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Thrill-seeking riders have been left caught over 100 toes within the air after a curler coaster got here to an emergency cease at Common Studios Japan in Osaka.
Thirty-two folks have been aboard the Jurassic Park-themed Flying Dinosaur attraction when it obtained caught on the highest level some 40 meters (130 toes) above floor on Thursday, a media consultant confirmed with CNN.
Nobody was injured and the passengers have been guided to security via an emergency staircase.
“These are issues that may occur, so we adopted our security process and our employees guided the passengers to a protected place,” the consultant stated Friday, including that the experience stays closed and beneath inspection.
The attraction takes company hovering via the air on an “uncontrolled” Pteranodon, one of many largest flying reptiles, and riders are “swung 360 levels via the world of Jurassic Park,” in response to the theme park’s web site.
A spokesperson for Common stated, “The Flying Dinosaur is a coaster experience the place company sit in a susceptible, forward-facing place, which supplies the feeling of flying. The experience got here to a full and protected cease, which it’s designed to do in sure circumstances. Riders weren’t hanging the other way up, and all company have been safely evacuated inside 45 minutes. There have been no accidents and the experience safely resumed operations that afternoon. Security is our high precedence and we proceed to concentrate on ensuring company have a protected expertise.”
In 2021, one other Japanese theme park, Fuji-Q, closed down certainly one of its high-speed curler coasters indefinitely for security investigations after some riders reported accidents.
Correction: This text has been up to date to higher mirror the place riders have been in on the time of the emergency cease. They weren’t the other way up, however dealing with forwards in a susceptible place