Gondola stunt may cost $600
PA i Auckland i A man .who climbed from a moying Queenstown gondola may have to pay dp to ]s'6oo for the helicopter that rescued him. I (Brent Thompsoq. aged <19.1 was returning from the ) Skyline Restaurant abt>ut 2 a.m! on Tuesdday when' he apparently decided to climb out the gondola window on to the roof. (Then tlhngle from an overhead .wire for the dowrjhill trip. But whdn the wire threaded through a pylon, •he cut his right hand, lost hi? grip and fell 10m to
the bank below. ■ Senior, Constable Carl Cross said friends. in a> front gondola realised I something was wrong only when Mr Thompson s car-1 riage arrived at the ,bot-| ■tom without him. Once . searchers .found: Mr Thompson, a medical team kept him comfort-; ; able until dawn when a ) helicopter flew him to I hospital. He was admitted with a broken hip joint and a cut hand but is in a comfortable condition. j ! However, the) police have criticised his actions pad say charges "may follow. •
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Press, 26 April 1988, Page 9
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