Passengers left hanging upside down for 4 minutes when ride shuts off at NY State Fair
file photo, balloonman
By Associated Press,
Published: September 2
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Forty passengers on an amusement park ride were stuck upside down for four minutes when a safety system caused the ride to shut itself off at the New York State Fair.
Assistant Fair Director Troy Waffner tells the Syracuse Post-Standard nobody was hurt and no one had to be rescued after the ride shut down Thursday night.Waffner says the safety system sensed too much pressure on the over-the-shoulder harnesses that keep passengers in their seats and shut the ride down. The pressure could have been caused by a passenger who was tall or big.
The fair’s ride inspector checked the ride and ran it about a dozen times before allowing passengers back on.
Assistant Fair Director Troy Waffner tells the Syracuse Post-Standard nobody was hurt and no one had to be rescued after the ride shut down Thursday night.Waffner says the safety system sensed too much pressure on the over-the-shoulder harnesses that keep passengers in their seats and shut the ride down. The pressure could have been caused by a passenger who was tall or big.
The fair’s ride inspector checked the ride and ran it about a dozen times before allowing passengers back on.
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