This video of a slingshot ride snapping midair will put you off them for life

We knew we were justified in hating funfair rides like this one.

At a theme park in southern France, two people were subjected to what must have been a terrifying ordeal after the slingshot ride they were on malfunctioned.

The video recorded at the Luna Park in Cap d’Agde shows the moment the ride started as the cage containing the pair and suspended by two elastic cables is released flying up in to the air. As it comes back to ground, one of the cable snaps sending the cage hurtling into a support tower.