Before And After Highland Tower Collapse

The highland towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred following a major landslide on 11 december 1993 in taman hillview ulu klang in selangor malaysia the collapse of the highland towers block 1 resulted in 48 deaths.

Before and after highland tower collapse. Residents and others were evacuated from the other two blocks due to safety concerns. 1 2 on december 11 1993 at 1 35pm the first tower of the highland towers apartment complex in selangor malaysia fell ultimately killing 48 people. The lower portions of both buildings cores 60 stories of wtc 1 and 40 stories of wtc 2 remained standing for up to 25 seconds after the start of the initial collapse before they too collapsed. Two decades after the highland towers tragedy.

The last time i saw my son was a week before the collapse. The collapse of block one of the apartments caused the deaths of 48 people and led to the complete evacuation of the other two blocks due to safety concerns. Today on the 20th anniversary of the worst construction tragedy in the history of malaysia i went and look at my pictures archives of the tragedy again. From a physical survey was commissioned by mpaj soon after the collapse of block 1 on the affected area covering the highland towers site and the arab malaysian land it is apparent that these retaining walls were constructed in a haphazardous manner.

9 59 am the south tower of the world trade center collapses. 20 years ago today on dec 11 1993 block a of the highland towers condominium complex in in taman hillview ulu klang selangor malaysia came crashing down after days of heavy rain killing 48 people. Less than two hours after the first tower was hit at 9 59 am the south tower collapsed in just under 10 seconds 29 minutes later the north tower collapsed to the ground just 102 minutes. The first fragments of the outer walls of the collapsed north tower struck the ground 11 seconds after the collapse started and parts of the south tower after 9 seconds.

The cause of failure was attributed to a landslide that occurred due to pipes that burst allowing for the barren ground near the site to wash away a.