New York Disaster Crane - Massive Engineering Mistakes - S05 EP503 - Engineering Documentary

Dive into the heart of Manhattan's most shocking day-a crane collapse that shook the city to its core! This isn't just a story; it's a wake-up call from NYC's skyline
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Massive Engineering Mistakes is a riveting series that explores the daunting realm of architectural blunders and engineering catastrophes. From gravity-defying towers on the brink of collapse to bridges built upside-down and airports slowly sinking into the sea, these ambitious missteps redefine the boundaries of scientific innovation. Yet amidst chaos, the genius of human ingenuity shines, crafting solutions as awe-inspiring as the disasters themselves. Unveiling the precarious balance between triumph and failure, this show offers a thrilling journey into the world of spectacular engineering errors and their extraordinary rectifications.
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[@davidlyon1899]

150 years old. historic!. My toilet is 400 years old.

[@sarahwardell7617]

The crane looks ridiculous....the tiny little vehicle on the ground and mile long crane bent over....it just looks nuts.

[@victorsauvage1890]

It is : Note the feeble "analysis" of the "structural engineer"! The question is why not dismantle each unit and raise each small piece of each unit up to the roof with pulleys -- then re-assemble each air conditioning unit on the roof? (Answer : To save money. Who was it in the NYC administration authorised the use of this crane -- for that particular purpose?)

[@dubsydubs5234]

Yea it almost looks like it'll topple over at any moment. Oh mmmm, well done humans. If only helicopters had been invented. Oh mmmm shit, anyone know what time it is.

[@shitchef4853]

I was on holiday in new york from the uk, i was going for breakfast on foot, i heard a loud metal snapping noises echoing off the buildings... then looking ahead about 20 feet away, i seen the lights turn red.. not 5 seconds later i seen this crane boom slam down. Feeling the vibration and shockwave. If if it wasnt for the lights turning red at that time, more people could have been crushed.

[@Crazy--Clown]

Always has something to do with cost cutting

[@davidwills3784]

What a great documentary, this is why I love KZbin so much, it is full of incredoibly interesting scientific and historic docos,love em all!!

[@victorsauvage1890]

What is your connection to Banijay?

[@foramagasobeselettucepurpl6911]

Breaking News: Manhattan rattled by a magnitude 6 Crane

[@markseubert9779]

One lesson to be taken is keep the greedy hands out of the mix

[@victorsauvage1890]

The 'analysis' given by the 'engineers' interviewed merely begs the question. The 'engineers' -- (and a 'physicist') -- merely harp on the fact that such an operation is difficult. The 'explanation for the crane collapse -- (i.e. that such cranes are susceptible to gusts of wind) -- merely begs the question of why not use a safer method of getting the air conditioning units up to the roof? Why not dismantle each air conditioning unit, and then raise each small piece of each unit up to the roof using pulleys and chains? Was it done to save money? Who was it in the NYC administration who approved the use of that crane? What are the guidelines for using such a crane?

[@fabienl4979]

not sure biringing a multi giant tone crane with multi heavy truck is really a cheap methode to do it. As other suggested with an helicoptere, don't thik it would be a better option, in each case, if there's mistake it can lead to catastrophique failure. More than the greedy hands, a better crane rig would have been the best choice. But much more heavy crane can't turn with their counter weight way farther than the pivotal point, but far more stable. And no @victorsauvage1890, multi tons air conditionning unit are not meant to be bring into 100 parts to the top of the building.

[@blxtothis]

Where’s my air conditioning, it’s bloody hot up here!

[@DaleDix]

You know you have a good town planner when he says this is not a normal occurrence.

[@victorsauvage1890]

Where do they find these types? (Who was it in the NY city administration who gave a permit to the operator of that crane? Did the clerk who issued the permit ask the crane operator what the crane was going to be lifting? How heavy? Did the clerk check the specifications of the crane itself? What was the crane's maximum load? At what extension? Did the operator have a credential? Training? Had the operator of the crane ever operator a crane of that size? Was an inspector sen down to the site to check compliance? What is the penalty for non-compliance? $50 fine?)

[@keithdonnellan5564]

What a concrete dump.

[@mariano7699]

When lack of knowledge bolted with ignorance syndrome go for conquering with impoused arrogance, well... definitely the outcome would result in shifting motivations.

