ADAguy
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Thoughts on failure of Mexico City 2012 light rail support structure, any one have construction photos?
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Mexican structural Failure
- Thread starter ADAguy
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Looks like it gave up in the middle.
If so, wonder why a joint there, with no support
www.independent.co.uk
Before/ after picture:::
www.bbc.com
If so, wonder why a joint there, with no support
Video of moment Mexican subway train collapsed through bridge leaving 23 dead, including children
Foreign Secretary says incident is ‘most terrible accident we have ever had in mass transportation’
www.independent.co.uk
Before/ after picture:::
Mexico City metro: Fears structural failure behind deadly crash
Questions mount over the safety record of a Mexico City metro line after a deadly overpass collapse.
www.bbc.com
It appears that the authorities were aware that the collapse was inevitable.
news.yahoo.com
Mexico City subway collapse was a tragedy foretold
The Mexico City elevated subway line that collapsed this week, killing 25 people, was problem-plagued and poorly designed from the day of its inauguration in 2012. Passengers and authorities alike came to fear that the screeching and bouncing of wheels on the line’s tight curves were quickly...
ADAguy
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It does indeed, but then what else is new down there? It is not the only country with similar issues.