{"id":14839,"date":"2020-08-04T07:18:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T04:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/report-crane-collapses-at-indian-shipbuilding-yard-11-dead\/14839\/"},"modified":"2020-08-04T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T04:18:20","slug":"report-crane-collapses-at-indian-shipbuilding-yard-11-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/report-crane-collapses-at-indian-shipbuilding-yard-11-dead\/14839\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Crane collapses at Indian shipbuilding yard, 11 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">At least 11 workers were crushed to death after a huge crane collapsed at an Indian shipyard in  Vishakhapatnam, in southern India, the Indian Express reported.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at the government-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited on Saturday afternoon, August 1, injuring several other workers at the site.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during a load testing of the 70-tonne crane, which suddenly crumbled and crashed to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, the crane, used to carry shipbuilding equipment, was recently procured.<\/p>\n<p> Defence Minister\u00a0Rajnath Singh\u00a0said in a tweet that the departmental inquiry committee had been instituted to determine the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oembed-component\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extremely anguished by the loss of lives due to an accident at HSL facility  in Vishakhapatnam(AP). My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly. <\/p>\n<p>Departmental Enquiry Committee has been instituted to establish the causes leading to the accident.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1289552258305163264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oembed-component\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am shocked to hear the news of the death of 11 people in the Crane accident at the Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. May the Lord dwell in his shrine and provide support to bereaved families and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGvOcOHOqN\">pic.twitter.com\/JGvOcOHOqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shivaji Singha Roy (@shivaji_singha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shivaji_singha\/status\/1289539133816201217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The facility is engaged in shipbuilding, ship repairs, submarine construction and refits as well as design and construction of offshore and onshore structures. <\/p>\n<p>Local authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\/report-crane-collapses-at-indian-shipbuilding-yard-11-dead\/\">Report: Crane collapses at Indian shipbuilding yard, 11 dead<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\">Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>world maritime news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 11 workers were crushed to death after a huge crane collapsed at an Indian shipyard in Vishakhapatnam, in southern India, the Indian Express reported. The incident took place at the government-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited on Saturday afternoon, August 1, injuring several other workers at the site. 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