crane collapse in NYC

It may look like wind could pass through the openings quite easily but there is still a lot of surface area there when you add it all up. Factor in leverage and it don't take much to tip it over.

 

Yes, yes it does lol.. It would be funny trying to push 565ft of crane... He'd have to be called superman if he was able to move it even smidge lol..

 

Lol, ya but im sure you've heard of people performing feats of strength in a panic moment (mind over matter) like lifting the front end of a car off someone. Maybe he thought he could *shrug*

 

1 in 3

 

Could be,
the man the crane landed on was a mathematical genius. HE would know the exact odds..

 

Nah its more like 50/50. Either it will or it won't.

 

Only when there is increased Gama radiation from the sun. Did you never watch the Hulk? He did the research.

 

It's called jack knifing when you set the luffing tip on the ground with the boom still in the air. Each manufacturer has a very prescribed method to lower their boom. Usually to do this you're in rigging mode so you're LMI limits are bypassed. I've personally never been in the seat during the operation but have been on the ground crew many times, it's s tense moment until those luffer wheels touch down. I could be a simple as his block placement with this much boom every step is critical.

 

I wonder how much ice was on it.

 

That's a great question.