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Beware, if you still go to the cinema or theatre that this could potentially happen..
Horrific freak accident , while his wife watched helplessly..
A major British cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches connected to the death of a film-goer who was crushed under a motorised reclining chair.
Vue Entertainment Ltd was slapped with the major fine at Birmingham Crown Court after Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died while trapped under a cinema chair in 2018.
The court heard how he had 118 stones of pressure forced on his neck by the footrest of his Gold Class seat, as staff battled for 15 minutes in a desperate bid to free him. ( for those who don't know, 118 stones = 1,652 pounds)
Cinema workers finally managed to remove the bolts from the chair and dragged his body out, but he suffered a heart attack triggered by a lack of oxygen to the brain.
It was later discovered that parts of the footrest mechanism had been 'fitted incorrectly' and was never tested.
The father-of-one was rushed to hospital from the venue at Star City in Aston, Birmingham on March 9, 2018 - but died a week later from 'catastrophic' injuries.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...00-cinema-chair-crushed-Ateeq-Rafiq-2018.html
Horrific freak accident , while his wife watched helplessly..
A major British cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches connected to the death of a film-goer who was crushed under a motorised reclining chair.
Vue Entertainment Ltd was slapped with the major fine at Birmingham Crown Court after Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died while trapped under a cinema chair in 2018.
The court heard how he had 118 stones of pressure forced on his neck by the footrest of his Gold Class seat, as staff battled for 15 minutes in a desperate bid to free him. ( for those who don't know, 118 stones = 1,652 pounds)
Cinema workers finally managed to remove the bolts from the chair and dragged his body out, but he suffered a heart attack triggered by a lack of oxygen to the brain.
It was later discovered that parts of the footrest mechanism had been 'fitted incorrectly' and was never tested.
The father-of-one was rushed to hospital from the venue at Star City in Aston, Birmingham on March 9, 2018 - but died a week later from 'catastrophic' injuries.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...00-cinema-chair-crushed-Ateeq-Rafiq-2018.html
