Well, Spectacular and a bit sad, but at least no one killed, just a few bank
accounts dented, you can buy another tower but not another life. credit to
those guys who work on these towers. 73 Max
Subject: [AMRadio] KFI Tower Falls...again!
It saddens me to report that a single point failure cause the new KFI
tower to fall this afternoon around 2:00PM. I was on site when the
failure happened and took a photo of the tower coming down. Two levels of
guys were in place. The third level guys were slowly being brought into
place, in unison, when the failure occurred. The tower was just under
300' at the time.
Nobody was on the tower during this phase of the installation and only one
person was hurt when the North/East guy structure gave away. There was
some minor damage to a couple of trailers and the top 8' of the gin pole
came through a warehouse roof. Other than that, there is just a bundle
of steel and ceramic in the parking lot with some damage to the enclosure
wall and fence.
I won't go into details on the single point failure at this time, other to
say that the tower crew did NOT cause this accident. The third level guys
were slacked at the time of the failure.
I'll be posting pictures on my website this evening.
http://www.k6rix.com/
Dino - K6RIX
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