WiFi technology is more and more used in industrial environment and sometimes for entertainment purposes. In Belgium, Walibi opened a new attraction called “Le Vertigo“. Last week, the attraction malfunctioned and 20 people were blocked during one hour up to 50 m above the ground! In this case, it was not an hardware but a WiFi issue.
The attraction uses WiFi communications to locate the positions of all elements and when no information is received: the whole attraction blocks! (security procedure). It seems that the problem was caused by signals emitted from a GSM or PDA!
News from RTL Info.