Pram + baby rolled off platform at the Sinkie Flyer - chiu cheng or design flaw?

[Rogue Trader]

Accident at the Singapore Flyer
Shin Min Daily News - 1 hr 47 mins ago

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A pram and a toddler fell off the alighting platform of the Singapore Flyer last Sunday.

The incident happened at about 7.30pm on 27 November.

A family had just alighted from a viewing capsule at the Singapore Flyer when a man lost his grip on the pram.

The man, Mr Chen, could not catch hold of the pram in time and it rolled right off the edge of the platform with his five-year-old son.

The pram and the boy were caught by a safety net under the platform and were successfully rescued by workers a few minutes later.

The parents of the boy were said to be sobbing as rescue workers handed the boy back to his father.

A spokesperson from the Singapore Flyer has confirmed the incident.

According to the spokesperson, staff on duty had halted the Flyer immediately and the boy was rescued within four minutes of the accident.

The boy appeared uninjured from the mishap and the boy's family turned down a suggestion from Flyer staff to call for an ambulance.

Source: Shin Min Daily News, 30 November 2011.

 

[middaydog]

five-year-old still in pram?

 

[Rogue Trader]

five-year-old still in pram?

Well spotted uncle botak!

Nowadays parents pamper their kids too much. Not just sinkies... I've seen many Indon tourists push their kids around in prams in orchard road. Their legs are used for what I wonder...?

 

[chupacabra]

five-year-old still in pram?

Yes pussy parents raising a soon to be pussy school going child. That is the sinkee way. Seen alot of overgrown babies in prams these days.

 

[Unrepented]

Fuck up design by FT lor Didn't design gradient on the floor lor:( Everytime I look at that platform, reminds me of flying fox in outward bound.

 

[scroobal]

I would like to volunteer to slap the parents. First for pampering 5 year old kid and following the moronic habit of FT Indians of pushing the pram everywhere.

 

[Agoraphobic]

five-year-old still in pram?

Should be in a wheelchair.

Cheers!

 

[Unrepented]

You missed the point completely. If a wheelchair rolled off, slap the caretaker for bringing a handicapped for an outing

I would like to volunteer to slap the parents. First for pampering 5 year old kid and following the moronic habit of FT Indians of pushing the pram everywhere.

 

[red amoeba]

maybe a Ah Tiong?

nowadays the parents sibeh lazy...take pram, can use partly as a shopping cart to put things & also plonk the kid inside...like that no need to use one hand and hold onto the kid.

 

[blur sotong]

maybe a Ah Tiong?

nowadays the parents sibeh lazy...take pram, can use partly as a shopping cart to put things & also plonk the kid inside...like that no need to use one hand and hold onto the kid.

And go MRT got reserved seat some more