People who were hoping for a fun day were scared to death when they suddenly found themselves dangling high in the air at an amusement park, exposed to wind and rain.
A severe storm approaching the Six Flags complex created dangerous conditions and one of the “ruthless” attractions had to be closed.
One of those sitting on a chair attached to chains over 60 meters above the ground managed to film the hair-raising moment, showing how relentless the weather was with sleet, fog and heavy downpours.
“It started to rain and we got stuck on the way. I couldn’t tell if I was shaking with fear,” they said off-screen.
It is unclear how long visitors to the Mexico City theme park were trapped in the sky.
According to local media, a slow descent was eventually initiated so that all occupants of the attraction’s 32 chairs could exit safely on August 21.
The service was then taken out of service until the storm passed.
The attraction in question is the Supergirl Sky Flight, which spins at 40 miles per hour and is described by Six Flags as “merciless.”
The theme park describes the experience as follows: “You sit in a rocking chair, dangle twenty stories high and are thrown around in a 30-meter circle – you could call it airtime.”
Metro.co.uk has contacted Six Flags for comment.
It is the latest in a series of near-misses at theme parks around the world.
Passengers experienced a similar situation last week when the 360-degree rotating roller coaster “Vortex” got stuck at Sea World on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The attraction, which can reach speeds of up to 30 km/h, became jammed about 30 m above the ground with 13 people on board.
Closer to home in Skegness, 25 people were stranded in mid-air on August 20 when the Super Trooper ride broke down.
This comes as the Pacific has been battered by storms this week, with three tropical cyclones swirling over the ocean yesterday.
Tropical Storm Hone brought heavy rains to Hawaii, Hurricane Gilma gained strength, and Tropical Storm Hector moved westward, well off the coast of the southern tip of Baja California.
Gilma was expected to still be a hurricane when it reached the central Pacific basin on Tuesday.
Hector had peak sustained winds of 50 mph and was centered about 1,125 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, moving west-northwest at 10 mph.
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