[@whoever6458]

There's still a soft story on that parking garage. I know earthquakes aren't so common there but, not only are significant ones possible, but high winds are almost a certainty. I would advise buildings everywhere adopt the building codes designed withstand significant earthquakes because surely it costs much less to build a building that can withstand an earthquake you don't expect and therefore withstand a crazy wind event such as a tornado or hurricane than it is even to just rebuild the building if it collapses and that's just monetary loss, which is ultimately irrelevant when weighed against potential lives lost. At least you all can learn from the things we've learned losing living in building collapses. I know I refuse to park in a parking garage because of what I saw during the Northridge Earthquake. It seems like it should be obvious that a building is only as strong as its weakest component and surely the last place you'd want such a component in on the first few ground stories. It's a recipe for disaster.

[@Picks_Productions]

Extra weight on the crane from the snow likely played a part too.

[@victorsauvage1890]

Ha ha! (But seriously . . .)

[@jackharrison6771]

When building flat-packs, the bits left over should have been used. And NEVER allow Accountants anywhere near these projects.

[@whoever6458]

Speaking of earthquakes, the 1989 Loma Prieta (a.k.a. World Series) Earthquake was a fine example of not only why you don't build buildings with a soft story (lack of lateral cross bracing at the bottom of the building in particular) but also an example of why you can't just build on soft soils without hooking pilings to the bedrock. You'd think the fact that the new land wasn't just made of abandoned ships due to the gold rush but also of debris from the 1906 Earthquake that putting something on top of the ruble from the last earthquake would not, in fact make those structures more stable for the next one and 6.9 is a significant earthquake but we expect one in California that will be 10 times bigger. The fact that there is now a leaning tower of San Fransisco does not bode well for anyone in the area the next time the earth produces an earthquake that would otherwise just be strong enough to get one's attention. I expect that building to fall over sideways in an earthquake much smaller than the big one we are all expecting, which will be around the size of the 1906 Earthquake and will almost certainly occur within the lifetimes of everyone reading this comment. If you have a choice about it now, do not move to any building on that reclaimed land because it's going to shake like a giant bowl of jelly.

[@whoever6458]

Oh and we do have an early warning system now too. I have gotten three warnings from it: One was from an earthquake that was too far away for me to feel (which was great because it was like an earthquake drill), the second one was from an earthquake that I didn't feel because I was driving in the car, and the third was from an earthquake that was so close that I was already heading for cover before I got the warning. The remarkable thing about this last warning was that the earthquake was something like 3 miles away from where I was and, while the major shaking couldn't beat the warning, the warning came so quickly that I hadn't even fully taken shelter before my phone was yelling, "Earthquake!" at me. The difficulty with early warnings in California is that our major faults are on shore or so near to shore that you just simply won't get a warning if a really big earthquake starts too near to where you are and most of the populated areas are very near to the San Andreas Fault and the other major faults we have here. Early warnings will save many lives further away from the epicenter but, for whoever ends up being right by it, the shaking will likely be the worst in that area, and your warning will still be the start of the shaking. So people should be aware that you might not get a warning and, if you have MyShake on your phone and you feel shaking without having received a warning, assume the earthquake is close. Don't panic because panic never leads to any wise decision but waste no time taking shelter just in case you drew the short straw of being very close to where the big one we're all waiting for strikes. However, most of the time, you'll be completely fine in an earthquake and the most it will have done to you is to raise your blood pressure and heart rate but you'd definitely want to be someone who took shelter if you get unlucky and things start falling in your building or worse. Doesn't hurt much to duck under a table for a minute or so.

[@martinwinther6013]

Crane kill one and injure 3. And it becomes a massive story. I can think of other objects with a much higher death-rate that isnt even mentioned

[@DaleDix]

Don't go to Paris, go to anywhere else in France

[@jojosmumdorothy2829]

To me id think they would have some sort weighted trailers that could anchor the main crain so its far more stable..😊

[@joblo341]

The hospital parking: did anyone get convicted of negligence: no grout, materials to spec (the "bolts"), inadequate support from parkade to existing building? Engineers, on-site inspectors, construction supervisors did their jobs incompetently.

