Dozens of tourists were injured by a bigger-than-expected wave at a “tsunami pool” in northeast China. According to international reports, an employee under the influence of alcohol was at the controls at the time of the panic. However, a theme park spokesman was quoted by the Beijing Times on Tuesday that an “accidental breakdown in machinery” was the actual cause of the incident. The Yulong Shuiyun Water Amusement Park is located in the city of Longjing near the border with North Korea.

Water world Tsunami injuring many in Yanbian, Manchuria. The operator got drunk and turned the wave magnitude to maximum level. pic.twitter.com/PjKTBelPRA — Augustus Manchurius Borealis (@1984to1776) July 30, 2019