Roller coaster blocked again, 32 people suspended upside down

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Saturday December 16, 2023 08:40 WIB





Illustration of a roller coaster in an amusement park. (CNN Indonesia/Priska Sari Pratiwi)

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It happened again, Russian mountains A flying dinosaur at an amusement park in Osaka, Japan, had to come to an abrupt stop at a height of 30 meters. As a result, 32 tourists were hanged upside down on Thursday (14/12).

This incident was recorded on video and broadcast on the X platform (formerly Twitter). In the video, several train passengers are seen upside down and officers are evacuating them.

Russian mountains It stopped at 10:55 a.m. local time, and the evacuation reportedly lasted about 45 minutes, as reported VNExpressFriday (15/12).

In this incident, none of the passengers on the ride were injured. All were evacuated by the police and brought to safety via the emergency stairs. The Strait Era The passengers appeared to be in good condition, according to reports.

The amusement park operator said the roller coaster will automatically stop if sensors installed in the machine detect anomalies. However, the exact cause of this vehicle's traffic jam is still unknown.

The case of a stuck roller coaster is not the first time this has happened. Similar phenomena had already occurred in several playgrounds in other countries.

Last June, in China, a group of 11 tourists had to hang upside down on a roller coaster because a power outage sowed chaos at an amusement park in Hebei province.

A month later, eight tourists, including seven children in the United States, found themselves stranded for eight hours on a roller coaster that suddenly stopped due to technical problems.

Last October, a South Korean amusement park also experienced a roller coaster accident. As a result, 22 passengers were left hanging upside down for 20 minutes.

(dhs/wiw)

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