Transpower makes announcement after major Northland outage
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Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520400/transpower-m…
They undid the bolts, and it fell over.
Whoops, I posted the same link as you after you'd already posted. Have removed that one and will repeat my comment here:
I can’t believe it, @FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz was right! Contractors took out too many bolts 🤦
Not sure if this is the appropriate way to handle this but here is @FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz'a comment. If they want to repost it themselves I can delete this one:
No need to repost it, thanks. There’s something seriously amiss in their operating procedures and their ground crew management imo. How could even un-specialised contractors think it ok to remove more than a few nuts at a time?
Someone rushing them? Or just a misunderstanding of the physics of the situation. It's probably a good argument for why you need to teach people the reason for procedures, instead of only telling them the procedure.
I bet you could hear a pin drop on site after that tower came down.
I bet you could hear them sh*ting themselves !!
From what I know about Transpower, the investigation and paperwork from this will be intense.