From the South China Morning Post:
Chinese tourists injured after ‘tsunami pool’ malfunctions at water park
- Scores of swimmers at theme park near North Korean border were injured by a sudden tidal wave that operators say was caused by damaged electronic equipment
- Some of the 44 people injured suffered fractured ribs after problem with wave-generating machinery caused accident
Forty-four
tourists have been injured by a bigger-than-expected wave at a “tsunami
pool” in northeast China, according to a local government announcement.
The incident occurred at Yulong Shuiyun Water Amusement Park in the city of Longjing near the border with North Korea.
Five people were still being treated in hospital for injuries, including fractured ribs, but their condition is stable, according to a notice posted on Weibo by the Longjing city government on Tuesday.
“According to the initial stages of the investigation, the incident was caused by a power cut that damaged electronic equipment in the tsunami pool control room, which led to the waves in the tsunami pool becoming too big and injuring people,” the notice said....MORE
Dozens of swimmers in China were injured, when the 'tsunami pool' they were in malfunctioned. https://t.co/sNKxt1yUUb pic.twitter.com/hnH8gDxVGy— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) August 1, 2019
