Two riders were left dangling in mid-air when the slingshot ride at Winter Wonderland snapped last night.
The ride at the popular Hyde Park Christmas attraction uses bungee cords to launch a round pod containing two seats straight up as if fired by a slingshot.
But video posted to social media by other punters on Wednesday night shows it malfunctioning, with one of the cords snapping immediately. The pod lurched to one side, sending the two riders, believed to be teenage boys, clattering into one of the metal support beams.Onlookers can be heard gasping in terror at the botch, with another clip showing Winter Wonderland staff blocking access to the ride afterwards.
The Metropolitan Police said it received a report that ‘two teenage boys had been in a fairground ride when one of the bungee cords attached to the cage had snapped’ and ‘the cage was left suspended in the air’. It added that the two riders had left by the time officers and firefighters reached the park having been freed by staff.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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