Riders stuck at the top of a roller coaster at Sea World for three hours after it breaks down

  • At least six teens were stuck on Storm Coaster at Sea World on Friday
  • Youngsters were trapped for around three hours after a sensor failure
  • Staff led riders to safety but carriages were still stuck on Friday afternoon
  • Incident happened during the school holiday period when park is busy

By Chris Pleasance For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:37 EST, 29 September 2016 | Updated: 02:29 EST, 30 September 2016

Several riders have become stuck on a roller coaster at Sea World in Queensland after it broke down at the top of a drop.

At least six teenagers became stuck on the Storm Coaster ride at Sea World Gold Coast around 11am on Friday morning during the busy school holiday period.

Images uploaded online showed at least one carriage stuck at the top of a drop, while another had stalled on a hill climb.

At least six teenagers became stuck at the top of the Storm Coaster ride at Sea World in Queensland after it broke down due to a sensor failure

At least six teenagers became stuck at the top of the Storm Coaster ride at Sea World in Queensland after it broke down due to a sensor failure

Workers were seen making their way to both carriages, with several people filmed walking down to safety.

Three hours after the carriages got stuck, all of those stranded on the ride had been evacuated without any injuries.

On Friday afternoon the carriages were still stranded on the ride while safety checks were being carried out.

A spokesman for Sea World said: 'Earlier today, guests on Sea World’s Storm Coaster attraction were evacuated from the ride after a sensor fault occurred, leading to the ride's safety systems being engaged.

'The safety and wellbeing of all of our guests is our top priority and our highly trained staff ensured the safest outcome was achieved with the guests led down the stairs to ground level without incident.

At least two carriages became stuck on the ride on Friday
Workers were pictured climbing a staircase to help the stranded riders

The riders were stuck for around three hours before being helped down by staff, though the carriages were still stuck on Friday afternoon 

'Similar to theme parks around the world, stoppages are part of ride operating systems which have rigid safety mechanisms in place.

'The ride will reopen after the fault is cleared and operating checks are completed.

Storm Coaster features drops and chain-lifts of a typical steel coaster, but with the water splashes of a log flume.

It does not feature any inversions, so no riders have been stranded upside down.

The roller coaster was constructed four years ago before opening in 2013. 

 

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