Accident at Chengdu Amusement Park: Did you buy travel insurance?

Buy adventure when traveling, and remember to buy insurance when traveling. After 12 noon on the 5th, the amusement park in Chengdu, Sichuan was crowded with people. Suddenly, a burst of shrill screams rose from the ground, and at an amusement facility called "Twisting the World", several figures fell from the sky. Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction of the sound: What happened?

Witness Ms. Pu said: "I saw a group of young people getting on the machine." As soon as the machine started running, they started barking. ?Then, she watched helplessly as a figure fell from the machine that was one person high from the ground. Then, the second figure fell down again. Immediately, the machine stopped, and the person sitting on it jumped to the ground desperately. Two girls who flew down from above were lying on the metal platform inside the venue, moaning in pain.

At 2 p.m. on the 5th, Xiaoqi, the first girl to land on the hospital bed, recalled the scene of her landing and couldn’t help but shed tears: "I just sat firmly, and the bumper was slowing down." Put it down slowly, and the machine suddenly started to spin. I didn't react at all and was thrown away and fell to the ground. According to the doctor, Xiaoqi suffered multiple soft tissue contusions all over her body. She still needs to stay in the hospital for observation to see if there are any sequelae. The girl Xiaoqing who landed later also looked frightened. The doctor said that Xiaoqing's health was not serious.

A young man sitting next to Xiaoqing said: "I have ridden on this machine before, and I always had to wait until the bumper lowered to my waist and got stuck before it started to rotate." Fortunately, I was strong today and was able to forcefully pull down the bumper that had just been lowered to my neck and get stuck. ?

After the incident, the amusement park actively sent the injured girl to the hospital and stated that it would be responsible for the incident. But when it comes to the cause of the accident, the person in charge of the Chengdu Amusement Park said: "This was a mechanical accident, not a problem of human operation." Everything is unexpected. The device is now out of service. ?The specific reasons are still under investigation.

●Why not be safe when visiting the park in Chengdu? ?Amusement Safety? Investigation

On the 6th, after it was reported that an amusement machine threw away tourists in a Chengdu amusement park, it aroused great repercussions from the citizens. Citizens called the newspaper's hotline one after another to report that the park rarely purchased insurance for visitors. The reporter immediately went to Xinhua Park, People's Park, Wangjiang Park and other large parks in Chengdu to conduct an investigation. The results showed that due to various reasons, Chengdu parks had indeed forgotten their amusement insurance.

Reporters witnessed Xinhua Park: Take out the Tazishan Park ticket

On the morning of the 6th, the reporter came to Xinhua Park. The reporter saw that all kinds of amusement equipment were put into use, and the children were playing happily accompanied by their parents. The reporter randomly investigated two amusement projects in the park: Frog Jump and Space Speeder. The owner of the on-site operation was collecting money with one hand and handing the tickets to tourists with the other hand, but the words "Tazishan Park" were printed on the tickets. The reporter continuously investigated more than ten amusement projects, but none of them purchased insurance for tourists. In response to this phenomenon, the park management stated that these entertainment projects are operated by investors and there is no such content in the agreement signed by the two parties. The park has no right to require them to buy insurance for tourists. People's Park: It is difficult to buy insurance for tourists

The reporter came to Chengdu People's Park again. In front of the two amusement facilities "Flying Surfing" and "Space Speeding Car", the reporter found that the operators collected money directly from tourists without issuing receipts. However, the tickets presented by the operators of "Luxury Carousel" and "Autonomous Aircraft" were not stamped. The reporter visited all the amusement facilities and could not find a business project that purchased insurance for tourists. The person in charge of the park management office told reporters that all recreational projects were introduced through investment invitations. It is very difficult to get park management to require operators to purchase insurance for tourists.

What does the operator mean by insurance? Never heard of it

In the afternoon of the same day, the reporter went to the west gate of the Chengdu Amusement Park and conducted an investigation in the entertainment area under the jurisdiction of Jiacheng Amusement Development Co., Ltd. At an amusement ride called a flying saucer bumper car, the female owner who made her own receipts rolled her eyes at the reporter and said, "What is insurance?" I have never heard of any insurance required to operate here. The operator of the "Rolling Speed ??Car" did not provide any receipts at all. When the reporter asked whether the facility had purchased insurance, all he got was a confused look from the operator: "What kind of insurance?" The female owner of the carousel said: "Apart from paying a certain amount of management fees to Jiacheng on a regular basis, I don't know what insurance premiums are." ?At the same time, she repeatedly stated that if unfortunately an accident occurred, she would be fully responsible.

