Imagine getting stuck connected a ride, successful the air, for 90 minutes successful the scorching heat. Well That's what SeaWorld successful Australia says happened to 13 radical yesterday.
SeaWorld Australia closed a thrust aft guests were stuck 50 feet successful the aerial successful the scorching heat.
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It happened connected Tuesday successful Main Beach, Queensland connected the Vortex.
Video shows guests beryllium freed aft 90 minutes of being suspended successful the air, the parkland said.
The stoppage was caused by a sensor connection fault, Sea World said connected Facebook.
All 13 guests were fixed wellness checks, and nary injuries were reported.
Ride operators astatine the parkland were capable to manually bring the thrust down and disembark guests, the parkland said.
SeaWorld announced the Vortex volition beryllium closed until further announcement to let engineers to cheque the ride, and released the pursuing statement:
"Ride stoppages are portion of each attraction's operations and arsenic portion of each idiosyncratic attractions operating strategy determination are aggregate processes to travel erstwhile stoppages occur. Most commonly, our squad tin wide the responsibility which has caused the stoppage and instrumentality the thrust to the unload presumption utilizing the machine system, nevertheless successful cases wherever that doesn't occur, we past determination to manual processes, which is what occurred yesterday connected the Vortex."
Storyful contributed to this report.
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