Visitors at an eastern Chinese amusement park were left terrified when they were stuck 10 metres up in the air, hanging upside down on a broken pendulum ride.

Over 20 people became victims of the malfunctioning pendulum and were stuck hanging upside down for around 10 minutes.

The nightmarish experience reportedly took place at a playground in Funan County, Anhui Province on 19th January.

Witnesses filmed the scare and shared the footage on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

In the videos, many tourists can be seen trapped in their seats with their feet up in the air at the highest point of the giant malfunctioning swing.

Both they and the dozens of viewers on ground seemingly stood helpless while they waited for the pendulum to correct itself and begin moving again.

It was reportedly a 10-minute wait before the trapped people could get off.

After the footage began circling social media, the Anhui Shinet Entertainment Co. Ltd., the management company, released a follow-up statement.

Staff claimed that the big pendulum was swinging by inertia because the weight of the people sitting on both sides was the same, so it stopped at the top, and it recovered in about 10 minutes.

They added they carry out daily checks on the machine.

Staff also said that if any of the involved tourists experienced discomfort, they can get reimbursed with a hospital check-up receipt.