SAMUT SONGKHRAM, April 8 (TNA) – The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Case Region VII sentenced eight people to four-year imprisonment for the death of two police cadets in their training parachute jumps in 2014.
The tragedy happened on March 31, 2014, when Class 69 police cadets Chayakorn Phutchaiyong and Nathawut Tirasuwannasuk plunged to death because their parachutes failed to open during their parachute jump training session at the Naresuan Camp in Phetchaburi province.
The court acquitted Pol Capt Kanop Yusuk because he had not been responsible for supervising the installation of parachute gear and had not been present during the installation. He was the first defendant.
The court sentenced eight other defendants to four years in jail for recklessness causing death and severe injury.
The father of cadet Chayakorn said he took legal action to prompt organizations to take safety seriously so that no one would die because of recklessness. He said he believed that static lines installed on a plane to deploy cadets’ parachutes were substandard. (TNA)
