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Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 19 Jan 2006In the weekly report of 24 Jan 2006 (week 2, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Kitesurf control bar "AIRUSH" Type/model: 5-line Pilot bars 25 m 50 cm.
Risk
Safety system does not work in emergencies, putting users at risk of accidents. Too much force is required to activate the safety system (higher than the maximum limit of 10 daN) and the release mechanism does not work, which means that users can neither reduce or eliminate traction nor separate completely from the kite while kite surfing.
Measures
  • Suspension of distribution ordered by authority
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0739/05
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0739/05
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-2 (XML)
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