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| 'Wild Twister' also stopped abruptly six months ago |
Ocean Park’ high-speed ride “Wild Twister” stalled this Saturday afternoon, leaving 15 people aboard suspended in mid-air for about 19 minutes.
It was the second time in six months that the
popular ride with its giant rotating steel arm and spinning seats had malfunctioned,
leaving some of the riders visibly worried while they waited to be rescued.
Last August 10, Wild Twister also abruptly stopped following a signal failure, leaving 17 people aboard trapped for an hour and 45 minutes and had to be rescued by firemen.
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A spokesman for the park said a signal failure that occurred shortly before 3pm today also caused the safety system to kick in, and stopped the ride.
Park staff immediately went into emergency mode and reset
the system to lower the ride’s cars back to the ground.
All passengers had safely gotten off at 3:16 pm, and no injuries were reported.
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Witnesses said some passengers looked a bit shaken when
left hanging in mid-air but were otherwise calm as staff hurried to bring them
down to safety.
Ocean Park immediately suspended operations of Wild
Twister until further notice while a thorough inspection and testing is carried out.
Park management assured that public safety is its top
priority so the ride will not resume until experts confirm it is safe to
operate it again.
