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Causality

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.

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    Verrückt Waterslide

    Spurred on to build the tallest and fastest Waterslide in the world by a Travel Channel show about Waterparks, the owners of the Kansas City Schlitterbahn Waterpark designed and built the Verrückt Waterslide in record time. A net enclosed the ride and on its third Summer Season a 10 Year Old boy died on impact with that netting mid-ride. We look at how design decisions, subsequent modifications and assumptions made this incident inevitable...but also how it could have easily been prevented.With John Chidgey.News Articles: Water slide that decapitated 10-year-old boy Kansas water slide death: 10yo son of Scott Schwab killed Women with boy in ill-fated waterslide raft speak out Trial of Schlitterbahn maintenance workers opens | Kansas City Star World’s tallest waterslide Court Grants Permission To Destroy World’s Tallest Waterslide Designer of Schlitterbahn slide that decapitated boy arrested at DFW Kansas lawmakers approve amusement ride law following child’s death Kansas water slides remain closed after new law Verrückt water slide timeline of events Charges laid over tragic death of Caleb Schwab on world’s tallest waterslide Commentary Articles: Verruckt Waterslide Death Result Of Poor Weight Distribution? The making of Schlitterbahn’s Verruckt water slide: Too much, too fast? Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide (ORIGINAL) Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide (ARCHIVED) Legal Articles: Sisters Represented by SJB Reach Verruckt Settlement $20M Settlement Reached In Verrückt Water Slide Tragedy - Legal Reader Murder charges dismissed over decapitation of Caleb Schwab on ‘world’s tallest waterslide’ - ABC News ‘Good old boys’ acquitted over 10-year-old boy’s death on ‘world’s tallest’ waterslide - ABC News Videos of the Ride: World’s Tallest Water Slide Now Open to Public Verrückt Water Slide at Schlitterbahn Kansas City ASTM: ASTM International ASTM International Safety Standards for Amusement Rides & Devices published by Committee F24 F2291 (2006 Edition) (PDF) General Information: Schlitterbahn Kansas City Schlitterbahn ProSlide - Hydro Magnetic Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle, Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto and Steve Branam.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.With thanks to Rosie Symes for the topic suggestion.

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