A holidaymaker has died after falling from a zipline ride in Northern Thailand.
According to police, the 25-year-old Canadian fell more than 50 meters at Mae Kam Pong, near Chiang Mai after the safety locks on his harness broke.
Zipline operator, Flight of the Gibbon, said it will compensate the victim’s family. Investigations are ongoing into whether the victim was over the maximum weight limit to ride the zipline.
On its website, it states no one may ride the zipline who weighs more than 125kg. Reports suggest the tourist was about 180kg although this has been disputed.
Workers at the zipline operator said the safety locks broke shortly after the tourist took off.
Chiang Mai officials have been cracking down on lax safety standards in recent years after several accidents. This is the first fatality since 2015 when two Chinese tourists died in separate ziplining incidents.
