Oldiesmann Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 The Sky Cabin ride at Knott's Berry Farm is stuck 125 feet in the air with 17 people on board... http://www.ocregister.com/articles/air-739902-feet-firefighters.html Live video from San Diego TV station KGTV: https://www.facebook.com/ABC10News/videos/1362021357173676/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvertiJack Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Wow, Knott's strikes again. Sent from my SM-G530T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 If anyone wants to continue following along, here's live video from Fox 11 in LA since the one from KGTV ended... https://www.facebook.com/fox11la/videos/10158003915170553/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 More live coverage from the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles: https://www.facebook.com/NBCLA/videos/10154380993211028/ Firefighters will now be using cables to take riders down to the ground one at a time, children first. Apparently this is caused by the ride's brake system malfunctioning, and riders have been stuck for close to 5 hours now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Longer than WindSeeker? I think this is the third Intamin Gyro Tower to get stuck recently. Hopefully Cedar Fair doesn't start eyeballing the Carowinds Skytower for removal due to this, Sky Cabin may be the next WindSeeker for Knotts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I was wondering why the web cam at the park was done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Maybe carowinds and knotts can come up with an iconic new tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Here's the most recent statement from the park, posted to both Facebook and Twitter at approximately 10pm Pacific last night (1am this morning Eastern time): https://twitter.com/knotts/status/815078361374461952 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 You know, these types of rides are basically elevators. I live in Toledo, which is the home of Haughton Elevator. There are inherent problems with elevators, but I have to ask why a company like Intamin is bothering to "get into the business". Why not let an established company build the guts and then Intamin can design and build the gingerbread? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Otis Elevator helped with Disney's Tower of Terror.... I am pretty sure Intamin does subcontract parts of their rides... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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