Author Topic: Netherlands crane collapse: 'At least 20 injured' as equipment falls on building  (Read 346 times)


Offline pembquist

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Thats traumatic. Somebody miscalculated. When the barge started heeling it didn't look good.
Pies not kicks.

Offline hgtonyvi

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Just saw it on the news also....

Offline Scherf

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Did a double-take on that one this morning, not long ago the Dutch had a two crane fails in a row connected to, of all things, a marriage proposal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSHfc8sUBk

I guess there's a reason I never became an engineer...  You want fries with that?
... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB