The disaster at the hyatt was the deadliest structural collapse in american history until the world trade center collapsed on 9 11.
Hyatt regency roof collapse.
During the event suspended walkways on the second and fourth floors collapsed killing more than 100 people and injuring over 200 more.
July 17 1981 was the night the skywalks fell at the hyatt regency hotel 38 years ago.
When implementing an innovative design or perfecting some new technology setbacks are the price of progress.
Connecting the two was an open atrium.
However this is not one of those stories.
Three walkways connected the hotel to the conference facilities.
They crashed onto a tea dance being held in the hotel s lobby killing 114 and injuring 216.
At the time the accident was the worst structural failure in u s.
The hyatt regency hotel walkway collapse of 1981 is one of the most noted engineering failures in the country.
On july 17 1981 two walkways collapsed at the hyatt regency kansas city hotel in kansas city missouri united states one directly above the other.
In some cases a degree of failure is expected.
The hotel had a 40 storey hotel tower and conference facilities.