Timelapse: Melbourne Star Observation Wheel
The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel starts to turn once again as it goes through testing ahead of its official reopening last December.
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The saga of troubles over the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel continues, with the tourist attraction's owners suing a local construction firm for $6 million.
Japanese firm Sanoyas Rides Corporation alleges that Alfasi Steel Constructions has failed to hand over insurance money over a 2011 mishap while the $100 million, 21-cabin ride was being reconstructed.
In January 2009, cracks were found in the structure of the giant wheel, at Harbour Town shopping centre in Docklands, just 40 days after it opened. It was re-opened to great fanfare last December, having been rebuilt over five years.
In 2010 Sanoyas engaged Alfasi for $46 million to dismantle and reconstruct the wheel, then called the Southern Star Observation Wheel, an amount amended in 2011 to $57 million.
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