Three parasail operators caught with unsafe equipment

By The Phuket News

 

Paratroopers from the Royal Thai Army Region 4 base in Nakhon Sri Thammarat conducting safety inspections on behalf of the Phuket Marine Office. Photo: Patrizio Forci

 

PHUKET:-- Three parasailing operators at Kata Beach were found today to have unsafe parasailing equipment, the Phuket Marine Office has confirmed.
 

The unsafe harnesses were discovered by paratroopers from the Royal Thai Army Region 4 base in Nakhon Sri Thammarat conducting safety inspections on behalf of the Phuket Marine Office.

 

The safety checks conducted today were the standard six-monthly inspections, Wiwat Chitchertwong Acting Director of the Phuket Marine Office, told The Phuket News today (Mar 25).

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/three-parasail-operators-caught-with-unsafe-equipment-70837.php#Z1Wa4w92cGAihCOt.97

 

 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-03-25

only three?

Good of the Paratroopers to discover this before some unsuspecting tourist gets killed.

4 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

Good of the Paratroopers to discover this before some unsuspecting tourist gets killed.

Before another tourist gets killed.

Parasail is one thing, but who would bungee jump in Thailand? You just couldn’t trust them.

If you cant stand the heat ,stay out of thailand

"Any parasail operators who are found to repeatedly have unsafe equipment stood to have their operator’s license revoked."

 

How on earth can an operator with unsafe equipment be allowed to retain an operator's licence?  They can throw people up in the air "repeatedly" with unsafe equipment.  

Even in the army they don't trust these guys. That explains why every "official" precautionally buys the popular jumper badge at the tailor shop, instead of jumping from a 12m high tower on a rubber rope. 

I love how they were given advanced warning of the inspection.  I wonder how many took the day off?

16 hours ago, Lingba said:

only three?

Perhaps it's a start.

4 hours ago, Lupatria said:

Even in the army they don't trust these guys. That explains why every "official" precautionally buys the popular jumper badge at the tailor shop, instead of jumping from a 12m high tower on a rubber rope. 

I served twenty years in a military uniform and laugh at the trinkets, bobbles and wings that adorn so many costumes hereabouts.