CHIANG MAI, THAILAND — A 25-year-old Canadian tourist in Thailand suffered a fatal accident after his zip line snapped causing him to drop 12 meters and fall down a hill, according to The Bangkok Post.<br /><br />The man has been identified by local authorities as Spencer Charles. He was traveling around Thailand with a group of tourists and his girlfriend.<br /><br />The incident happened last Saturday morning in Chiang Mai at Mae Kampong village on a zip line operated by a company called the Flight of the Gibbon.<br /><br />This zip line is one of the longest in Asia, measuring roughly 5 kilometers and containing 33 platforms.<br /><br />Initial reports indicate that the cable snapped shortly after Charles, who weighed roughly 125 kilograms, was released from the start of the zip line.<br /><br />District chief, Suthep Saenmongkol, indicated that they were investigating what caused the cables to break-off adding that the zip line operator had taken full responsibility of the malfunction.<br /><br />The Canadian Consulate in Chiang Mai contacted Charles' family, who arrived the following Sunday.<br /><br />This is not the first time that people have been injured on a Flight of the Gibbon zip line. Back in 2016, the same zip line was shut down after 3 Isreali tourists crashed against each other and fell.<br /><br />In 2017, a similar incident occurred where a Chinese and American woman collided head first against each other while traveling down the line.
