Two die in Phuket bungee-jumping test

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Two die in Phuket bungee-jumping test

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Two men died and one was injured when a bungee-jumping equipment test went wrong in Phuket's Muang district on Friday night.

Tossaporn Suksri, 27, and Pitakchai Wongsricha, 28, were found dead with broken necks, legs and arms in a bungee cage after its slings broke at 8.30pm on Friday.

Anupong Kantawong, 37, was injured and taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital.

All three worked for a company that was preparing to open a bungee-jumping attraction to the public.

The company had held a religious ceremony in the morning to mark the opening of the business. Afterward, it tested the system four times by putting sandbags weighing 75 kilogrammes into the cage and dropping it from the tower.

Mr Tossaporn, a partner in the business, and Mr Pitakchai, a maintenance staff member, then volunteered to test the cage. Mr Anupong agreed to test jumping from a tower.

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The entire second part of the article is about the below. Did we cover that on here? I don't remember anyone talking about it. Pete :cheers:

"The accident revived memories of an incident involving a thrill ride at Santorini Park in Cha-am, Phetchaburi in July last year......"
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prcscct wrote:The entire second part of the article is about the below. Did we cover that on here? I don't remember anyone talking about it. Pete :cheers:
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Why would anyone ever do anything like bungee jumping, sky diving, even riding carnival rides in a country that has no standards or licenses for such activities. Stupid!
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Fairly standard procedure for SEA, try human test dummies for the first test and if that fails try a few more expensive sandbags for the second test. Don't forget to host a ceremony for the test dummies :banghead:
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hhfarang wrote:Why would anyone ever do anything like bungee jumping, sky diving, even riding carnival rides in a country that has no standards or licenses for such activities. Stupid!
I'm sure that rings true with most western nationals, but here in Thailand most of the locals are unaware of the international safety standards that exist elsewhere and rely on Buddha to take care of them.
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I agree with HHF, anyone (native or tourist) that trusts their life to some yeeeee-haaaa unregulated operation at a tourist spot manned by some bunch of untrained labour types in a country that obviously has no safety standards for anything, has lost their freaking minds.

Asking for it imo.
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So you didn't tell us, when will the attraction be opening?
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oakdale160 wrote:So you didn't tell us, when will the attraction be opening?
About 24 hours before it closes would be my best guess :D :cheers:
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Must be summat to do with Thai 'straps'..?
Only 2-3 weeks ago 'strap-failure' killed them poor youngsters as they free-falled at Cha-Am army base!
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