Saturday in Thailand, five children and three adults were hurt when a helicopter hovering over a children’s celebration caused the roof of a stadium to fall.
The Thai Navy helicopter swooped low to sprinkle flowers and candies for children celebrating National Children’s Day, but the aircraft’s downwash collapsed marquee tents and caused the roof of a steel and canvas structure to collapse.
According to local media, Nareerat Khumkana, 58, was sent to the nearby Phrapokklao Hospital with a fractured neck and a head wound.
The navy chopper is seen arriving in eastern Thailand for the National Children’s Day celebration.
Attendees were seen evacuating as the helicopter shook tents and dumped treats.
From a different vantage point, one may observe little things falling from the helicopter above the throng.
In eastern Thailand, children and adults attended a massive National Children’s Day celebration.
The Bangkok Post said that the municipal office of Tha Chang had requested that the Chanthaburi and Trat Border Defence Command organize the flyover.
The mayor of Tha Chang, Tawatchai Chantakit, stated at an afternoon press conference that the injured will be properly compensated.
A navy official apologized on behalf of the navy’s chief of staff, Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengpaet, who has directed the distribution of financial and medical assistance to the victims.
Tha Chang is a municipality in the Tha Muang district of the Chanthanaburi province in eastern Thailand, approximately 240 kilometers east of Bangkok and adjacent to Cambodia.
Two injured adults and five children were transported to the hospital, but were soon discharged.
In 2017, a Jas 39 fighter jet crashed during a Royal Thai Air Force-sponsored air show on Children’s Day in Songkhla province, southern Thailand.
During the air show, Squadron Leader Dilokrit Pattavee was killed when the jet he was commanding crashed on a runway.
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