Sadly, another child kite accident

[DaveM]

I personally would not say he actually got caught in the strings.


Boy, 12, is swept into the air by a kite after getting tangled in its strings - before plunging more than 30ft to the ground in front of horrified onlookers in Indonesia
A young child was lifted high off the ground by a kite several times his height
Video showed the boy in the air before the kite snaps and he plunges downwards
The boy, identified only by his initials IR, reportedly fractured his arms in several places in the fall and is now recovering following surgery


Full story:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9030189/Boy-12-swept-air-kite-plunging-30ft-horrified-crowd.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

[John N june]

It looks like he was hanging on to the bar they used for launching.

[batchoy]

To my mind the only acciedent here was that the dragon's head parted from the body thus dropping the boy to the ground. Being lifted by and riding the kite line seems to be a regular kite flying sport in this particular part of the world.

What is unusual is that all three lines that typically attach the head to the train of kites that form the body seem to have parted.