The horrific ordeal unfolded at the Winter Wonderland attraction in Hyde Park on Wednesday night when one of the bungee-style cords supporting the ride’s steel cage appeared to snap mid-air.
Terrifying footage has captured the moment a slingshot ride malfunctioned at a London amusement park just seconds after launching — leaving two screaming teenage boys suspended in the air.
“We watched it for a while and then as we turned around there was a massive bang and it was hanging on the side – two people on the ride were screaming,” witness Becky Littlewood told the“Then it looked like they tried to reset the ride, as [the boys] were being pulled up into the air.” The Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme — the industry’s regulatory safety body — has blamed the ordeal on a “technical issue” with the ride’s gear-box.
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