Riders were trapped on one of the world's largest roller coasters due to loose scarf

• A roller coaster in Australia was forced to stop as it climbed the lift hill.
• The 200-foot ride was stopped as a safety precaution due to a loose scarf.

Riders in Australia found themselves trapped on one of the world's largest roller coasters due to a loose scarf.

The DC Rivals HyperCoaster at Warner Bros Movie World in the Gold Coast, Queensland, on Australia's east coast, was stopped on Friday as it went up the lift hill before a drop.

The 200-foot ride is described on the theme park's website as "the tallest, longest and fastest HyperCoaster in the Southern Hemisphere." A hypercoaster is a type of roller coaster characterized by its height and steep drops.

The ride can hit speeds of up to 115 kph, or around 71 mph, and can be ridden backwards, per the park's website.

The park said in a statement on Instagram following the incident that operators had safely stopped the ride as a precaution after noticing that a loose scarf had become "entangled" around the ride's train wheel.

The statement said a team was in the process of disembarking those on board, getting them to walk down a set of stairs to the loading area.

It added that they were providing harnesses as a precaution "due to the height of the lift hill."

The park also shared a video showing the harnessed guests making their way off of the ride and down the stairs.

"The ride operator and the ride's safety systems have done what they are trained and designed to do, and all the guests on-board are safe with the ride vehicle stopped in a designated zone," the statement says.

"We understand ride stoppages can be frustrating for guests and it is for reasons such as these why loose items are not permitted to be taken on-board rides and attractions and we encourage guests to follow all instructions of our operators," it continues.

The evacuation took about three hours in total, The Australian reported.