Samut Prakan funfair accident leaves 14 injured

By The Nation

 

 

Fourteen people were hurt when part of a ride broke apart at a funfair in Samut Prakan.
 

The accident happened at 8.30pm on Sunday, when two arms of the Monster ride broke, sending chair carts crashing to the ground. The annual fair is held to pay respect to Phra Samut Pagoda inside the compound of the Samut Prakan provincial hall.

 

Fortunately, the arms of the Monster, which depicts a giant squid, were not very high off the ground and nobody was badly hurt.

The injured were taken to Samut Prakan and Muaeng Samut Paknam hospitals.

 

The ride depicts a giant squid with its arms all around, each with three carts hanging down. The ride spins while the carts move up and down at a slow pace. Each cart spins while the giant arms move up and down in a circular motion.

 

Anuchit Jaithientham, 31, the staff member in charge of the ride, told police that the accident happened after the ride had spun around four or five times.

 

He said that screws that pinned the giant squid head to the arms had become loose and fallen off, causing the head to tilt and hit some arms. The impact caused two arms to slip off their locks, sending them and the hanging carts crashing down.

 

Anuchit said after the two arms hit the ground, the ride kept on spinning for two more rounds because of the momentum. The riders had only suffered injuries because they had become frightened and jumped off their carts before the ride completely halted, Anuchit said.

 

Anuchit and the owner of the ride, Somdej Rassamee, 60, were taken to the Mueang Samut Prakan police station for further questioning.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30332042

 

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Let's see.  Hummmmm, made in China, assembled by Thai.  What could possibly go wrong???

Near the top of my "To never do in Thailand" list.

Just below bungy jumping.

 

Health and safety in Thailand means cover it up and hope no one realises.

'' The riders had only suffered injuries because they had become frightened and jumped off their carts before the ride completely halted, Anuchit said.''

 

Typical Thai attitude - never their responsibility 

 

1 minute ago, RandolphGB said:

'' The riders had only suffered injuries because they had become frightened and jumped off their carts before the ride completely halted, Anuchit said.''

 

Typical Thai attitude - never their responsibility 

 

Fate .... Simply fate ...!

 

 

Who needs to go to a funfair in Thailand..

 

just go on on the roads that’s enough...

 

all the fun of the Fair..

 

including White Knuckle Ride.......

 

 

the schadenfreude is strong here, my you lot love it when something goes wrong.

sure glad this only happens in thailand. 

oh, wait ....

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/918400/watch-passengers-sent-flying-into-the-air-after-amusement-park-ride-malfunctions

 

embedded for those of you with difficulty following links.

 

 

but it just a one off....
 

 

and this ..... 
 

 

but its just a thai thing.

 

oh, almost forgot this.
 

 

Screws came loose? Aren't they supposed to have the nuts wired on, or bent cotter pins through slotted nuts to keep them from coming loose?

15 minutes ago, Guitar God said:

Screws came loose? Aren't they supposed to have the nuts wired on, or bent cotter pins through slotted nuts to keep them from coming loose?

Double nuts.

 

But one got loose, while the other operated the equipment.

have't yet seen a claim, that surviving was attributed to it being in the temple grounds

4 hours ago, Guitar God said:

Screws came loose? Aren't they supposed to have the nuts wired on, or bent cotter pins through slotted nuts to keep them from coming loose?

Not in Thailand...they held on by the amulet hanging around the Fun Fair operators neck...!!

They are talking about building a cable car across the river to the other bank of Samut Prakan, no thanks!