Startling footage from amusement park shows thrill ride halted as guests wait in midair

Dramatic video footage shows amusement parkland riders sitting astir 200 feet successful the aerial aft a thrust was halted past weekend.

Passengers were seen successful midair, sitting successful their seats connected the Supergirl Sky Flight ride, a starflyer-style plaything thrust astatine Six Flags Fiesta Texas successful San Antonio connected Sunday.

The thrust is astir 200 feet tall, according to Six Flags' website.

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In a statement, Six Flags told Fox News Digital the thrust was stopped by an relation who saw a impermanent propulsion retired a cellphone, which is successful usurpation of parkland policies.

The authoritative said the incidental lasted astir 7 minutes.

"A thrust relation stopped 1 of our rides erstwhile a impermanent violated our information policy," the spokesperson said.

Riders were near suspended precocious supra the crushed for astir 7 minutes aft a thrust astatine Six Flags Fiesta Texas was halted mid-cycle. (Maria Salazar via Storyful)

"Once the contented was resolved, the thrust resumed. All guests safely exited, and the thrust remained unfastened for the remainder of the day."

Rider Maria Salazar told Storyful that she felt it was "scary to person to hold up successful the air, incapable to move."

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She added, "When my husband, our friends and I got successful the ride, it stopped successful the aerial for astir 10 to 15 minutes earlier they had to telephone attraction to bring america down."

Riders were near suspended precocious supra the crushed aft the thrust (not pictured) was halted mid-cycle, according to reports. (iStock)

The Six Flags' website says that the Supergirl Sky Flight thrust "is taller than the celebrated quarry walls surrounding the park."

"The 360 presumption you’ll get of the parkland and the onshore that surrounds it is genuinely breathtaking," the statement said. 

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"Too atrocious you’ll beryllium spinning astir excessively accelerated to drawback much than a blur."

The park, which bills itself arsenic the "Thrill Capital of South Texas," opened successful 1992, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Guests aboard the fashionable attraction (not pictured) remained seated until the thrust resumed.  (iStock)

The parkland is not to beryllium confused with Six Flags Over Texas, which is located successful Arlington, extracurricular of Dallas.

A akin thrust incidental occurred astatine a Six Flags parkland successful Massachusetts past week.

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Guests were evacuated from Superman the Ride astatine Six Flags New England past week aft the roller coaster abruptly stopped.

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"Trained employees safely unloaded each guests from the ride," a spokesperson said successful a connection astatine the time. 

Park officials said the thrust resumed mean operations aft unit addressed a concern involving a guest's cellphone. (Lie Ma/Xinhua via Getty Images)

"Our squad was successful changeless interaction with the guests, and each riders were invited to instrumentality to the park."