Man airborne in a kite flying incident

sparky@home · 23rd December 2021, 11:58

This is one strange incident, wherein in a man was - quite literally - left hanging by a thread during a kite-flying incident gone wrong in Sri Lanka. He found himself airborne after a strong gust of wind took hold of his kite and literally swept him of his feet and made him airborne. A video footage shows him airborne and hanging on for dear life, to cut a long story short, he let go at some point and landed safely. I guess it must have been a very big heavy kite, never seen one of those that can take the weight of a person.

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/watch-k...he-air-2666661

https://youtu.be/Ej6agbtf-XU

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download2live · 23rd December 2021, 17:29

It was all over Reddit. Some guys pointed out that these are Japanese war kites which were used to make a man airborne. So that he can better see the enemy formations.

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download2live Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: - Posts: 1,147 Thanked: 1,147 Times	Re: Man airborne in a kite flying incident It was all over Reddit. Some guys pointed out that these are Japanese war kites which were used to make a man airborne. So that he can better see the enemy formations.
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