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29.05.2007

Crane collapse kills two

Two men died and another was critically injured yesterday after a special rotating crane that had lifted them 50 metres in the air to work on the dome of a nuclear reactor.

The accident happened in Brokdorf, near Hamburg, Germany, the men were carrying out repairs to the outside reactor’s dome, when it fell over.
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The rotating crane simply collapsed


It is not clear what caused the crane, a lattice gantry type machine designed to service the dome, to topple.

The third man was taken to hospital and was reported to be in critical condition last night.


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