9News reports passengers are stuck on the Buzzsaw ride at Dreamworld.
The BuzzSaw ride is one of the theme park’s “Big Nine” which was closed in the aftermath of the Thunder River Rapids tragedy.
It is not clear how many passengers are on the ride or if anyone is injured.
This latest incident comes less than six months after four people were killed at Dreamworld when a raft on the Thunder River Rapids ride flipped over.
Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozbeh Araghi and Cindy Low (pictured above, clockwise from top left) died and Dreamworld announced the ride would never run again as a mark of respect for the grieving families.
“Out of respect for the memories … the ride will be permanently decommissioned,” the CEO of Dreamworld’s parent company, Deborah Thomas, said.
“The closure of the ride is the only respectful and appropriate course of action.”
She also announced that an independent engineering firm had been appointed to lead a safety review of all of Dreamworld’s and its sister park WhitewaterWorld’s rides and operating systems.
“No ride at Dreamworld will operate until the Workplace Health and Safety Audit has been completed and unless it passes the multi-level internal review process,” Ms Thomas said.
More on the current situation as we get it.
