Fortunately, no person died.
Snapped in Half
Terrifying video footage going viral on social media reveals an amusement park trip splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia.
The video reveals the “360 Massive Pendulum” trip failing dramatically, sending passengers crashing to the bottom.
As ABC News reports, the incident occurred within the metropolis of Taif, roughly a 2.5-hour drive east of Jeddah. Greater than 20 individuals had been injured, forcing the whole amusement park, Inexperienced Mountain Resort, to shut quickly.
Native officers have since began an investigation. It is unclear how lots of the victims needed to be hospitalized. In accordance to USA Today, three individuals had been critically injured.
The horrific incident could also be exhausting to observe — however fortuitously, in keeping with specialists, the probabilities of being concerned in one thing comparable stay extraordinarily low.
A trip in an amusement park in Saudi Arabia snapped mid-air leaving 23 individuals injured, three in vital situation.
The amusement park within the south-western city of Taif has been closed, and an investigation into the reason for the accident is underway. pic.twitter.com/IvaTqqBbmy
— Channel 4 Information (@Channel4News) July 31, 2025
Security First
It is exceedingly uncommon for amusement park rides to fail and trigger accidents, at the least within the US.
In accordance with the Worldwide Affiliation of Amusement Parks and Points of interest, the “probability of being severely injured on a fixed-site trip at a US amusement park is 1 in 15.5 million rides taken.”
Deaths are much more uncommon, however not unprecedented. A rollercoaster derailment at Sweden’s oldest amusement park brought about one lady in her 30s to plunge to her dying, whereas two others acquired severe accidents.
There have additionally been sporadic reports of explosions, heart attacks, electrocutions, and fires on amusement park rides.
So whereas the graphic footage could have you ever pondering twice about going again to an amusement park, the probabilities of one thing unhealthy occurring are nonetheless astronomically low.
“Incidences which might be extraordinarily extreme are very uncommon in our business,” Jim Seay, president of sights producer Premier Rides, advised USA Today in 2023, explaining that they draw consideration “as a result of it’s so uncommon.”
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