn't a computer error... I believe that she was to large to ride. The same thing happened a few years ago on Superman: Ride of Steel. Watch this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i0KmTMf0VVQ

It wasn't a computer error... I believe that she was to large to ride. The same thing happened a few years ago on Superman: Ride of Steel. Watch this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i0KmTMf0VVQ

That sounds like it could be a very real possibility, because the lap bar has to come down a certain distance to be able to securely latch, and if someone is too big, then it won't close properly.

However, the computer system could be at fault as the train will only go if all of the latches are secured and it could have thought that the latch latched, when it might have only partially done so.

But however, isn't there typically someone who does a walk through to check to see if all are latched properly? It must have only latched to a point where it seemed like it was closed securely, so when it was checked it would seem as if nothing was wrong.

It was closed and locked properly. The bar couldn't get leverage on her. Did you watch the whole video? It shows how large people call out of rides like this.

I think that people need to stop trying to point fingers. Freak accidents happen.

I highly doubt it was because she was too 'big', the computer said that all the restraints were clear....

this sucks maaaan,

i hope the sue the park people because that is unacceptable for dis to happen.

hope 4 the best of the family.

I can almost tell you right now that six flags is gonna give the family one million dollars.

That would probably be in Six Flags' best interest as then they wouldn't have to deal with lawsuit, and so the family is guaranteed a settlement.

Teenagers. They hire teenagers to operate those rides and they don't have a care in the world about the guests safety, they've been doing the same thing for hours straight, and they barely check the restraints, rarely the seat belts. If they really cared, they would have paid attention and checked twice when the woman clearly said "It only clicked once, and everyone else's clicked twice".

Teenagers. They hire teenagers to operate those rides and they don't have a care in the world about the guests safety, they've been doing the same thing for hours straight, and they barely check the restraints, rarely the seat belts. If they really cared, they would have paid attention and checked twice when the woman clearly said "It only clicked once, and everyone else's clicked twice".

I worked a theme park for two years, and they don't only hire teens to operate the rides. The entire park is literally ran by college students and high school students. Also, they probably were trying to load and unload quickly due to the line. That means that the an error occurred. This time, however, it was an unfortunate fatal error. It wouldn't shock me if an employee gets charged with murder for this carelessness.

This is all baseless. Don't speculate or point fingers since you do not know the nature of the incident. You won't know the nature of the incident until Six Flags releases it's findings.

I will present some facts here. Texas Giant will not allow a train to depart the station unless ALL restraints are in the locked position. If that train left the station, then every restraint on it was locked. The restraints that the ride uses are kept in place by two hydraulic cylinders and the second one is only there in case the first fails. Once they're down, they do not come back up until that train is back in the station.

Teenagers. They hire teenagers to operate those rides and they don't have a care in the world about the guests safety, they've been doing the same thing for hours straight, and they barely check the restraints, rarely the seat belts. If they really cared, they would have paid attention and checked twice when the woman clearly said "It only clicked once, and everyone else's clicked twice".

Texas Giant's restraints, as I said earlier, use hydraulic cylinders to lock the lap bar in place. They do not use a ratcheting system and there is no "click" at all, they're completely silent. You would never hear a ride op for that ride say something like "As long as it clicks once, you're safe" because it never clicks. Don't believe any stories about how the lap bar "only clicked once".

I worked a theme park for two years, and they don't only hire teens to operate the rides. The entire park is literally ran by college students and high school students. Also, they probably were trying to load and unload quickly due to the line. That means that the an error occurred. This time, however, it was an unfortunate fatal error. It wouldn't shock me if an employee gets charged with murder for this carelessness.

In my experience with ride operators, they will stop operations in order to check something if they need to. The fact that the train left the station says that that person's restraint was in the locked position.
Also, I hope you don't mind me asking but where did you work at that theme park?