A fairground ride at the Boardmasters Festival in Newquay, Cornwall, broke down on Friday evening – leaving thrill-seekers stuck upside down for 20 minutes
Festival-goers were left in a state of shock as they dangled upside-down for 20 minutes when a fairground ride malfunctioned this weekend.
The Apollo 13 attraction, which swings participants high into the air on a giant arm and flips them over at the apex, malfunctioned on Friday evening, leaving riders stranded at its highest point during the Boardmasters Festival.
A spectator in the queue captured the moment evacuations commenced at the lower end of the swing, while those at the top remained suspended head-first.
The witness shared the footage with the caption: “Apollo 13 broke, with people stuck at the top for 20 minutes.”
Since being uploaded to TikTok on Friday night, the video has been circulated over 500 times. One viewer expressed their horror, commenting: “No, imagine being stuck up there and it starts to move because of the wind.”, reports Cornwall Live.
Another remarked: “I saw this happen from my house and I thought the ride was shut.”, while a third revealed: “I was stuck up there.”
Boardmasters Festival organisers have been contacted for a statement regarding the incident.
The difficulties with Apollo 13 come just a couple of months after one woman was “lucky to be alive” after she was thrown from a malfunctioning ride at 60mph.
Jade Harrison, 27, was left with a fractured jaw and difficulty breathing after a brush with the Airmaxx 360 ride at the annual Hull Fair in mid-June.
Jade said she had never tried the ride before, and had to be convinced by her friends to board after initially not wanting to go on any rides at all.