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German officials shut down 'swastika' amusement park ride

How does something like this happen?

No one noticed that an amusement park ride resembled a swastika in the initial sketches of the ride.

Nor did they notice in the blueprints.

Nor the computer design program.

Nor in the test runs.

We’re supposed to believe that NO ONE noticed the amusement park ride resembled a swastika until someone posted the pictures on social media??

A new ride at the "Tatzmania" amusement park in the Black Forest town of Löffingen in southwest Germany was shut down this week for a design flaw that has nothing to do with safety.

After a video of "Adlerflug" (German for eagle's flight) was posted online, people quickly pointed out that the ride's eagle-shaped cars are connected to the structure's axis at an angle that strongly resembles a swastika, the notorious symbol of Nazi Germany.

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