THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 22, 2021 at 18:51 JST
OSAKA--Riders were stranded near the top of a roller coaster ride at the Universal Studios Japan theme park here on Oct. 22 when a temporary blackout brought park attractions to a halt.
The roller coaster stopped near the top of the Hollywood Dream--the Ride attraction when parts of Osaka’s Konohana and Minato wards suffered a blackout around 12:45 p.m.
Thirty-five passengers on the ride were evacuated by 3 p.m. through an emergency passageway escorted by park attendants.
Power was soon restored at the theme park, but it will take a few hours before the roller coaster and other attractions can resume, USJ officials said.
The blackout affected a maximum of 3,200 electricity customers in the two wards, according to Kansai Transmission and Distribution Inc. The theme park is located in Konohana Ward.
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Riders aboard a roller coaster at Universal Studios Japan are stranded after the ride lost power due to a temporary blackout in Osaka’s Konohana Ward on Oct. 22. (The Asahi Shimbun)
