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Stadium collaspe in Brazil



Husty

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Oct 18, 2008
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Couldn't see a thread on this so apologies if this is fixtures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25127897

Two people have died in an accident at Sao Paulo's stadium, which is due to host the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup finals, police say.
A senior local fire official said crews were called to the Arena Corinthians after reports of a collapsed crane.
It fell on top of a metal structure, destroying part of a facade.
The arena was due to be completed at the end of December to meet a Fifa deadline. Brazil has admitted it is struggling to have all 12 venues ready.

Brazilian police said two people had been killed in Wednesday's accident, after earlier reports quoted fire officials as saying that three had died.
The crane operator was taken to hospital, but was later released.
Odebrecht Infrastructure, the company building the stadium, told the BBC that the accident happened shortly before 13:00 local time (15:00 GMT).
It said "the crane that hoisted the last module of the structure of the metal roof collapsed causing the fall of the part of the circulation area of the east building".
A LED panel outside the venue was also hit.
The company stressed that the structure of the stadium was not damaged.
Most of the workers are believed to have been away on their lunch breaks at the time.
TV footage later showed the huge metal structure buckled on top of the stadium, which is also known as Itaquerao.
Corinthians, the club that will move into the new stadium, said in a short statement that it "deeply regrets the accident".
Sepp Blatter, president of Fifa - football's world governing body - said he was "deeply saddened by the tragic deaths".

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The crane was reportedly lifting a piece of roof into place when the accident happened

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Part of the stand and a LED panel outside the stadium were damaged

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The stadium is expected to house nearly 50,000 people
Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke said: "Extremely shocked by the news from Sao Paulo. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims of this accident."
In a statement, the world football governing body added that "the safety of workers is the top priority for Fifa" and Brazil's government.
The venue is being built by Brazil's Odebrecht company, which recently said the arena was about 94% ready.
The stadium is expected to seat nearly 50,000 people. However, 20,000 temporary seats are to be added for the World Cup opening match due to a Fifa request.
This is the third fatal accident in World Cup stadiums in Brazil, with two other construction workers killed over the past two years.
Six of Brazil's stadiums - including Itaquerao - are not yet ready for the World Cup next summer.
Construction problems and public protests about the money being spent have delayed the preparations, the BBC's Wyre Davies in Rio de Janeiro reports.
On Tuesday, Danny Jordaan, who was behind South Africa's preparations for the 2010 World Cup, said Brazil might have to start round-the-clock construction work if it was to get things ready for the tournament.
 




Not so much a Stadium collapse then, more a crane lifting part of the roof to the stadium collapsed taking a bit of the stadium with it.
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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This, a bit sensationalised by the OP, although it does raise questions about the standard of the construction.......again.

A bit sensationalised......bet the families of the two dead are thinking the same
 




Justice

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Jun 21, 2012
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Blame Fifa for handing these disorganised nations world cups, chances of this type of accident happening in the UK would be very slim with our high standard of building regs. In the year 2013 no construction worker deserves to die in the work place. Fifa should do more to ensure this type of accident doesn't happen by rigorously checking a countries building and health and safety measures.
 


Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005
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Justice. Bang-on that's FIFA awarded the next two 'World cup's' two BENT countries. The West as you know has fine infrastructure and thats the problem for FIFA there are no kick-backs to be made in the West.
 


Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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Justice. Bang-on that's FIFA awarded the next two 'World cup's' two BENT countries. The West as you know has fine infrastructure and thats the problem for FIFA there are no kick-backs to be made in the West.

Really? Qatar I get, but Brazil should be more than capable of hosting a World Cup... Will be a cracking tournament as was South Africa
 




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How can anyone blame FIFA for giving the World Cup to Brazil? It's an amazingly passionate country who go mad for football!!

The tournament will be brilliant and I can't wait for next summer!
 




el punal

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My daughter and her boyfriend have just come back from a holiday in Brazil. They reckon that the Maracana (sp?) is fine, but a lot of the other stadiums are way behind schedule due to the problems widely reported in the news : local unrest with the cost of the build, strikes, government protests against poor living conditions etc.

This has now put huge pressure on the authorities to complete on time, and, with it, the need to maybe cut corners with regard to health and safety. I would'nt be surprised if there are more incidents like this.
 



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