Ride breaks down and leaves rider dangling up and down for 20 minutes

A group of tension -seeking night turned on their heads – literally – after boarding a festival trip.

The guests were at Boardmasters, a music festival in Cornwall, England, when an Apollo 13 did not work, Per Video films caught by festival guests and a statement from festival organizers.

According to a spokesman for board champion, the traveling trip paused during the early hours of Thursday, August 7, after briefly losing power, the Daily mail reported. The loss of power left riders dangling high over the festival, a Tiktok To catch the event showed.

“At 1 o’clock on Thursday morning, one of the attractions temporarily lost power. As a security measure, the trip automatically stopped with people on board,” spokesman for the festival, which is at the fair in the city of Newquay.

The Apollo 13 skiing, named after the historic NASA mission, is an attraction that travels to trade shows, festivals and other events across the UK, according to its Facebook page.

It was paused for 20 minutes, according to the spokesperson’s statement, as well as the festival guests’ stories about the incident.

“No, but imagine being up there and it started to move because of the wind,” commented a Tiktok user a video of rider “got stuck at the top.” In response, the festival guest who filmed the pictures said it “was angry.”

While they were temporarily not commissioned, the Apollo left the 13 ride up to four thrillseekers who dangled up and down. The trip is about 180 feet high, according to its Facebook page, and seats up to eight people, four at each end of the spinning component.

The technical difficulty was still not dangerous, according to the festival, and business has been as usual since. (The festival ends on Sunday, August 10))

“At no time the guests were in any danger,” said Broadmaster’s spokesman, according to Daily mail. “The journey has since undergone a complete security check and resumed normal operation. ”

Speech people for Boardmasters festival and Apollo 13 Ride did not immediately respond to people’s request for comment on August 10.

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The Apollo 13 attraction debuted in 2024, according to its Facebook page, which contains updates on where the trip is going next and behind the scenes.

An April post describes the work that the operators do each time the attraction opens in a new location.

“Just part of the maintenance that is being carried out in recent days,” says the post. “Slew ring protection is removed, old fat was removed, full visual inspection of all teeth on ring gear and gears, all bolts peat and marked, fixes the arm lighting and checks the safety of all light strips, lubrication of all mounting points.”

“It’s only a small part of what has happened before surgery begins,” the post continues. “The next on the list is to completely mount the trip, then on to the gondolas and limitations.🚀👍🏻😁.”