Bird stops 26 roller coaster riders upside down for 20 minutes in China

Beijing: In a fierceful roller coaster ride at Beijing’s major amusement parks were left hanging upside down for almost 20 minutes when a bird stood on one of the ride’s safety sensors. The Happy Valley Amusement Park said it took 18 minutes to bring the 26 ride to safety on Saturday afternoon. In a statement, the park said that a bird had landed on the sensor and in doing so activated an emergency procedure, immediately stopping the roller coaster as it traveled upward. Ironically, the Happy Valley park describes the ride on its website as "the feeling of flying like a bird.