Jumping Castle Tragedy
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Fuck me this is just awful, jumping castle has flown 10m in air with lots of kids falling and unfortunately two have died. My thoughts go out to the families and the people involved in this. No doubt stricter guidelines will hopefully be put in place after this in regards to securing them to the ground.
ABC News: Two children die, several others critically injured after jumping castle blown into air at Tasmanian school.
Five children die, several critically injured after jumping castle blown into air at school
Children fell from as high as 10 metres after wind picked up a jumping castle and threw it into the air at an end-of-year activity day at a Tasmanian primary school.
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Am I the only person to have heard of securing pegs?
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@antipodean said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
Am I the only person to have heard of securing pegs?
Securing pegging usually costs me a few hundred dollars at least...
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@chimoaus wow! So very sad.
Someone will be facing charges and possible jail time surely?
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@smudge said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
@antipodean said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
Am I the only person to have heard of securing pegs?
Securing pegging usually costs me a few hundred dollars at least...
This is in really really really bad taste ....
(clicks on upvote)
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@taniwharugby said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
@chimoaus wow! So very sad.
Someone will be facing charges and possible jail time surely?
Depends - if they did everything right and it just fucked up anyway... What then?
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@taniwharugby said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
@chimoaus wow! So very sad.
Someone will be facing charges and possible jail time surely?
I imagine the coroner will be asking plenty of questions. Did the hire company give adequate safety instructions, do they themselves check the weather and let the hirer know about the risk in high wind.
I can imagine a teacher or support staff member is allocated the job of the jumping castle, they may have never set one up before and may not have been aware of the risks or how to tie it down.
No doubt like most of these things there is a lot of human error at multiple stages.
I borrowed a jumping castle for a twin 5 year old party and of course no instructions and I must admit I can't recall overengineering the tie downs. Never crossed my mind at the time the wind could pick up and throw it 10 metres in the air.
I just really feel for all involved and the poor person who set it up has to live with this forever. Also someone at the school must have suggested the castle, so many people impacted.
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Horrible. Hate this.
Firstly, heard ABC report that winds at closest BOM site (Devonport Airport) were mild. <20kmh.
2ndly, would have thought this would be run by the owners of the Bouncy castle, rather than a teacher/parent. But if they take usual precautions how do they anticipate freak wind gusts?
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Wasn't there a recent similar thing somewhere? Was it here or the States?
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Hate this, but it reminds me of that awful Chris Lilley "comedy" 'Finding the Australian of the Year', where one of the nominees rescued kids from a bouncy castle incident. It was comedic because it was so improbable.
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I saw this happen at a kids day at my rugby club years ago. No one on it at the time but a freak twister came out of nowhere and it took off. Never allowed my kids near one since.
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Being Straya it's not out if the realms of possibility that a willy willy hit.
Dunno if they happen in Tassie but seen a few here, g3berally "inland" a bit.
Basically minor tornados out of nowhere. Quite surreal.
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@smudge said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
@antipodean said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
Am I the only person to have heard of securing pegs?
Securing pegging usually costs me a few hundred dollars at least...
There are times I wish I could not consult Urban Dictionary to discover things I need not know!!! 🙄
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@voodoo said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
So awful. We see reports of kids dying almost every day, cancer, car crashes, other stuff. But this hits really hard for some reason, the mental image of 10 and 11 yr old kids being flung from this thing to their deaths just kills me.
Yeah, it’s hard to even think about it.
And then the trauma that follows, with class mates and other kids witnessing it and living with those images and the experience for the rest of their lives.
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@catogrande said in Jumping Castle Tragedy:
I saw this happen at a kids day at my rugby club years ago. No one on it at the time but a freak twister came out of nowhere and it took off. Never allowed my kids near one since.
Had a scarry incident a couple of years ago too at an event with a bouncy castle. Wind got up out of no where. Fortunately no one badly hurt, but enough to freak me out. Not allowed my kids on an outdoor one since.
My condolences to everyone in Tasmania. Terrible news.
Seven-year-old died after bouncy castle flew ‘50 feet into the air’, father says
