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Eight people airlifted from broken funfair ride in France

Helicopter scrambled after revellers spend New Year’s Eve stuck in mid-air in Rennes in west of France.

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Eight people were rescued from a funfair ride by helicopter after becoming stuck 50 metres high in the air on New Year’s Eve, reports The Guardian.

The group spent most of Monday night atop the 52-metre metal arm called BomberMaxxx after a new part broke and blocked the mechanics of the device in Rennes, in Brittany in north-west France.

Antoine, 23, who was trapped alongside two more adults and five teenagers, said: “It was long, it was cold and it was frightening.”

“I never thought I’d get out. It was very traumatic,” he said after the fire brigade brought an end to the nine-hour ordeal . A video posted on Twitter appeared to show the stuck ride.

Read more of this report from The Guardian.