Live coverage: Riders stranded in mid-air after ride malfunctions at Knott's Berry Farm

Around two-dozen amusement park guests were stranded for hours when a ride at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California broke down Monday afternoon. Nov. 18, 2024.

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[fransiclark]

The Greatest Gift. No one gets hurt. they will come home to celebrate their Thanksgiving with their family.

[Duluth]

The worst would be if you had to go to the bathroom and you were stuck on that thing for two hours

[junesummers]

Thank you to those who help bring them down safely.

[jorgepadilla]

the folks laying on plastic sideways for 2 hours is crazyyy!! Mind blowing how they wouldn’t consider this an emergency at all??

[tamarae]

Where is the FIRE DEPARTMENT. And why only one picker. This is CRAZY. Im frustrated for these people. And already two hours!! WTF. What are they doing?!!

[johneric]

My God. I pray all these people are ok, mentally as well

[candicelitrenta]

I am a small person, and I got on a ride once and the bars were too tall to hold me in and it tipped upside down and I was slipping out. I was screaming at the top of my lungs and the men who were running it just laughed on the ground below me. I was PISSED. It was a mobile carnival in Sacramento. I have never gone on a ride again, anywhere.

[SKOTxFREE]

Back when I was a kid maybe 1989 or so my friends and I got stuck on 2 rides at Magic Mountain on the same day. One ride was the Revolution and we got stuck on the incline to the loop, luckily they were able to get it working and slowly get us back to the station. The other ride was the Colossus which was a bit scarier because we got stuck on the very first incline out of the station and we were informed not to make any big movements because the ride is on a chain and there was a possibility that the cars could slip the chain and roll backwards back into the station hitting the other cars. Thats about when I started not trusting amusement park rides as much anymore.

[dawson]

The fact that it took that long is ridiculous

[Vin_DieseI]

I AM ON MY WAY. I WILL BE THERE IN 7 HOURS. DONT GIVE UP.

[lorig]

Oh eff this. Even getting rescued looks horrifying.

[rebeccacrouch]

Did anyone notice how stiff and sore they all looked and laying on one side for too long on hard plastic ? That had to be extremely painful

[Jesse-grxo]

Thank you for staying with this thru the end so we could see them being rescued.

[willgearhart]

This ride is incredibly sensitive. I was a certified operator for ten months. The safety of the riders is beyond comprehension, and if even the slightest imbalance is detected, the ride shuts down. It has faced periodic downtime over the last twelve moths, most of which involved riders manipulating either the Shoulder Restraint or the extra failsafe Seatbelt to the point where the ride stopped automatically.When in doubt, the ride is shut down.

[Specs.]

That ride always break down. They should tear it down

[baronvg]

Lord. At least no one got stuck upside down. It could’ve been worse.

[destinyreturns]

So they've been stuck like that since 2:00PM? It's now 5:00PM. Not cool at all.... Note to self stay the EFF off stupid rides at amusement parks.

[LauraKantner]

I am so glad 🙂 they are safe. I would have panicked 😱, threw up 🤮, and then passed out 😵.

[penelopelgoss]

I called Buena Park Fire Station a few blocks away ... "Thank you, ma'am. We're aware of the situation, and crews have been dispatched."
That was at 2:45 pm. The fire crews were NOT assisting.

[LaFaRa-LoVe]

Praying everyone was ok 🙏🏼 I’m now 54 I’m afraid to get on rides after seeing so many malfunctions over the past few years 😮