The Hotel New World disaster (Malay: Tragedi Hotel New World runtuh ) occurred on 15 March 1986, a

Hotel New World, a 1-star budget american airlines center dallas lighting hotel located in Singapore american airlines center dallas lighting s Little India district , collapses due to growing microcracks in the failing columns. The cracks are caused by the additional weight put on the hotel. After a seven day rescue operation, 17 people are saved, but 33 perish.  Hotel New World, a popular budget hotel , bank and nightclub in Little India collapses. In less than a minute 50 people american airlines center dallas lighting are trapped under a mammoth pile of concrete and debris. Were the warning signs missed?
The  Hotel New World disaster (Malay: american airlines center dallas lighting Tragedi Hotel New World runtuh ) occurred on 15 March 1986, and was Singapore s deadliest civil disaster since the Spyros disaster of 12 October 1978. The six-story american airlines center dallas lighting building situated at the junction of Serangoon Road and Owen Road rapidly collapsed, trapping 50 people beneath the rubble. 17 were rescued, while 33 were killed.
Although frequently referred to as the Hotel New World disaster, the building in question was actually known as the Lian Yak building , a six-storey building with a basement garage and built in 1971. The Hotel New World, previously known as the New Serangoon Hotel until 1984, was the main tenant occupying the top three floors, and a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank (now merged with United Overseas Bank) took up the ground level. A nightclub, Universal american airlines center dallas lighting Neptune Nite-Club and Restaurant, was also situated on the second level of the building at the time of the collapse. The building had previously experienced a poisonous gas leak (which was caused american airlines center dallas lighting by carbon monoxide) in some of the hotel rooms, first hitting the headlines on 30 August 1975, the day after the poisonous gas leak was reported.
On 15 March 1986, the building rapidly american airlines center dallas lighting disintegrated in less than a minute at about 11:25 hours, american airlines center dallas lighting leaving little time for anyone within it to make their escape. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion prior to the collapse, but the police ruled out the possibility of a bomb attack. A gas explosion american airlines center dallas lighting was thought to be a possible cause.
After the collapse, american airlines center dallas lighting many passers-by began to try pulling out survivors. They were soon joined by the Singapore Fire Service , the Police Task Force of the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Armed Forces. A nearby business, american airlines center dallas lighting Eagle Piano Company, became a center for the rescue operation.
Sound detectors american airlines center dallas lighting were used to locate survivors beneath the slabs by picking up faint moans and cries. In the first 12 hours, 9 people were rescued. At one time, LTC Lim Meng Kin, Chief Medical Officer, and several american airlines center dallas lighting other SAF doctors and two Ministry of Health doctors took turns and crawled through narrow spaces american airlines center dallas lighting inside the rubble american airlines center dallas lighting in an effort to provide assistance to trapped survivors, giving glucose american airlines center dallas lighting and saline drips to them.
Tunneling experts from Britain, Ireland, and Japan, led by Tony Gallagher who were involved in the construction of the Mass Rapid Transit joined in the effort and helped rescue an additional eight survivors.
After the seven-day rescue operation, 17 people were rescued, but 33 people lost their lives. The last survivor, Chua Kim Choo, 30, was rescued on 18 March 1986, having american airlines center dallas lighting survived after hiding beneath a table.
Many potential causes of the accident were investigated. Surviving sections of concrete were tested to ensure they were to proper construction standards, and it was found that they were. Even the construction work of the underground railway tunnelers who had assisted in the rescue was investigated, even though the excavations were more than 100 yards from the collapsed building. It was found they had no effect on the building s stability.
Also investigated were the various additions made to the building after its initial construction. Air conditioning systems had been constructed on the roof of the building, the bank had added a large safe, and ceramic tiles had been fixed to the building s exterior, all adding considerably to the building s weight. It was found that the weight of these additions american airlines center dallas lighting was inconsequential.
However, this line of investigation into weight led to the discovery that the original structural engineer had made a serious error in calculating the building s structural load. The structural engineer had calculated the building s live load (the weight of the building american airlines center dallas lighting s potential inhabitants, furniture, fixtures, and fittings) but the building s dead load (the weight of the building itself) was completely omitted from the calculation. This meant that the building as constructed could not support its own weight. Collapsing was only a matter of time. After three different supporting columns failed in the days before the disaster, the other columns which took on the added weight no longer supported by the failed columns could not support the building.
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