Storm Henk: London Eye staff assess hatch blown open by high winds

A man has described the moment a hatch on a pod on the London Eye was ripped open by strong winds.

David Nock, from Bournemouth, spoke to BBC Radio Solent about his encounter with Storm Henk.

"We got on, started to move and it was stop-starting on the way up. As we got to the 12 o'clock top it stopped. The wind really started to howl," he said.

"The wind was so strong it actually ripped an access hatch off the top of the pod we were in.

"You can imagine, it got very noisy and the wind was blowing and it was slightly terrifying."

Mr Nock said he pushed the "emergency button" to let staff know.

A spokesperson for the London Eye said the attraction was closed for a "brief period" on Tuesday.

They added: "...our expert technical team immediately ensured that guests safely disembarked and conducted further rigorous checks before reopening the attraction that evening.

"We can confirm that no parts of the pod detached from the main structure and that no guests were injured."

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