The Ferris wheel had been moving in a counter clockwise rotation, and the affected cart had just come around the top of the ride when the accident occurred, she said. “People on the ride began ...

The Ferris wheel-type ride, which features enclosed carriages that swing and flip upside-down, slowed down due to its safety mechanism acting up — which caused some of the carts to get stuck ...

But the Ferris wheel is more than just a symbol for Coachella. And no, ... “Being in a small cart above all of Coachella helps overcome the hugeness of it,” Sedite said.

WILDWOOD, N.J. -- An 11-year-old girl on a school field trip died Friday after falling about 100 feet from a moving Ferris wheel at New Jersey's Wildwood boardwalk. The girl fell about 12:30 p.m ...

The seats have been off all winter and the wheel will be removed next week -- the 60-year-old iconic Ferris Wheel at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is being retired.

A 560-foot Ferris wheel overlooking the Lake of the Ozarks is the vision of Frank Baldwin, an 82-year-old semi-retired shoe designer who grew up in the Netherlands. He thinks the attraction would ...

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. graduated from RPI in 1881 and later invented the Ferris wheel in 1893. Chris Letchford, a professor and head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering ...

Dorothy Wiggins sits resolutely in the yellow Ferris wheel cart at Lancaster’s Independence Days celebration Wednesday, catching the attention of those 50 feet below her. They follow this demure ...