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Tyrer Sampson died last month when he slipped out of his place for a walk at an amusement park in Orlando, Florida.
Officials now say the “wrong settings” may have contributed to Sampson’s fatal fall from the Free Fall attraction at ICON Park on March 24.
14-year-old Sampson visits the park with the family of a friend.
On Monday, Nicki Fried, commissioner of the US Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, said engineers found that the park’s operator “made manual adjustments to the trip, which leads to dangerous.”
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“Manual adjustments were made to the sensor for the seat in question, which allowed the belt opening to the limiter to be almost twice the normal range of the limiter opening,” Freud told a news conference.
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“These incorrect settings allowed the safety lights to illuminate, improperly satisfying the electronic safety mechanisms that allowed the vehicle to operate, even though Mr. Sampson was not properly secured in the seat,” she said.
Fried told those present at the press conference that the Free Fall trip would be closed permanently.
It is not known whether the wrong setting was the only factor in Sampson’s death.
In a field report from an outside company Quest Engineering and Failure Analysis Inc. Sampson is said to have slipped through a gap between the seat and a shoulder strap while driving. The report shows no evidence of mechanical error.
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ICON Park issued a statement stating that the company was concerned about the findings of incorrect operator tuning.
“We are deeply concerned that preliminary findings from the state investigation show that the sensor of the Orlando FreeFall attraction, owned and operated by the SlingShot Group, was incorrectly corrected after the sensor was initially secured on site,” it said. in the statement. .
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“ICON Park is committed to providing a safe and fun experience for families. We will continue to support the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with their ongoing investigation. “
When the Free Fall attraction opened in December 2021, the 131-meter attraction was touted as the tallest in the world.
The investigation into the attraction of Free Fall and the cause of Sampson’s death continues.
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