With the arrival of summer tourism season, more and more visitors are coming to parks and amusement parks. However, recently some large-scale recreational facilities exposed security risks, causing concern.

On the afternoon of July 18, the dangerous situation of tourists staying at high altitude occurred in Lanzhou Yellow River Cableway. On the same day, a tourist cable car in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, was stopped by lightning and 52 tourists were trapped at high altitudes.

Are the large amusement facilities in the park repaired annually? Is the passenger ropeway safe? How should you protect yourself when riding large-scale amusement equipment? All these have become the concerns of tourists.

33 tourists trapped in the Yellow River cableway

At 15:20 on July 18, Lanzhou Yellow River Cable Railway Station caused the steel rope of No. 8 bracket to break off because of the instantaneous strong wind. 33 passengers were stranded at high altitude after the start of No. 8 brake-off protection.

After the danger occurred, the cable car rescue team first rescued 11 tourists near the platform. Lanzhou Maritime Search and Rescue Center's compulsory search and rescue team, Yanchang Road Public Security Fire Brigade, Chengguan Armed Forces Waterborne Emergency Team, etc. rescue tourists suspended in the Yellow River and Baita Mountain overhead cable car.

At about 18:20 on the same day, Lanzhou Maritime Bureau dispatched the Yellow River cruise ship "Jincheng" to the scene. The water bus was parked under the car. Rescue workers entered the car to install a cable-landing device. Nine tourists suspended in the cable car over the Yellow River were successfully rescued.

Aiming at the car overhanging Baita Mountain, because of its high geographical position, rescuers decided to use rope-drop device and rope to rescue. Rescue workers first climb up the pillars supporting the ropeway, then slide to the car by the rope, and install fixed pulleys and rope-down devices after entering the car to arrange for the trapped tourists to evacuate one by one.

At about 8:15 p.m., all the 13 passengers suspended above Baita Mountain were rescued.

At present, the Lanzhou Quality Supervision Bureau, together with the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, the Municipal Ecology Bureau and the Municipal General Trade Union, forms an investigation team, which obliges Lanzhou Yellow River Cableway Station to stop using and eliminate hidden dangers according to law. At the same time, the city's special equipment for a safety hazard survey.

Lanzhou investigates potential safety hazards of recreational facilities

It is understood that the Special Equipment Safety Law, which was formally implemented in 2014, clearly stipulates that users of special equipment should be fined less than 100,000 yuan if they fail to maintain and inspect the special equipment regularly or make emergency plans for special equipment accidents. Those who use special equipment that has not been licensed for production, which has not been inspected or tested to be unqualified, or which has been obsolete or discarded by the State, who have serious potential accidents with special equipment, or who meet the scrapping conditions of safety technical specifications, will be ordered to stop using relevant special equipment and impose a fine of over 30,000 yuan and less than 300,000 yuan.

The reporter learned from Lanzhou Quality Supervision Bureau that there are more than 60 large-scale recreational facilities in Lanzhou, mainly distributed in Wuquanshan Park and Western Pleasure Park in Lanzhou. There are five passenger ropeways, including Lanshan ropeway, Yellow River ropeway, Xinglongshan ropeway, Yuzhong ski resort and Anning ski resort ropeway.

At present, the relevant departments of Lanzhou City conduct a comprehensive investigation on the potential safety hazards of special equipment.

According to relevant regulations, the large-scale amusement facilities with manned personnel running at a height greater than or equal to 2 meters or at a speed greater than or equal to 2 meters per second are special equipment. In addition to the need for annual inspection and the identification of qualified inspection marks on the equipment, the operators also need to be trained by the relevant departments to obtain the operator's certificate.

The staff of the special equipment safety supervision office of Lanzhou Quality Supervision Bureau told reporters that the special equipment safety inspection of large-scale amusement facilities and Cableways includes the inspection cycle of amusement facilities and cableways, safety facilities, warning signs, operator certification, implementation of management system, emergency rescue plans and drills, etc. "Once an accident happens in a large recreational facility, it will cause great loss of life and property, and have a huge social impact. Therefore, while supervising and inspecting, law enforcement personnel urge operators to strictly implement their main responsibilities, focusing on strengthening the inspection of key components of large-scale amusement equipment, increasing the investigation of hidden dangers of safety devices and safety systems, doing well in the daily inspection and maintenance of equipment, doing well in the trial operation before daily operation, and immediately rectifying the hidden dangers found, in order to further improve. Ensure the safe operation of large-scale recreational facilities. The staff member said.

Tourists must abide by safety regulations

In order to further strengthen the safety supervision of large-scale amusement facilities and improve the emergency command, rapid response and disposal ability of special equipment accidents, in recent years, relevant departments in Lanzhou have organized emergency rescue drills for large-scale amusement facilities accidents and emergency rescue drills for the Yellow River ropeway.

On the morning of July 2, the provincial and urban quality supervision departments launched a large-scale emergency rescue drill for amusement facilities in the West Happy Park of Lanzhou. At 10 a.m., the large-scale amusement facilities and equipment "suddenly blackout". Two passengers were trapped in midair at one end of their arms. Operators find out the situation and reassure passengers in time. Safety management personnel quickly contact the rescue personnel of the Department of Amusement Facilities to rush to the scene of the accident. Rescue workers arrived at the scene, after emergency rescue, the tourists were safely sent to the ground.

Staff members of the relevant departments said that tourists should also raise their own safety awareness and follow the guidance of on-site staff when traveling in recreational facilities. Before playing, fasten your seat belt and fasten the locking device as required. Don't jump over the railings or across the cordon at will. Don't grab the ride before it stops. When traveling in recreational facilities, passengers should sit in a positive position in their seats. They should not move around. They should not extend their body parts out of the cabin in order to avoid bruising, scratching and scratching. Do not wilfully shake the cockpit. Passengers are strictly prohibited from opening the cabin door privately.

In addition, some insiders pointed out that formal recreation facilities have corresponding safety protection devices. After the amusement facilities fail, it is very important to keep calm. Don't take dangerous actions because of panic. You should wait patiently for rescue. Some passengers may unfasten their seat belts, open the safety bar, or even attempt to jump out of the air to escape in the midst of panic. These are very dangerous and are likely to cause greater harm.