Footage of the moment a mother-of-eight was catapulted from a fairground ride in west London has been released after three men were sentenced in connection with the incident. Khadra Ali spent four months in hospital after she was ejected from the Xcelerator ride at the Funderpark funfair in Yiewsley, Hillingdon, on 10 April 2018. She [...]
A worker fell from a 2-meter-high stage and lost consciousness as he was dismantling Taiwanese rock band MayDay’s concert stage at the Central harbourfront on Friday morning. Police said they received the report at around 5.30 am that the 21-year-old worker slipped from the stage and fell from a height of about two meters. He [...]
Kaohsiung, Taiwan – [9 May 2024] – Renowned international expert in stage machinery health and safety, Blumano, recently conducted a comprehensive three-day training lecture at the prestigious Weiwuying National Centre of the Arts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At the invitation of General Manager Jack Kuo and Technical Director Mei-Lin Chen, Blumano designed a customised lecture program [...]
A carnival ride worker was killed when he fell on a spinning amusement ride in the Chamizal Park in Juárez during the Easter holiday weekend, municipal authorities said. The worker appeared to be standing in a speeding car of a mechanical ride named the "Rockola Rodante," which means the "Rolling Jukebox", when he fell off [...]
A crew member working on the new Marvel TV series Wonder Man has died on set after an accident on a high walkway. The incident took place at the Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Filming was not occurring at the time. The man was identified by the coroner as 41-year-old Juan Osorio, [...]
New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a woman died and 17 others were injured after a stage inside Kalkaji temple in Delhi collapsed during an event in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, said Delhi Police. A platform that collapsed was made of wood and iron frame. Police said the woman was rushed to [...]
A TECH boss has plunged to his death during his firm's celebrations as horror footage captured his final moments alive. Sanjay Shah, CEO of US-based company Vistex, was making a grand performance in an iron cage before part of the chain supporting the structure snapped. The freak accident took place at Ramoji Film City in [...]
Cristiano Giavedoni will participate in a panel to discuss the overcoming challenges with LED screens and moving columns. A behind-the-scenes look at the engineering stage machinery of Eurovision 2023. Join us at ISE - CC4.1 on the 01 Feb 2024 at 14:45 - 16:00 https://www.iseurope.org/ise-2024-conference-programme/avl-summit24-afial
The 200ft ride is described as the ‘tallest, longest and fastest in the Southern Hemisphere’ and stopped just as it was about to reach one of the highest points of the track. Thrillseekers found themselves stuck at the top of one of the tallest rollercoasters in the world for several hours after a scarf became [...]
Action stunt doubles are the professionals most exposed to accidents in the film industry. A paradigmatic example of this danger is David Holmes, Harry Potter’s stunt double in the eight films of the saga. This specialist, who replaced Daniel Radcliffe in risky scenes, was paralyzed for life after an accident. David Holmes had been Harry [...]
