Twenty-six joy riders had a harrowing time when a roller-coaster ride in one of China's major amusement parks left them hanging upside down nearly for 20 minutes when a bird stood on one of the ride's safety sensors.
It took 18 minutes to bring the 26 riders to safety during the incident yesterday afternoon, the Happy Valley Amusement Park said here.
A bird had landed on the sensor and in doing so activated an emergency procedure, immediately stopping the roller coaster as it traveled upward, the park said in a statement.
Ironically, the Happy Valley park describes the ride on its website as "the feeling of flying like a bird."
The roller coaster was back in operation later in the day.
