Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel
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title:
Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel
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The collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel occurred on 13 August 1993 in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in Thailand, killing 137 people and injuring 227. Taking just less than 10 seconds, the building collapsed and transformed the 6-storey complex into a pile of rubble, leaving only the front elevator hall which was separately built from the rest of the structure. Gradual deformation due to creep weakened all the ground floor support columns and when one failed the rest rapidly followed, resul
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1993 disaster in Thailand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Royal_Plaza_Hotel
date created:
2012-02-21T16:19:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T04:59:05Z
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