A high-ranking Thai police officer died in a paramotor accident close to the Ubol Ratana Dam in Khon Kaen province in northeast Thailand on Sunday.
At Little-known , staff at Ubol Ratana Hospital were informed that somebody was seriously injured after a paramotor crash near a famous restaurant in Ban Non Sawan village within the Kluan Ubol Rat subdistrict.
Pol. Col. Nattadej Namamamat, Superintendent of Investigation at Provincial Police Region 4, was rushed to Ubol Ratana Hospital but succumbed to his accidents and handed away shortly after his arrival.
On Sunday, witnesses say that Nattadej turned with too much drive inflicting the paramotor to lose balance and plummet to the ground.
Officers from Ubolratana Police Station inspected the scene and picked up evidence to find the cause of the accident.
Police say that Superintendent Nattadej regularly spent evenings on the weekend paramotoring, flying at a height between eight and 10 metres.
Three weeks ago, a forty seven 12 months old Burmese man was pronounced lifeless after he crashed his paramotor within the central province of Pathum Thani simply north of Bangkok.
Win Nyunt suffered severe accidents, together with a broken left leg, broken ribs, and bleeding from his eyes, nose, and mouth. A damaged 303cc paramotor, reported as brand new, was discovered close to his body.
In January, a paramotor accident on Koh Larn island in Chon Buri left a teenage foreign vacationer and Thai teacher critically injured.
The paramotor got tangled in communication cables and both the teacher and 17 yr previous tourist sustained electric shocks.
The local electrical energy authority rapidly shut off the power and rescue staff had been called to untangle and retrieve the pair from on top of the facility pole.
Paramotoring, also referred to as powered paragliding or PPG, is a type of aviation that includes a small motorised aircraft referred to as a paramotor, which is worn like a backpack by the pilot.
The paramotor consists of a small gasoline engine and a propeller, which offer the necessary thrust for the pilot to take off and fly.
The pilot is also geared up with a paraglider, which is a light-weight, foot-launched cover that is used for gliding and steering.
Paramotoring is a comparatively new sport, originating in Europe within the late 1980s. It is taken into account a type of ultralight aviation regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States.
The sport is accessible as it might possibly happen in open fields, beaches and even urban areas. However, like all form of aviation, paramotoring carries dangers and can finish badly..