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Boy, 13, thrown from theme park pendulum ride after seatbelt malfunctions mid-air

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A boy, 13, was injured at a theme park after he was thrown out of his seat while riding a 360° swing.

The teen, with the initials RDP,went on the ride at the Jawa Timur Park 1 in Batla, Indonesia, with three friends earlier this month.

Yet as the Frisbee began to twirl through the air, RDP’s safety harness unbuckled, leaving him clinging to his chair.

The ride swung as it completed a 360° turn and slowed down at the top, with the teen dangling some two metres off the ground.

Onlookers and ride-goers then screamed as they watched the teenager fall, footage showed.

The 360 Pendulum was immediately halted at about 4pm on April 8.

Story from Jam Press (Theme Park Accident) Pictured: Video grab of the teen hanging from the 360-degree pendulum ride. VIDEO: Moment teenager is seriously injured after being thrown from pendulum ride at theme park A theme park ride left a teenager seriously injured after he was thrown out of his seat. The 13-year-old boy, with the initials RDP, suffered two fractures to his right hand and one to his right leg. Shocking footage of the incident was filmed by somebody who was standing in front of the 360-degree Pendulum ride at the time. The ride swung as it completed a 360 degree turn and slowed down at the top, hanging the people in their seats upside down as it is meant to. As it moved clockwise, the teenager had fallen from his seat and was clinging onto the ride as his legs hung down. The attraction picked up speed as it prepared to make another turn, and it swung the young boy with it. His legs flailed through the air before he disappeared out of view. The ride operator immediately stopped the ride. RDP fell from a height of around one and a half to two metres, as reported by NeedToKnow. He was rushed to a hospital, and it was found that he?d broken three bones, two of which included his fingers. Police ordered the theme park to temporarily suspend operations of the Pendulum ride. They immediately investigated the scene and asked for statements from several eyewitnesses, according to AKP Rudi Kuswoyo, Head of the Batu Police Criminal Investigation Unit. On 8 April, RDP went to Jatim Park, in Batu, East Java, Indonesia, with three friends. According to Rudi, the accident took place at around 4pm, and the teenager affected was sitting in seat number five. He has said that before the ride operated, staff ran the required security checks, including checking the condition of the seat belts, and that they worked correctly. Rudi confirmed that seat five?s belt had been checked before it suddenly malfunctioned. As of 18 April, Rudi revealed that the investigation into the cause of the incident was still ongoing. The teenager was treated for his injuries and is currently recovering. ENDS EDITOR'S NOTE: Usage Licence: (SOCIAL AND LOCAL MEDIA) We have obtained this material from a verified account on social media platforms and it has been widely used in local news media on a similar report without problems. Usage Restrictions: Jam Press accepts all responsibility for use on news media portals only, usage on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube is not guaranteed.
The boy suffered two fractures to his right hand and one to his right leg (Picture: Jam Press)
Story from Jam Press (Theme Park Accident) Pictured: The teen at the hospital after the 360-degree pendulum ride incident. VIDEO: Moment teenager is seriously injured after being thrown from pendulum ride at theme park A theme park ride left a teenager seriously injured after he was thrown out of his seat. The 13-year-old boy, with the initials RDP, suffered two fractures to his right hand and one to his right leg. Shocking footage of the incident was filmed by somebody who was standing in front of the 360-degree Pendulum ride at the time. The ride swung as it completed a 360 degree turn and slowed down at the top, hanging the people in their seats upside down as it is meant to. As it moved clockwise, the teenager had fallen from his seat and was clinging onto the ride as his legs hung down. The attraction picked up speed as it prepared to make another turn, and it swung the young boy with it. His legs flailed through the air before he disappeared out of view. The ride operator immediately stopped the ride. RDP fell from a height of around one and a half to two metres, as reported by NeedToKnow. He was rushed to a hospital, and it was found that he?d broken three bones, two of which included his fingers. Police ordered the theme park to temporarily suspend operations of the Pendulum ride. They immediately investigated the scene and asked for statements from several eyewitnesses, according to AKP Rudi Kuswoyo, Head of the Batu Police Criminal Investigation Unit. On 8 April, RDP went to Jatim Park, in Batu, East Java, Indonesia, with three friends. According to Rudi, the accident took place at around 4pm, and the teenager affected was sitting in seat number five. He has said that before the ride operated, staff ran the required security checks, including checking the condition of the seat belts, and that they worked correctly. Rudi confirmed that seat five?s belt had been checked before it suddenly malfunctioned. As of 18 April, Rudi revealed that the investigation into the cause of the incident was still ongoing. The teenager was treated for his injuries and is currently recovering. ENDS EDITOR'S NOTE: Usage Licence: (SOCIAL AND LOCAL MEDIA) We have obtained this material from a verified account on social media platforms and it has been widely used in local news media on a similar report without problems. Usage Restrictions: Jam Press accepts all responsibility for use on news media portals only, usage on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube is not guaranteed.
His parents worry that the boy’s ijuries will impact his dreams of becoming a pilot (Picture: Jam Press)

RDP suffered two fractures to his right hand and one to his right leg.

The boy attended Madrasah Tsanawiyah secondary school in Malang and dreams of becoming a pilot.

‘Our child has a dream that has been prepared carefully since childhood, his dream is to be an Air Force (AU) pilot,’ his mother, Ardika Novita, told the press on Friday.

RDP’s father, Wasis Ridho Atmadei, said his son has long been inspired by his nephew, who pilots a Sukhoi jet at the Iswahjudi air force base.

‘When he was still a cadet wearing a uniform, he looked dashing,’ he said, ‘finally my child was motivated.’

But RDP’s family worries that the boy may never realise his dreams if his injury – which has left him in a cast – impacts his chances of getting into a top boarding school.

Police said that park operators had conducted all safety checks before the ride started, and they worked correctly.

The seat belt suddenly unfastened due to a malfunction, the police found.

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