- 150 people were stranded on
Las Vegas Strip 's High Roller observation wheel after it malfunctioned last Friday. - Passengers were suspended up to 550 feet in the air for around 90 minutes, KSNV reported.
- Videos of the
malfunction show passengers sliding and clinging onto rails as the ride's pods tilted.
Approximately 150 people were stranded on top of the world's highest observation wheel last weekend, according to reports, with recent footage emerging showing passengers sliding around as the ride malfunctioned.
The High Roller Observation Wheel on
Passengers were suspended 550 feet in the air for around 90 minutes while engineers worked to resume the wheel's rotation and safely disembark passengers, according to KSNV.
Some of the stranded passengers recorded the terrifying incident and shared their footage on
One video, shared by TikTok user @esmyyyyyy, shows passengers lying on the floor with their feet pressed against the glass windows as the pod tilts. "Scariest moment ever," she said in the video.
@esmyyyyyy Reply to @livelyhippie and the fact that they acted like nothing happened after we got off is what got me mad
♬ Oh No - Kreepa
In another video shared by @esmyyyyyy, she said that everyone starting calling 911 because "we thought we were going to die" and described the situation as being "really scary."
@esmyyyyyy #stitch with @mrs.christen #greenscreen definitely a night to remember my anxiety was all bad even days after
♬ Oh No - Kreepa
A TikTok video shared by@loveeemartha shows people sliding down the pod, ending up pressed against a glass window.
@loveeemartha Reply to @tieranslade
♬ original sound - loveeemartha
One clip, shared by @pinedaivan17, shows a man hanging onto a rail "for dear life" to stop himself from dropping to the other side of the pod.
@pinedaivan17 The crazy high roller experience from Pod 12 #vegas #highroller #highrollervegas #gravity #fyp
♬ original sound - Ivan Pineda
All passengers safely disembarked the ride and received refunds, according to Caesars Entertainment.