Idiots in India sway a bridge collapse killing 141+ people

This lot seriously competed like hell for the 2022 Darwin Award:

Video Shows Jokers Swaying Bridge as Collapse Kills 140+

Video footage shows pedestrians attempting to sway an Indian suspension bridge in the moments before it catastrophically collapsed, leaving at least 141 people dead as of Monday.

Rescuers expect the death toll to continue to rise after the bridge fell apart in the western state of Gujarat on Sunday. The majority of those killed were women, children, or elderly people, a local official told the BBC. Almost 180 people were successfully rescued, however, in an overnight operation involving national and state disaster relief personnel and the Indian military. Rescuers on boats plucked victims from the dark waters around the bridge and ferried them to the river’s muddy banks, where volunteers and soldiers waited with stretchers to receive the living and the dead.

The 754-foot bridge over the Machchu river, which was built during British rule in the 19th century, had only been reopened for four days after months of repairs when the tragic incident occurred.

That other tragic event in Korea the other day might count as a contestant, but this story here is brilliant stupidity.

a reply to: godsovein

Repaired by a local electrical appliance maker, it says. I think they might not know how to fix bridges.

a reply to: godsovein

Oh man that's going to hurt their social karma score bigly.

No doubt they'll blame the British for the bridge only lasting 200 years and needing repairs.
The Indians blame the British for everything yet the all want to move to Britain ,why is that?

a reply to: glen200376

You don't like curry?

a reply to: godsovein

As I did saw a video with the swaying I was expecting to see it on the source you used.

As that source doesn't appear to have the video in which we see at least one person swaying the bridge just before it collapsed, here it is, from a different source.

The bridge collapsed because it was overloaded.

Not because a few scrawny kids were trying to sway it.

a reply to: godsovein


Idiot in ATS posts outrageous OP with no evidence whatsoever.

a reply to: ArMaP

could be going with the rythm for balance due to the number of people on the bridge as seen with London's millennium bridge that had to be closed when it opened..

A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

When we cross a bridge, we expect it to remain level, but a big enough group of pedestrians can cause a bridge to sway. This happened in 2000 when London’s Millennium Bridge first opened. The sleek suspension footbridge wobbled dangerously underfoot as thousands of pedestrians crossed the river Thames, forcing a shutdown and millions of pounds in alterations.

a reply to: nickyw

further extract to perhaps explain that person might have been trying to maintain their balance

“We’re trying to accurately describe the magic number of people who can be on a bridge at a time,” he says. Before you hit that crucial threshold, any wobbles on the bridge – say, from wind – would be too small to feel. But when the right number of people are walking across a bridge at the same time, there’s a noticeable jump in swaying.

And once this jump happens, the fact that we all move similarly to stabilize ourselves can make a bridge sway even more. Belykh says people will adjust their natural gait to counteract the motion and stay upright.

a reply to: glen200376

Its called the burden of colonialism. Deal with it..

a reply to: glen200376

Every conflict in the world right now is started in some way or the other by stupid Britishers!!!