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Jess Ma

A high-speed ride at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has malfunctioned for the second time in six months, again trapping thrill-seekers in mid-air.
Fifteen people on the theme park’s “Wild Twister” ride were stranded for 19 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
A park spokesman said a signal failure at 2.57pm automatically triggered the safety system to halt the ride.
“Fifteen affected passengers all left the facility at 3.16pm, with no one injured,” the spokesman said.

He said that staff had promptly reset the ride’s safety system to allow the machine to return to the ground.
Wild Twister is a ride located at the Wong Chuk Hang park’s roller coaster-laden Summit area. Passengers are lifted up and swung around in seats placed on a gigantic mechanical arm while experiencing a force of up to four times stronger than gravity.
The spokesman said the park had suspended operations for Wild Twister for a comprehensive check-up and tests.
Seventeen passengers were left in mid-air for more than an hour after a malfunction in August last year. The incident was also caused by a signal failure that triggered the ride’s automatic safety system, halting it.


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Thrill-seekers stranded for 19 minutes after signal failure triggers safety system


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