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Negligence behind crane accident, workers say

The Dec. 30 accident that caused the death of six people when the crane that was intended to be raised in the construction of a hotel in the Aegean province of İzmir fell towards the building for an unknown reason happened because the necessary safety precautions were not taken, workers on the construction site have claimed.

The amazing and moving story of the 80-years-old crane ΠΣ57! (VIDEOS+PHOTOS)

It was January 30th 1940 and the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas was certain that the clouds of war would engulf Greece as well. He had been preparing the country for this for the last four years. So as part of the civil defense necessary, the Greek Fire Brigade ordered four of cranes for the difficult times ahead. These were Magirus 26 meters cranes.