२ जून, २०१५

"Giant kites kill again as Japanese festival turns into tragedy."

"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."
“It felt like a huge spear falling from the sky at high speed,” witness Yuko Kayaki told the Asahi Shimbun.

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traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Global Warming strikes again. There was only calm and peaceful air over kite Utopia before the CO2 went content from 3 parts per million to 4 parts per million.

Deirdre Mundy म्हणाले...

At first, I imagined this as a gigantic mutant bird, a worthy foe of Godzilla.....

Etienne म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

They made fun of that kind of newswriting back on the old Mary Tyler Moore show.

Seems things have gotten even worse since then.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Those are militarized kites.

William म्हणाले...

It seems to me that if you have enough technological know how to launch a 1500 lb kite skyward, then you should have enough technological know how to fly it in such a way as to not cause mass casualties. Maybe next year they'll iron out the kinks.

Bob R म्हणाले...

Mothra!

Mr. Fabulous म्हणाले...

Check your numbers, traditionalguy - from 300 parts per million to 400 parts per million now. Or, to state it another way, from 3/100th of 1%, to 4/100th of 1%.