Grande Roue De Marseille
Grande Roue de Marseille is a 55-meter tall Ferris wheel in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is the second tallest Ferris wheel in France and has 42 gondola cabins. It opened to the public in 2009 and has moved multiple times between two locations of Vieux-Port (Old Port) and Escale Borély.
A 10 year-old girl was injured and suffered a broken jaw and bruises to her ear on August 19, 2019, when she allegedly stuck her head out of cabin. The operator claimed it was a disregard for safety by the occupant, not a mechanical malfunction.
References
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- ^ "Marseille : la grande roue du Vieux-Port ne tournera pas à Noël". LaProvence.com (in French). 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "Marseille : la grande roue démontée au Vieux-Port, direction le Mucem". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "Marseille - Vieux-Port : la grande roue revient". LaProvence.com (in French). 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "La grande roue déménage au J4". frequence-sud.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "Une fillette de 10 ans se blesse grièvement à la tête dans la grande roue de Marseille". France Bleu (in French). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-12-26.