Over 20 people were stuck for hours, 125 feet in the air, on a Knott’s Berry Farm attraction on Friday night.
NEW: 21 people in Calif. rescued after stuck 100 feet high on Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin ride for several hours https://t.co/MGh9iXRpPu pic.twitter.com/uYNjl6jnYX
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2016
The SkyCabin became stuck about 2 pm, reports KTLA, after the braking system locked up and wouldn’t release.
Video from AIR7 HD shows firefighters attempting to reach passengers stuck on a ride at Knott's Berry Farm https://t.co/ZoT8EVOF6p pic.twitter.com/ktfNib9qEL
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 31, 2016
After several attempts to fix the ride, fire crews were called and rescued the 21 passengers one by one.
“We have firefighters in the cab with the occupants. No one is in any medical distress. So we’re going to affix a harness onto each one of them and one at a time we’re going to lower them down to the ground,” Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz told ABC 7.
After being stuck for hours, passengers are being helped off the Sky Cabin ride at Knott's Berry Farm https://t.co/ZoT8EVOF6p pic.twitter.com/MgMxFYBv3z
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 31, 2016
Everyone was safely off the ride by 10 pm.
https://twitter.com/knotts/status/815078361374461952
