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Engineering Failure Watch
Moscow's Giant TV Tower Collapse
Date:
August 28, 2000
Description:
Completed in 1967, the Europe's Telecommunications towe's exposed prestressing cables inside are vulnerable to blaze.
Links:
CNN: Fire rages in Moscow's giant TV tower
CNN: Four feared trapped in burning Moscow tower
Official Website: Ostankino TV tower
Hope fades for four trapped on burning Moscow tower
Sabc News: Moscow TV tower threatens to crash down after blaze
Johnson's Russia List
Sunday Times: Moscow tower
ENR: Moscow Tower's Future Unknown
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