10 injured at Yasothon rocket festival

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10 injured at Yasothon rocket festival

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

YASOTHON — A rocket exploded Sunday at the annual Rocket Festival in the northeastern province of Yasothon, injuring 10.

 

A homemade rocket exploded just after ignition as it left the tower at about 2pm, burning 10 onlookers. The three-meter rocket exploded about 10 meters from the ground, raining down plastic shrapnel and burning gunpowder. The injured, including three members of the team which set up the rocket, were taken for treatment at Sai Mun Hospital for minor burns.

 

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[KhunBENQ]

I never go closer to the launch pad than 50 m.

(and still a slight chance that the pipe goes berserk)

Bloody dangerous stuff.

[DLang]

Wow. How did that ever happen?  

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

raining down plastic shrapnel and burning gunpowder.

 

To be honest, I expect that to happen when they're changing the oil or inflating the tyres on a car nowadays. 

[Na Lee]

Once i saw people in Khon Kaen filling 3 meters bamboe rockets with gun powder while smoking. So i went the hell out of that spot.

 

 

[Borzandy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Yasothon rocket festival

As we know a rocket is made for injure someone.

[bheard]

3 members of the team were injured. Just desserts.
Sad for the 7 bystanders.

[tandor]

8 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I never go closer to the launch pad than 50 m.

(and still a slight chance that the pipe goes berserk)

Bloody dangerous stuff.

..where is Yasothon...NK !

Edited May 22, 2017 by tandor

[KhunBENQ]

27 minutes ago, tandor said:

..where is Yasothon...NK !

? Seriously asking ?

A town/province in eastern Isan (northeast Thailand).

One of the poorest provinces of the country.

 

Or did I miss a joke here?

 

[Enoon]

14 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I never go closer to the launch pad than 50 m.

(and still a slight chance that the pipe goes berserk)

Bloody dangerous stuff.

 

Yasothon 2010

 

 

 

 

[metisdead]

Posts containing off topic deflection comments about the NASA rocket blowing up have been removed. 

[PatOngo]

16 hours ago, DLang said:

Wow. How did that ever happen?  

 

 

None of them were rocket scientists!

[Dobredin Ghusputin]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The three-meter rocket exploded about 10 meters from the ground

 

However, enough meaningful data was gathered, which could be used to advance the Isaan missile program.

[Keesters]

Sounds like a North Korean rocket test.

[tandor]

13 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

? Seriously asking ?

A town/province in eastern Isan (northeast Thailand).

One of the poorest provinces of the country.

 

Or did I miss a joke here?

 

...poor attempt on my part to draw a parallel with the annual Yasothon Festival and the amount of rockets being let off lately in NK.  Sympathies go to the injured of course.

Edited May 23, 2017 by tandor