Sky Cabin at Knott's Berry Farm stuck

[Oldiesmann]

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/

[InvertiJack]

Wow, Knott's strikes again.

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[Oldiesmann]

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/

[Oldiesmann]

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.

[RollerNut]

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.

[Gannersdaddy]

I was wondering why the web cam at the park was done.  

[westcoaster]

Maybe carowinds and knotts can come up with an iconic new tower

[Oldiesmann]

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

 

[Hank]

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?

[RollerNut]

Otis Elevator helped with Disney's Tower of Terror....

I am pretty sure Intamin does subcontract parts of their rides...