An automatic sensor is believed to have triggered a brief shutdown on a Dreamworld ride on the Gold Coast, with guests strapped into it.
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Thrill-seekers were left dangling from the top of the 119m-tall Giant Drop for about five minutes after the sensor was tripped on Friday.
No fault was discovered and the ride was operating again after successful testing, a Dreamworld spokesman told AAP.
The incident came hours after the theme park announced the Giant Drop along with the Shockwave and Hot Wheels Sidewinder rides had been reopened to guests following a multi-level safety audit in the wake of the deaths of four people on the now-decommissioned Thunder River Rapids ride in October.
"The review included Workplace Health and Safety Queensland's audit, Dreamworld's internal engineering review, Pitt & Sherry's independent review and an external peer-review by UK based theme park safety specialists, LTC," a theme park spokesman said in a statement.
Wipeout was the last of the big nine thrill rides yet to reopen.
Dreamworld itself reopened in December, just six weeks after the October 25 disaster in which four adults were killed while on board the Thunder River Rapids ride.
- With AAP
