Thread: Foreigner dies in Phuket bungee jump

PHUKET: A tourist was killed when he plunged to his death from a 60 metre bungy jump in the Phuket holiday hub of Patong tonight.

First reports indicate that the bonds attached to the man's legs broke. He hit the ground near a pond, breaking his neck and several ribs.

The man, aged 25 from Kuwait, died in Patong Hospital soon after his leap about 6pm.

Officers from Kathu Police Station, which oversees the popular west coast destination of Patong, kept reporters away from the World Bungy Jump, which is close to the Patong Boxing Stadium in Sainamyen.

Tonight's tragedy - rare for bungy jumps all around the world - is likely to raise the critical issue of who enforces safety standards on Phuket for these kinds of thrills.

Clearly, with the leg bonds breaking free from the bungy rope, standards have not been maintained.

The man, bearded and wearing only shorts, has been named but Phuketwan is waiting to make sure his relatives have been notified before identifying him.

Both the Patong boxing business and the bungy jump...

Phuket Tourist Killed as Neck Breaks in Patong Bungy Jump: Leg Bonds Snap Free from Cord - Phuket Wan

Health and safety is not Thailands strong point

is likely to raise the critical issue of who enforces safety standards on Phuket for these kinds of thrills.

the only safety standards on phuket are the ones that relate to the safe keeping of the days takings under lock and key.

Originally Posted by taxexile

is likely to raise the critical issue of who enforces safety standards on Phuket for these kinds of thrills.

Now, now , now let's not all jump to a conclusion.

^ Especially not off a 60 metre tower.

At the end of the day many hundreds of thousands of jumps have been made without incident.

Shit happens and this exact thing has happened in other countries.

Just another thing for the Thai haters to grab onto innit.

Move along punters, Next please.

Must be a movie of this.

Nobody does a bungee jump without at least one mobile phone pointing at them.

Originally Posted by Looper

Nobody does a bungee jump without at least one mobile phone pointing at them.

Check his own phone.


He might have done a "Singapore selfie".

Clip...not "movie"

from the full article:

''The crane tower is 60 meters height. The highest bungy in Southern Thailand, jumping over a natural huge swamp and water-spring, over looking the panoramic view of Patong beach, operating to Australian standards.

''We have been established for ten years, with safety standards our No.1 priority.

''There is also a fish park, cooling drinks. Operating hours are between 9.30 am.- 6.30 pm. everyday.''

An unconfirmed report said that the seriously injured man had been carried to the hospital in a pickup, and that the driver was at first reluctant to reveal the cause of the man's injury.

Australian standards?

Note to self: no bungy jumping in Thailand or Australia

I wonder why the driver was reluctant to reveal the cause.

He hit the ground near a pond, breaking his neck and several ribs.

An unconfirmed report said that the seriously injured man had been carried to the hospital in a pickup, and that the driver was at first reluctant to reveal the cause of the man's injury.

must have been a bumpy ride for the poor sod.

A driver fled the scene...

A hospital official also told police that earlier a pick-up truck driver who delivered the tourist to hospital initially claimed that the tourist fainted and passed out.

But judging from the severe injuries, the hospital staffs did not trust him and pressed for more clarification before the driver admitted that the tourist fell from a bungee jump. The driver then sped.

This was the second incident involving bungee jump accidents when in April last year two persons died and another injured while checking a bungy jump at a soon-to-be-opened business in Phuket, falling 52 metres in a metal basket when the sling broke.

From..Tourist dies in bungee jump accident in Phuket - Thai PBS English News

I doubt they'll bounce back from this.

Originally Posted by terry57

Shit happens and this exact thing has happened in other countries.

Just another thing for the Thai haters to grab onto innit.

Fool.

It happens because there is not a culture of spending money on maintainence, there is a culture of paying (read bribing) officials for correct documentation and safety officials to 'look the other way' and the fact the emergency services are far away and difficult to get to.

As a fireman, I would have thought you'd appreciate those differences.

It happens because there is not a culture of spending money on maintainence, there is a culture of paying (read bribing) officials for correct documentation and safety officials to 'look the other way' and the fact the emergency services are far away and difficult to get to.

exactly.

As a fireman, I would have thought you'd appreciate those differences.

years and years of smoke inhalation have affected terrys cognitive abilities to the point where he views thailand as a model of first world efficiency peopled by nobel prize winners, einsteins and award winning bungee jump technicians.

^^Couldn't find any pics of the others you mention, but here's a pic of the bungee tech being interviewed by BIB.

Hopefully he paid first. Saves a lot of problems. Wouldn't want anyone calling him a Cheap Charley. Him being dead and all.

NormallyI'd expect a Kuwaiti to get his maid to do anything as as strenuous as jumping

Are we sure he's not Kiwi and the nationality got lost in translation?

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

The man, bearded and wearing only shorts,

Originally Posted by Lostandfound

Are we sure he's not Kiwi and the nationality got lost in translation?

Nah, a Kiwi won't have a beard because it acts like velcro when he licks out his favourite sheep.

Bugger me, old ahab gets spinal injuries and they throw him in the back of a ute.
What chance he had was shortened by that ride,numbskulls.

Originally Posted by reddog

Bugger me, old ahab gets spinal injuries and they throw him in the back of a ute.

Probably better than the back of a Honda Wave.

Marginally.

the real reason Mr Kadhmbahman is no longer among the living (RIP)

Col Chaiwat said that witnesses told police that the victim̕ had jumped from the bungee platform. As he rebounded from the bottom of his dive the ankle straps came off, and he crashed to the ground next to the lake under the platform

Kuwaiti Man dies in tragic Phuket bungee jump fall - The Phuket News

Originally Posted by kingwilly

It happens because there is not a culture of spending money on maintainence, there is a culture of paying (read bribing) officials for correct documentation and safety officials to 'look the other way' and the fact the emergency services are far away and difficult to get to. As a fireman, I would have thought you'd appreciate those differences.

You are absolutely right KW. Due to their little concern for safety my missus won't let our kids board a Thai ferry, no matter the distance. A trip to the islands is never on the cards. Terry, it's not just farangs that bash Thais.