Terrifying moment slingshot ride at Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland SNAPS and smashes into support beam leaving two passengers trapped inside as security evacuate the area
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- Slingshot ride at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London crashed last night
- Riders were inside the seating pod as one cord providing the launch snapped
- The ride was launched into a support beam and hung on its side afterwards
- Do you know the riders in the slingshot? Email [email protected]
This is the terrifying moment that the slingshot ride at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park snapped its band as riders took off.
The seating pod on the fairground ride at the popular London Christmas attraction crashed into the support beam with riders still inside last night.
A video on social media shows two people seated in the spherical metal pod as an electrical mechanism tightens up the cords which launch it into to air like a slingshot.
But as the ride is released for its launch, instead of going straight up propelled by the elastic power of both cords, it ascends at a sharp horizontal angles.
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This is the terrifying moment that the slingshot ride at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park snapped its band as riders took off
The seating pod on the fairground ride at the popular London Christmas attraction crashed into the support beam with riders still inside last night.
A video on social media shows two people seated in the spherical metal pod as an electrical mechanism mechanism tightens up the cords which launch it into to air like a slingshot
The seating pod – with the riders still inside – launched entirely to the left as it appears the slingshot cord on the right-side of the ride failed to provide any lift.
The cord appears to snap in part as the passenger sphere is launched into one of the ride’s metal supports near the top of the structure.
After crashing into the beam the seating pod hung on its side with the presumably terrified riders inside. It is not yet known if they were injured in the incident.
Shocked revellers looked-on as the ride crashed and some gasped out loud as it happened.
A member of staff stops patrons Winter Wonderland from getting to the slingshot ride after the incident
Another video shows staff at Winter Wonderland blocking access to the ride just after the crash.
It also shows the Fire Engines from the London Fire Brigade attending the incident on blue lights.
The London Fire Brigade has been contacted for further information.
Winter Wonderland has been contacted for comment.
- Do you know the riders in the slingshot? Email [email protected]
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