Australian Man Falls From 18Th-Storey Balcony At Patong Hotel

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Australian man falls from 18th-storey balcony at Patong hotel

Phuket Gazette

PHUKET BREAKING NEWS: -- An Australian man has been admitted to Patong Hospital for injuries sustained in a fall from an 18th-storey balcony at the Royal Paradise Hotel.

The man, in his late 30s, reportedly fell from the building at about 1pm.

The Phuket Gazette has yet to establish the extent of his injuries.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle19435.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-11-13

[Old Croc]

Eighteen floors and still alive!!

Hope he stays that way and can tell what happened.

[DaamNaam]

Miracle the bloke is still alive. Hope he pulls up ok.

[LivinginKata]

Wow - 18 floors and is alive. Yes, I hope he pulls through and can tell his story.

[angsta]

That drunk at 1pm?? Wow. Lucky man.

[uptheos]

This country will soon have a new illness named after it.......Falling off Thai balcony syndrome.

[NamKangMan]

Unbelievable.

He would have been near terminal velocity from 18 floors up. That's a high speed collision, around 180 kph. We've seen what happens with just 60 kph motorbike accidents here.

I wish him all the best.

[davejones]

Must have broken his fall on the way down or landed on something soft, like maybe a canopy. Still, he's lucky to be alive. Or maybe not so lucky depending on how serious his injuries are. Hope he gets well soon though.

[NamKangMan]

That drunk at 1pm?? Wow. Lucky man.

So, you have already ruled out an attempted suicide, or an attempted murder, based on a three sentence news article. You should be a Thai policeman.

Edited November 13, 2012 by NamKangMan

[LivinginKata]

That drunk at 1pm?? Wow. Lucky man.

So, you have already ruled out an attempted suicide, or an attempted murder, based on a three sentence news article. You should be a Thai policeman.

C'mon NKM, that was my first thought as well. 1 pm ?? You must admit alcohol might be involved. That's why I posted that 'I hope he pulls through and can tell his story.'

[asiawatcher]

18 floors they should have scrapped him up... but then we do no know either the reason for the fall or if in fact his fall was broken from full impact. If he has head trauma I doubt he will live from a fall of that height. Here's hoping he is okay at any rate. But balcony falls are so common in Thailand - fell, jump, pushed, suicide etc., the hub of balcony deaths.

[NamKangMan]

That drunk at 1pm?? Wow. Lucky man.

So, you have already ruled out an attempted suicide, or an attempted murder, based on a three sentence news article. You should be a Thai policeman.

C'mon NKM, that was my first thought as well. 1 pm ?? You must admit alcohol might be involved. That's why I posted that 'I hope he pulls through and can tell his story.'

Just keeping an open mind LIK.

I have just had a look at The Royal Paradise Hotel website. See below link.

http://www.royalpara....com/index.html

If you have a look at the photos of their rooms, you can see the balcony. Their balconies appear to have a some concrete on the bottom, so you can not roll under the railings (like a young guy supposedly did on Phuket a couple of years ago but at a different hotel) and they have five railings, not the very unsafe knee high railings that some of the hotels here have. It appears that you would have to "climb" these railing to get over them, rather than overbalance with your bodyweight and fall off. Of course, we don't know if this type of balcony was the balcony attached to his particular room.

Sure, alcohol could be a factor. I don't rule anything out. Would we think there is more chance alcohol would be a factor if it was 5am instead of 1pm or 5pm in the day????

What about drugs?

What about depression?

What about foul play?

Maybe he was just diving into the pool from his balcony, 18 floors up. Who knows?

Just keeping an open mind until more information, which is HOPEFULLY the truth, comes to light.

Edited November 13, 2012 by NamKangMan

[LivinginKata]

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Just keeping an open mind until more information, which is HOPEFULLY the truth, comes to light.

Exactly correct.

[scotto]

Must be superman

[Payboy]

Must be superman

Or a bird, or a plane.

Hope he recovers soon.

[JetsetBkk]

Note to self: ensure concrete is below balcony the day I decide to check out.

[transam]

Was aiming for the deep end of the pool.

[Boater]

being reported more in depth in the other ' Phuket ' newspaper, seems he hit the second floor awning, and only ended up with broken arms and legs, plus a few ribs, but no obvious serious head injury by the pictures shown, also noted he wasnt or appeared drunk, but in a distressed state...

[JetsetBkk]

being reported more in depth in the other ' Phuket ' newspaper, seems he hit the second floor awning, and only ended up with broken arms and legs, plus a few ribs, but no obvious serious head injury by the pictures shown, also noted he wasnt or appeared drunk, but in a distressed state...

He was either extremely lucky or extremely unlucky depending on whose point of view you are taking.

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please continue:

39-year-old Australian survives 18-storey hotel plunge in Phuket

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....unge-in-phuket/

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