Hokkaido amusement park closes with mother and children trapped inside ferris wheel
In Japan, a mother had a stressful time with her two children on a Ferris wheel from the hokkaido amusement park. What was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful ride, turned into something desperate because they got stuck in the ride.
Around 3:45 pm on September 25th, the Hokkaido amusement park staff was getting ready to call it a day, so they started turning off the rides and so on. It turns out that the park staff turned off the Ferris wheel with a mother and her two children inside the ride, and right up there, about 30 meters.
It wasn’t a mechanical failure of the toy or anything like that. It was a human error that caused this mother and her two children to be trapped. See below the report of this case of the Ferris wheel from the Hokkaido Amusement Park.
Luckily for this mother and her two children, another member of the family was waiting for the three of them in the parking lot, and with that, the mother called that person who alerted the park office immediately. They were unharmed, but are said to have suffered mental anguish. the three were stuck on the Ferris wheel for about 10 minutes.
Hokkaido amusement park closes with mother and children trapped inside ferris wheel
Hokkaido amusement park operation, called Family Ai-Land You, is outsourced to a private company by the Yubetsu city government, but even so, Mayor Tomoyuki Karita issued an apology on the city’s website that reads as follows :
”I would like to express my deepest apologies to the family who suffered a lot from the stress and anxiety of what happened. I also ask that management take the necessary steps to prevent this from happening again and we will continue to provide full guidance.”
Check out some reactions about this hokkaido amusement park case:
”I’m glad they got out safely. It’s getting cold in Hokkaido right now, and it could have been really bad if they were there too long.”
”I would have been terrified for those ten minutes.”
”It’s understandable that the crew doesn’t remember anyone on the ride, but all they have to do is let it run once before turning it off, to confirm.”
”I’m really scared of it. I think it’s easy to happen when things are busy.”
”Making sure everyone is on and off the ride isn’t the Ferris wheel operators’ main job?”
”Sometimes TV shows and movies use this situation as a joke, but the reality isn’t funny at all.”
”Sometimes TV shows and movies use this situation as a joke, but the reality isn’t funny at all.”
”Can you imagine seeing all the lights go out and the music turn off while you’re still behind the wheel?”
”I kind of feel a little bad for the only person who had to wait in the parking lot.”
Good thing they had someone waiting for them on site.
Source: SoraNews24