'No mechanical error': Possible cause of death of teenager at Orlando amusement park revealed

The team in charge of the investigation looking into the death of the 14-year-old teenager who fell from the Orlando Free Fall ride at ICON Park revealed a possible reason for the accident. 

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried held a press conference Monday where she provided details on the ongoing investigation into the Tyre Sampson case.

According to the published report, engineers concluded that Sampson fell from the device after the operator "made manual adjustments to the harness" that rendered it "unsafe," according to CBS Miami.

"The seat's safety sensor was manually adjusted to the teen's large size, which allowed the harness opening to be nearly twice as large as normal," the commissioner explained, stating that the report was shared by the team of forensic engineers hired by the state, Quest Engineering & Failure Analysis Inc, charged with handling the case.

The report claims that there was no mechanical failure. "The proximity sensor on the seat 1 harness [where Tyre Sampson was riding] was manually loosened, adjusted, and tightened to allow a clamping opening of about 7 inches," it adds.

A proximity sensor between the seat and the safety harness activates the hazard lights if a passenger is not correctly adjusted. The average gap between the safety harness and the seat is 3.3 inches, and Sampson's seat had 7.19 inches of space, according to Telemundo 51.

Engineers believe that the force of the fall and the passenger's weight may have further extended the opening by 6 to 10 inches.

Tyre Sampson, from Missouri, died March 24 after falling from a 430-foot tower at Orlando's ICON Park.

Free Fall opened in December last year as the world's tallest drop tower. The attraction is an impressive circular structure with 30 chairs surrounding the immense tower, with a dramatic free fall at more than 75 mph.