Another person falls to death at Swissotel The Stamford

[ecureilx]

in any case, they should just not allow balcony access. quick fix.

Not sure that's the solution for people who like to take a flight out ...

[menudown]

Well, there are some picture of the Aussie lady, minus the head

And the latest guy, well, apparently nothing much was left, vs the Aussie Lady

hope those pictures wont be circulating over the net again...lets hv some respect for the dead

[sundaymorningstaple]

Probably already in the local Chinese press. They always print that stuff.

[Barnsley]

Any link to the Curry Puff Saga?

[the lynx]

Any link to the Curry Puff Saga?

Google "curry puff syndicate NEA".

[x9200]

An eyewitness, who was about 50 metres away when the body fell to the ground, told Channel NewsAsia that the body landed between the hotel's main entrance and the Raffles City Shopping Centre McDonald's entrance.

Pedestrians be careful

So one now, the other 5 days earlier and 5 days before the first one we had there the Brotzeit gathering. Coincident? I don't think so.

[rajagainstthemachine]

People are dropping here like dead flies what's up with all the recent deaths lately?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Sadly, the photos are circulating. Gruesome to say the least.
I'll not paste the link but it's an easy search using SGShare. They came up on my feed on FB.

[Brah]

Maybe they should revert back to Westin Stamford.... to rid the bad energy

I think that is the first time I saw "revert" used properly in this country.

[sundaymorningstaple]

^^ It was an unconscious action in all probability.

[the lynx]

But should it be used with or without "back"?

[sundaymorningstaple]

True.

[Barnsley]

But should it be used with or without "back"?

I am getting deja vu , all over again

[maneo]

How many feet does it take to reach terminal velocity?

For a human body terminal velocity is about 120 m/h / 200 k/h / 56 m/s. From rest, it would take about 5.7 to 6.5 seconds to reach this velocity depending upon total wind resistance... (v = gt or t = v/g - no wind resistance).

Distance is calculated as d = 0.5 * g * t^2 = 0.5 * 9.8 * (5.7^2 to 6.5^2) = 160 to 207 meters or 525 to 680 feet. So, that person would either need to be up near the 50th story or higher or did not make contact with terra firma at terminal velocity.

Wind resistance (drag) increases as velocity increases, so it actually takes longer.
If belly down, a person only gets to 90% of terminal velocity at 8 secs, which will be about 1,000 ft (taking into account the effect of this drag).

[maneo]

in any case, they should just not allow balcony access. quick fix.

There are "invisible grilles," narrowly spaced, tight wires for balconies that are available, ostensibly for child safety.