Two killed by 'flying' inflatable

[black_dust]

Two people have been killed and others injured after a huge inflatable broke free and was dragged in the wind.

The inflatable is an art project - a bit like a bouncy castle - is the size of half a football pitch, and had a series of connected rooms in it.

The incident happened in County Durham and people there say the inflatable was drifting 40 metres above the ground.

A number of children were hurt and some have been taken to hospital. A three-year old was seriously hurt.

As many as 30 people may have been inside the inflatable - called Dreamscape - when it happened.

A Durham Fire Brigade spokesman said: "There's been a large inflatable structure, which included walls and floors and obviously the top, which has somehow lifted off the ground, and moved between thirty and forty metres out of its pitched area.

"There were people inside the structure and obviously people within the vicinity of the structure on the ground, and there were a few casualties."

There is a video on the news of this, the sucker pretty much went air born! and one guy who got out of it said "I thought it was all part of the ride until we hit the floor!" What a dumbass

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5200000/newsid_5208600/5208668.stm

 

[Batty for Bats!]

Sucks for those guys.

 

[Captain_Death]

That really sucks.

 

[black_dust]

Thing is what was it pinned down with, if it were tent peggs that wouldn`t do at all and someone is going to pay big time for this from the familys of the dead women

 

[kingman]

Sounds really scary... 40 metres in the air is a long way up and a long fall down... better security measures were needed there

 

[PrinceAlbert]

This same sh.t happpened long time ago.

LMFAO at Black Dust's Post.









Btw, wtf is that in ur avatar?

 

[Holly Goodhead]

how high is 40 metres?

 

[LEX]

how high is 40 metres?

About this high.
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/photo/pcd2817/n5au-40m-telrex-three-18.4.jpg

And that's really scary. 40 metres? Sucks for them.

 

[Holly Goodhead]

lols

 

[Neto Magnus]

wow that must of been fun and horrifying at the same time.

"wee!"
"aah!"
"wee"
"aah!"

 

[kypade]

Two kids near hear some how managed to get inside one of those giant advertising balloons (yknow, the one's shaped like giant gorrillas and stuff). Apparently those are filled with helium and they wanted like, I dunno, the helium voice full time or something. Anyway, they died. Brains exploded or lungs collapsed, or both. Or something.

 

[kypade]

I only pressed enter once And they all went through at the same time, very quick, so no lag or anything. And I misspelled here and now I can't edit.

 

[The IronMan]

how high is 40 metres?

I think a meter is close to 3 feet could these people been up almost 120 feet?

 

[Super Flight]

I wish i was killed by a flying inflatable...it shoud have been me

 

[pyromaniac]

^

Whatever for?

 

[imaperson2]

Two kids near hear some how managed to get inside one of those giant advertising balloons (yknow, the one's shaped like giant gorrillas and stuff). Apparently those are filled with helium and they wanted like, I dunno, the helium voice full time or something. Anyway, they died. Brains exploded or lungs collapsed, or both. Or something.

omg im sorry for being so mean but that is just so funny.

 

[Rambo, John J]

To think that the dreamscape thing was over here just last month! I'm kinda glad now I didn't bother going to it...