[@victorsauvage1890]

Now you're talking! You have hit on the real question! This is why these 'disaster' documentaries are so important. To quote the NTSB chief, "There are no accidents. Every one of the events which we investigate is preventable." (Speaking at a press conference (1990?) following the derailment of a train carrying flammable material, which resulted in a conflagration in the vicinity of a residential suburb.)

[@joblo341]

@@victorsauvage1890 I do agree, that there are very few "pure accidents", but they do happen. On the other hand, I really do hate the "Pilot Error" excuse in air crashes. It is a lazy cover excuse. For example, it appears (from the TV movie, if it was accurate on this point, or was that point "hollywood") that NTSB was ready to hang the ditching in river instead of landing at airport on Sully Sullenburger as "pilot error". Unfortunately for them he was alive and was willing to dispute their assumptions about how a real pilot acts in an emergency. I don't know if the event you cited was characterized as an "accident chain". NTSB has used that description in other accidents. It is where multiple failures have to occur sequentially to overcome the "normal" safety measures. In this situation it would include things like (I'm sure pro's can list more points): * "old" bridge designed with inadequate pier protection * "single point of failure" bridge design * politicians too dumb to learn from the 1980 Florida bridge failure (and 36 other similar failures since 1960?) * politicians too cheap to fix the the problem identified by the 1980 crash * ship bigger than the bridge was designed to handle * ship engine failure at "right" time * ship steering failure at the "right" time Look at the "engine failure" in this accident. The redundant, fail over electrical system worked, triggering the backups as needed. But something "unexpected" / "accidental" prevented the generated electricity from being usable. I'm looking forward to learn what they figured out caused the power problems. I'm guessing it will be something esoteric, with it's own failure chain. My uninformed guess is that there was something in the reefer power circuits. Probably related to the power problems the THOUGHT they fixed at the dock.

[@brentholyrider1075]

This is what happens when people think they know more than they actually do

[@dubsydubs5234]

Imagine telling the next of kin your loved one who was walking down the street minding their own business got squished by a crane.

[@acidheadzzz]

2:57 this guy is a city planner, I doubt he could plan a street fight without getting his own wig split. He’s been watching too much t.v

[@DaleDix]

It is not a normal occurrence apparently lol.

[@victorsauvage1890]

@@DaleDix He is covering up! The point is not merely that the crane collapsed -- the point is not even that the NYC administrators were incompetent. The point is that the documentary film maker and his 'structural engineer', ('Mabury'), made no attempt to investigate why the crane collapsed? Did the crane operator pay for this documentary?

[@SpencerjonesBoxing]

Put extra weights on it , don't be so tight

[@kookytoots6755]

The uk hearing that New York has buildings over 150 years old.... 😏

[@tomdowning9358]

"Let's ignore the windspeed and get the job done," said the person who needed to pay for the crane at an hourly rate.

[@larryfreeman7979]

they were attempting to lower the crane because of the wind speed, NOT ignore it and keep working. Try not to be a doomsdayer

[@victorsauvage1890]

@@larryfreeman7979 Gosh! This is remarkable. So what you're saying is that flow of air -- (gale force, say) -- across the surface of the extended crane arm may exert sufficient pressure ('force'?) upon the extended crane arm to destabilise the crane! But then that raises the question of Why an experienced crane operator -- who was fully aware of the effects of air flow on on the extended crane arm -- would attempt to operate the crane on a day in which high winds were forecast? Is it possible that the crane operator decided to take the risk of operating on a day on which high winds were forecast from motives of avarice?

[@fabienl4979]

@@victorsauvage1890 he clearly made a mistake as stated in the video for the 4 degrees extra of the main arm + the wind speed. Accident are always avoidable but it's the principle of an accident, successive small action from a mistake leading to a catastrophic fail. Of course the cran should have been lowered sooner or raised with much less wind speed.

[@JonsTunes]

I noticed San Francisco's oil slick ridden harbour is in keeping with the city's "rainbow 🌈" theme.

[@victorsauvage1890]

The locals would no doubt see it as a sign of approval.

[@strodey123]

'This is not a common occurance' Wow! No shit lol

[@victorsauvage1890]

He's trying to 'play it down'.

