12.04.2016
Bauma ride fails
Two people had to be rescued after an aerial crane ride broke down on the perimeter of Bauma, in Munich, yesterday.
The ride operated by AirEmotion, the same company that ran the ride within the showgrounds at Bauma three years ago, had reportedly come to a standstill after a flag got caught between the hoist line and sheave, leaving two people stranded around 40 metres up. The Munich fire service was required to use a ladder platform to rescue the pair.
The company is charging €10 a person operating from a filling station alongside the exhibition. Anyone over five is permitted to take a ride.
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The ride had reportedly come to a standstill after a flag got caught between the hoist line and sheave
In 2013 the International Powered Access Federation raised the serious concerns it had with the Bauma organisers. It felt that the rides’ presence at the show was not only dangerous, but sent out the wrong signal to visitors.
See IPAF voices concerns over circus rides
While the organisers did not publicly acknowledge the issues raised by IPAF it clearly barred the company from operating within the grounds and must be happy that it did so.
Sherm
I hope this type of show addition is discontinued in the interest of giving the wrong message. We are not in the amusement business. While there might be a part of each of us working in C & A wanting to attract new workers and leaders by demonstrating how we employ understand and use math geometry and algebra while maintaining respect for height and gravity, the recruitment should be done in sensible ways such as career days at schools and colleges and human resource conferences.
Mike74
Using cranes for entertainment purposes set enough of controversy already. Not feeling able to judge it in it's full capacity here, I must however point out, that if someone decides to take such risk, it would seem to be obvious that he should take any precautions, and get as sure as possible that the people adventurous enough to pay for such joy are as safe as it gets. Surely decorating the machine with some rags that are practically guaranteed to interfere with it's functions does not fit the criteria given above. And such stupidity should be punished to a full extent.