Reverse bungee ride grounded after cord snaps

Singapore - A reverse bungee ride has been grounded after one of its cords snapped moments before the ride started with three tourists on board, the owner of the Singapore 'G-Max' said Tuesday. No one was injured, said Simon Dunlop, Frontier Sports' general manager of international operations. The ride has been stopped since one of the two ropes broke Sunday night, just as the cord was stretched for the cage to be pulled aloft, Dunlop said. The cage with the passengers was still locked on the ground. 'The safety of the passengers was never in question,' The Straits Times quoted Dunlop as saying. The ride is designed so that it will fail to launch if cords fray or break. More than 80,000 people have taken the reverse bungee ride since its launch in November 2003. The steel cage is suspended on two bungee cords between two 35- metre-tall towers. It can go up as high as 60 metres at a speed of 200 kilometres per hour. The affected cord has been replaced. The company is completing an internal safety audit and full maintenance check. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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