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HYATT REGENCY WALKWAY COLLAPSE

Published on Dec 30, 2015

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HYATT REGENCY WALKWAY COLLAPSE

KANSAS CITY
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Two vertically touching walkways collapsed onto a dance competition being held in the hotel's lobby. The collapsing walkways killed 114 and injured 216 people.

Photo by Jay Boucher
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Construction difficulties resulted in a flawed design change that doubled the load on the connection between the fourth floor walkway support beams and the tie rods carrying the weight of both walkways

Photo by Paul Nicholson
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The structure was so flawed, it could not even hold the dead load of itself, let alone the spectators.

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In conclusion, a sudden design change led to the collapse of the HYATT regency walkway.

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