{"id":149517,"date":"2024-10-08T02:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/chennai-air-show-how-largest-ever-crowd-15-lakh-people-at-marina-beach-turned-glorious-into-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T02:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:16:18","slug":"chennai-air-show-how-largest-ever-crowd-15-lakh-people-at-marina-beach-turned-glorious-into-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/chennai-air-show-how-largest-ever-crowd-15-lakh-people-at-marina-beach-turned-glorious-into-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Chennai Air Show: How largest ever crowd, 15 lakh people at Marina Beach, turned glorious into nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2140\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-114004192,imgsize-136418.cms?resize=2140,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chennai Air Show: How largest ever crowd, 15 lakh people at Marina Beach, turned glorious into nightmare\" title=\"Chennai Air Show: How largest ever crowd, 15 lakh people at Marina Beach, turned glorious into nightmare\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"22\">Air show that was set to exhibit Air Force&#8217;s power in the southern state turned into a nightmare as five people had lost their lives due to the after effects of excessive heat along with 93 being hospitalized due to excessive heat and suffocation. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->&#8220;Five people died, all 5 deaths were due to high temperature. A total of 102 people were affected by the soaring heat, with 93 initially requiring hospitalization. 5 people were brought in dead, 2 at Omandurar General Hospital, 2 at Royapet General Hosital, and 1 at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital,&#8221; Ma Subramanian, Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Health Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately, the situation has improved, with only 7 remaining inpatients as of now. 4 at Omandurar Hospital, 2 at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, and 1 at Royapet Hospital,&#8221; the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Minister also noted that precautionary measures had been communicated in advance of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IAF already informed about precautions which has to be taken while coming for show with umbrella and water bottle&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><br \/>The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/indian-air-force-news\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Air Force<\/a> on Sunday organised an Air Show at Chennai&#8217;s Marina Beach ahead of the upcoming 92nd Air Force Day on October 8.<br \/><strong><br \/>What did people who attended the show said?<\/strong><br \/>ToI quoting eyewitnesses described the situation as &#8220;suffocating.&#8221; S Sukshma, who was trying to help her mother, said, \u201cI\u2019ve been stuck for over 40 minutes trying to get my mother, who uses a wheelchair, out.&#8221;\u201cMy daughter needed to use the bathroom, but the crowd was unbearable. We had to leave for Porur without reuniting with my husband on the beach,&#8221; said Latha Mani, another visitor told ToI. <\/p>\n<p>The situation worsened when police locked the gates to the Commissionerate for Differently Abled Welfare, leading to a brief protest.<\/p>\n<p>The airshow, held to mark the Indian Air Force\u2019s 92nd anniversary had the Marina Beach buzzing with excitement earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>A crowd of 15 lakh spectators, the largest ever for an airshow, filled the beach and set a new record in the Limca Book of Records.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:3--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/chennai-air-show-how-largest-ever-crowd-15-lakh-people-at-marina-beach-turned-glorious-into-nightmare\/articleshow\/114004192.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air show that was set to exhibit Air Force&#8217;s power in the southern state turned into a nightmare as five people had lost their lives due to the after effects of excessive heat along with 93 being hospitalized due to excessive heat and suffocation. &#8220;Five people died, all 5 deaths were due to high temperature. 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