Reverse bungee

The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel.

The passenger car is secured to the platform with an electro-magnetic latch as the elastic ropes are stretched.

When the electromagnet is turned off, the passenger car is catapulted vertically with a g-force of 3–5, reaching an altitude of between 50 metres (164 ft) and 80 metres (262 ft).

[citation needed] In August 1998, Jérôme Charron died in a reverse bungee ride accident at the Ottawa Exhibition in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada when he was hurled 40 m into the air before plummeting to his death as his harness had detached.

In February 2000, the firm responsible for the ride, Anderson Ventures, was fined $145,000 for this incident.