paulospi

being in england, i have visited tenerife several times. great climate with year round tourism. terrific water park (siam park) and great animal park (loro parque). no theme park

I echo the sentiments in the last two comments. In no way does this detract from the feelings of the family, but I would be mortified if a ride I inspected caused an accident let alone a fatality. The park engineers will be devastated too. The cause will be identified and changes made if needed. What a truly terrible situation for everyone concerned

You could be right. If someone has a high upper body, perhaps it could apply too much pressure on the vest part. Traditional harnesses apply pressure on the shoulders so height is not an issue.

i work as an engineer at a theme park and i would think that a ride as modern as the "zacspin" would have detection for each individual harness, ie if the lad was too big to ride, the ride would have flagged it and not be allowed to be operated. i have ridden the same ride on a number of occasions and find it amazing that this has happened. the ride attendants have headsets linked to the main operator, so if there was an issue during dispatch, im sure it would've been seen.