Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
It happened again, a roller coaster A flying dinosaur at an amusement park in Osaka, Japan, had to stop abruptly at a height of 30 meters. As a result, 32 tourists were left hanging upside down on Thursday (14/12).
The incident was captured on video and posted on the X platform (formerly Twitter). In the video, several passengers on the train are seen hanging upside down and officers are seen evacuating them.
Roller coaster It stopped at 10:55 a.m. local time, and the evacuation reportedly lasted about 45 minutes, according to VNExpressFriday (15/12).
During this incident, none of the passengers on the journey were injured. All were evacuated by the police and taken to safety via the fire escapes. The Straits Era The passengers reportedly appeared to be in good condition.
The amusement park operator said the roller coaster will automatically stop if sensors installed in the machine detect any abnormalities. However, the exact cause of the vehicle’s jam is still unknown.
The case of a stuck roller coaster is not the first time this has happened. Similar phenomena have already occurred in several playgrounds in other countries.
Last June in China, a group of 11 tourists were forced to hang upside down from a roller coaster because a power outage wreaked havoc at an amusement park in Hebei province.
A month later, eight tourists, including seven children in the United States, were stuck for eight hours on a roller coaster that suddenly stopped due to technical problems.
The video was posted at 11:16 a.m. and park staff had already climbed a ramp to the roller coaster car. NHK shared a clip of people being rescued at around 11:40 a.m. No one was injured, but they were reportedly stuck there for 30 minutes. pic.twitter.com/3Vr4kJ8Dyd
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Last October, a South Korean amusement park also suffered a roller coaster accident, leaving 22 passengers hanging upside down for 20 minutes.
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