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The world’s largest crane completed its biggest ever lift today, hoisting a 575 ton steel cylinder into place at Hinkley Point. The super-crane, called the SGC-250 but nicknamed Big Carl, lifted the first of three massive steel rings which form a cylinder around the nuclear reactor being built near Bridgwater, Somerset. The crane stands at 656ft … Read more
Moment bungling lorry driver misjudges the height of a low bridge as a crane being carried on the trailer clips the top and falls into the road CCTV footage shows lorry approaching bridge in Cradley Heath, West Midlands The protruding crane gets caught on bridge, labelled ‘low’, and gets ripped off Crash, on December 2, … Read more
Morbidly obese French man who weighs 661lbs is lifted out of his house by CRANE after being trapped upstairs for a year following fall Alain Panabière has been stranded in his house after a fall over a year ago The 53-year-old has since been fed and washed by his brother Jean-Claude Today, the French man was … Read more
That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability tests of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more
Britain’s 50-stone fattest man is hoisted out of his flat by CRANE for treatment after takeaway addict’s 10,000-calorie-a-day eating habit left him stuck inside for five years Jason Holton from Camberley, Surrey, began £30-a-day takeaway habit in 2014 Ballooned in weight and became depressed so ‘waited for my heart to give up’ But eventually called emergency … Read more
Shocking moment 180ft crane collapses onto docks with the operator still inside after it is hit by giant container ship in the Port of Valencia CCTV footage was recorded in Port of Valencia, Spain, just after 9am on Sunday The support legs for the crane begin to buckle following the unexpected impact Roberto Manez Blanco, … Read more
Health and safety fail! Dramatic moment a crane tips over on a barge and falls into river while dredging in Vietnam Crane was clearing soil from the Co Chien River in Vinh Long, Vietnam, in April The machine buckled under the weight of a heavy load and toppled into the river Its operator jumped out … Read more
Construction work has started on Gwrych Castle in Wales just days after it was announced it would play host to I’m A Celebrity this year. It was revealed on Friday that the hit show will be filmed in Wales and not the usual venue in Queensland, Australia, because of coronavirus. ITV have instead secured Gwrych … Read more
Firefighters dodge flaming tyre as explodes and flies off a burning crane in dramatic footage Three firefighters were injured in the accident in Kozlany, Czech Republic The flaming tyre narrowly missed the firefighters and hits a nearby building It took forty minutes to tackle the blaze caused by a technical fault on July 30 By … Read more