[@victorsauvage1890]

The discussion of the crane collapse in New York DUCKS THE QUESTION : What were the parameters for such a crane? Why was such an unsuitable and risky method used to place air conditioning equipment on the roof? Why not use the safe method? That is, dismantle the air conditioning equipment, then raise each piece of each air conditioning unit up to the roof, by pulleys and chains -- i.e. one small piece at a time -- and then once each piece of each air conditioning unit has been raised to the roof, then re-assemble each air conditioning on the roof? Was the risky crane method used to save money? Who in the NYC administration gave this operator a permit for such an unstable system? Who is 'Simon Foster'? Who is Neimeah Mabry? Who is Mr Kruger?

[@Txupport]

17:50 "they end up perfectly aligned"... bumps are off by like at least an inch.

[@fabienl4979]

No their're perfectly aligned on their centere, as he demonstrated. He don't says flushed, just align, both leveled, in lined with their centered screw connection, as the analogy for threaded connection alignement... just plein simple demonstration with simple on hands object.

[@hulamei3117]

5°

[@urbexingwithshaun]

new york crane disater but yet it goes on about other thing need to redo the title

[@STANPAN772]

Dziwił bym się, gdyby się nie przewrócił. Natomiast, nie pojmuję, jak stoi ten ,,patyczek'' przy Central Park

[@amigodosanjos1038]

NY: pense um pouco : se alguém construir cidades cheias de edifícios e alicerces rochosos sobre pedras e depois deseja mudar como fica a demolicao de superficicie e a demolição profunda de alicerces ?????? Terremotos de frequências com explosao iônica de carbono e vibrações pontuais foram feitos para o desmanche urbano de cidades megaliticas antigas. Se algo der errado ou se for necessario desmanche isso é usado. E fragmenta tudo que tiver carbono. Rochas profundas são fissuradas. E depois é só escavar . É o ciclo de vida útil do carbono ou o desejo de fazer uma nova cidade que decide isso. Ou alguma ameaça urbana ou geologica ou atividade da vida orgânica que ameace a Ordem divina na Terra. E a vida das especies nos biomas. Cidades desordenadas são uma ameaça a vida e a existência das especies. Deixar construir isso errado é decisao de seus reinos. Desmanchar com terremotos sera decisao de Deus. Cidades grandes são como intrusos nos biomas da biosfera . existe o tempo de vida útil de uma construção.

[@patrickbarrett3623]

US is like UK infrastructure is old but US is 98% bigger. So god knows how many bridges roads etc ect need upgrading fixing especially things like bridges cos of saltwater...... How many buildings,bridges are teetering?

[@cosmoshfa88savant66]

i can think of one bridge in the US in dire need of repair 🙄

[@robertmather7696]

If they are built like US houses I'm not surprised they're falling apart! There's bridges in the UK with no problems that have been there longer than the US has been a country hahaha

[@patrickbarrett3623]

@@cosmoshfa88savant66 I'd laugh but them workers mate fuckin old bill should warned em they have loudspeakers in there cruisers in US. Could of saved everyone or given em a chance at least. Also that traffic cam supposedly cut out before impact. Yeah right...

[@patrickbarrett3623]

@@robertmather7696 Humber bridge has big piers round in its towers you'd never nick that down 50yr old too.

[@robertmather7696]

​@patrickbarrett3623 the humber Bridge would sink the ship if it hit it. They know how to build things up north haha

[@billynomates920]

where do they get these talking heads from? 😆

[@victorsauvage1890]

The doco vis paid for by the crane company which caused the collapse in NYC

[@Rusty_Gold85]

The biggest engineering disaster is the clang boom bang soundtrack accompanying the ridiculous narration , with the shocking epilepsy creating editing

[@DanBurgaud]

Tofu dreg!

[@Ndlelex]

😂

[@shanerr7252]

Good to see that osha and the American crane industry has done fuck all since the collapse of big blue an brewer stadium. that persons death was completely preventable.

[@shanerr7252]

and they put a photo of the stadium at 14:20, cheeky editor.

[@larstueschjth2658]

'environmental friendly building'?.....then the hole goddamn city is a greenhouse without.... environment🙄

[@phpn99]

Crap cable TV production

[@ronnierobinson1502]

Why do the presenters talk so strange

[@Crazy--Clown]

Retards

[@Grumpy_Granddad]

Because they are strange I guess

[@troyqueen9503]

Gay

[@victorsauvage1890]

It is a sham!