Screaming Scots family caught in big wheel horror 100ft off ground as cab began to plunge at terrifying speed
dailyrecord.co.ukterror at the top of Dundee ’s 33-metre big wheel as it spun backwards after a battery failure. Samantha McGovern, 34, says her daughter was crying and screaming as their cab began to plunge at a “terrifying speed”.She said: “At that point I actually wondered if we would get off in one piece – it crossed my mind that we could die.”Samantha, who was on the ride with Kaydee, 11, and Tyelor, 13, said they were trapped for over an hour (on Tues 13 Oct).When staff managed to get it working again, passengers had to be helped off when their carriages reached the bottom as it did not stop completely.The wheel stopped working again later that night and had to be shut down – but this time there was no one on board.Samantha, said she feared the worst.
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