Tourists have the attitude of buying tickets and of course they are covered by insurance

Since the amusement project operators have not purchased insurance for tourists, are the tourists themselves aware of this situation? Mr. Wang, a citizen who was drinking tea in the tea garden in the amusement park, said: "Do you even need to ask?" Since tourists buy tickets, the amusement park should buy insurance for tourists. ?Subsequently, the reporter interviewed nearly 20 tourists. When it comes to the issue of insurance for amusement facilities, 9 people said they were unclear; the rest felt that they should definitely be insured. As for whether the park purchased insurance, they didn't know. A consumer named Yishi even said: "As long as something goes wrong while playing in the amusement park, the amusement park will be involved and must be held responsible."

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The Garden Bureau said that there are no clear regulations on amusement park insurance

In view of the chaotic management of bill management of recreational facilities in major parks in Chengdu and the fact that few operators purchase insurance for consumers, reporters Interviewed the relevant person in charge of Chengdu Garden Bureau. The source revealed that since major parks in Chengdu are currently open for free, the parks are attracting businesses to operate in the park through investment promotion. The management party can only manage merchants entering the site through agreements. If merchants are unwilling to purchase insurance for consumers, it will be more difficult for managers to implement it. However, through this accident at the amusement park, various park managers have become aware of this problem. After the long holiday, the Garden Bureau will conduct in-depth research on this matter before making relevant decisions.

Insurance companies are interested but it depends on the risk

After learning that there are many vacancies for insurance for entertainment facilities, the manager of the personal insurance department of an insurance company in Chengdu showed great interest. We also hope to capture a larger market share. ?At the same time, insurance companies have also questioned the safety and standardization of entertainment facilities. If the facilities themselves are not safe enough, the risk of compensation will naturally be higher.

●Amusement safety? Check amusement park safety. Chengdu urgently checks park safety

On October 5, Chengdu’s first park safety incident occurred in a Chengdu amusement park during the National Day holiday. Other spinning entertainment facilities actually threw three children down from a height of 3 meters! On the 6th, the West China Newspaper report aroused strong reactions among citizens. Readers called the newspaper one after another, hoping that relevant departments would strengthen monitoring to ensure the safety of recreational activities during the Golden Week. Yesterday morning, the Chengdu Municipal Garden Bureau issued an emergency notice, requiring major park managers to immediately inspect the safety of amusement facilities in the park to avoid the recurrence of the "10.5 amusement accident".

Early in the morning that day, the "safety emergency investigation order" of the Municipal Garden Bureau was conveyed to all major parks. People's Park, Wangjiang Park, Xinhua Park, Tazishan Park and other major parks in the city have taken action. On the morning of the 6th, the reporter came to the Chengdu Amusement Park again. Despite the impact of the "throwing accident" on the 5th, there were still many citizens visiting the park. Like other parks, amusement parks have increased inspections of ride safety. An on-site person in charge said that safety inspections had been carried out on all amusement facilities before the park opened, and the equipment was operating normally.

When the reporter came to the "Spin and Turn" amusement facility where the accident occurred, the entire set of equipment had stopped operating. The person in charge issued on-site the test results of the "Tianxuandizhuan" amusement facilities conducted by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in June 2004. The reporter found that although the conclusion of the inspection report was "inspection passed", it also noted that "the system has oil leakage and management needs to be strengthened". In this regard, the person in charge said that they have paid great attention in management and the oil leakage at the facility has been controlled and will not affect safe operations at all. At present, the Chengdu Municipal Safety Supervision Office has sent personnel to the amusement park to conduct further investigation into the specific cause of the accident. After 4 pm that day, the reporter met the injured Wang Jiaqi at the Chengdu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Due to excessive fright, the 16-year-old, who had just entered high school, was still in poor mental condition. The mother who accompanied her said that since she could not undergo CT examination for the time being, it was difficult to say whether her daughter was completely fine. Wang Jiaqi said he hoped that similar accidents would never happen again.

According to the amusement park staff, Liu Qing, the girl who was sent to the hospital with Wang Jiaqi, was fine after being examined by the doctor and has left the hospital. The staff member also said that no matter what the cause of the accident, the amusement park will be responsible for Wang Jiaqi's injuries.