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May 05 2004 2 Comments

What goes up…

This massive kite, weighing in at a hefty 1 ton and measuring 12.9 metres in height and 13.3 metres in width, rose 30 metres in the air on Tuesday.

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But despite being controlled by about 50 people, after a brief flight the extremely windy conditions took their toll, causing the bamboo frame to break. Leaving the briefly majestic looking kite in this sorry state.

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To make matters worse it came down on an unlucky group of spectators, injuring 8 of them. Although as far as I’m aware, none of them seriously.

So that’s alright then.

Categorized: Culture, General

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  1. Kev says

    5/6/2004 at 5:43 am

    If the winds were that high, I can’t believe they even attempted the flight.

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  2. テッド says

    5/6/2004 at 6:13 am

    After Lee’s article “Lilliputian lunch” I can’t imgaine why they didn’t fly away with the kite.

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