A huge cargo ship crashed into a crane in Taiwan on Thursday, sending it toppling towards terrified dock workers. According to the Daily Mail, the 80,000-tonne ship was preparing to dock when it hit an overhead crane at a port in Kaohsiung. Dramatic footage that is now going viral on the web has captured the ensuing mayhem that occurred when the hit crane, in turn, crashed into an additional crane. The two overhead cranes then toppled towards a stack of shipping containers and sent them tumbling to the ground.
In the video that has gone viral on the web, dock workers can be seen operating for their lives to stay clear of acquiring struck by the containers.
“The gantry crane (GC8) experienced complete collapse and, during its fall, severely damaged a second, adjacent gantry crane (GC6),” the Taiwan International Ports Corp. Ltd. stated in a statement.
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The footage has racked up a whopping 2.1 million views on Twitter. “That was scary,” wrote one individual in the comments section on the microblogging platform. “Imagine making a mistake at work of this magnitude,” an additional stated.
According to Taiwan News, one dock worker, surnamed Chang, suffered laceration on his appropriate arm. He was taken to a hospital for therapy.
Two engineers had been also trapped inside the crane right after the accident. Rescuers had been capable to use a 60-meter mast-sort jib crane to support them out of the wreckage. They did not endure any severe physical injuries.
The container ship was reportedly operated by Orient Overseas Ltd, a Hong Kong shipping enterprise. The website of the accident has now been sealed off and the estimated worth of the loss to the impacted containers remains to be investigated.