JP - Giant kites kill again as festival turns into tragedy

wfgodot · Jun 2, 2015

Washington Post:

Giant kites kill again as
festival turns into tragedy

For the second time in as many months, someone has been killed by the unlikeliest of toys: a giant kite.

Spectators watched in horror on Sunday as a 1,540-pound kite fell from the sky and crushed four people in the central Japanese city of Higashiomi. On Tuesday, one of those injured, 73-year-old Junichi Yoshii, died from his injuries.
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the rest, with video, at link

sonjay · Jun 2, 2015

wfgodot said:
Washington Post:

Giant kites kill again as
festival turns into tragedy

the rest, with video, at link

From the headline, I was thinking "giant kite" meant, oh, maybe a 20-foot-high kite or something. But those things probably have their own gravity field!

JP - Giant kites kill again as festival turns into tragedy

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