SUCKS! i loved that thing! I was going to the helicopter on Nov. 2 when I left the PKIC group, only to find it closed for the season. now I'll NEVER get to ride again :(
sure it can ahppen! I mean, restraints have failed occasionally on portable rides, and they work in similar ways.
Like said earlier, they are machines and all machines can malfunction ro break, though very unlikely in this case.
I didnt see the entire rollback, but the train was moving backward, slowly, when those pics were taken. about a minute later it settled down and stopped out of sight behind the structure
pics of valley:
second pic:
I won't name names, but I got accused of doctoring these pics on another PKI site. I assure you, i took these pics one right after the other, and the train was moving BACKWARDS.