U.S., Aug. 19 -- While some design imperfections are just unsightly or embarrassing, others are simply disastrous. An amusement ride in Tatzmania park in Germany had to shut down after the owner realized that from a distance the attraction looked like a pair of swirling swastikas.
The gaffe happened to a ride called 'Eagle Fly' in the Tatzmania park in the town of Loffingen in southern Germany. At its core is a time-honored pendulum-style thrill ride, where you take a seat in one of the eagle-shaped gondolas, to get lifted into the air and spin in a vertical plane.
The caveat is that the eight gondolas are in two groups of four, and when seen from a distance they make two very distinct reverse swastikas, the same that the Nazis used as th...