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Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1 mln litres of water onto road

Kilau

Kilau

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www.reuters.com

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1,500 fish onto road

The 1,500 fish from the aquarium died, said a spokesperson for the manager of the real-estate fund that owns the property. It was still unclear what had caused the structure to burst.
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  • Aquarium spills 1 million litres onto major road
  • 'Lots of dead fish, debris' - hotel guest
  • Fire brigade says cause of incident still unclear
One person caught on CCTV fleeing scene
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jason10mm

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If this was deliberate, ESPECIALLY if it was some sort of activist "statement", then I wish the aquarium had been filled with more than just fish...

 
01011001

01011001

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clearly a disgruntled cat, angry that it can't get those delicious fish, weakening the glass for months and months with precise cuts into the glass... and now its plan finally reached its climax!
 
Trunx81

Trunx81

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The material probably reacted to reduced heating in the lobby. Berlin saw a really cold night and due to governmental orders they had to reduce the temperature (and rising prices). Imagine a temperature difference inside the tube and outside of around 36°C. Acryl bursts easy then. Thank you, Putin.
 
Kadve

Kadve

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Trunx81 said:
The material probably reacted to reduced heating in the lobby. Berlin saw a really cold night and due to governmental orders they had to reduce the temperature (and rising prices). Imagine a temperature difference inside the tube and outside of around 36°C. Acryl bursts easy then. Thank you, Putin.
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Nah, this is how it looked prior to the incident.

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1 million liters means 10 tonnes of water not counting the acrylic itself and everything else in there mounted on a support structure more narrow than the tank itself. That thing was a disaster waiting to happen.

(edit, rounding error. Its actually 1,000 tonnes....)
 
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Stitch

Stitch

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OmegaSupreme said:
That fine German engineering
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A US company that helped build a massive aquarium in Berlin says it is dispatching a team to investigate the tank’s rupture, which sent a wave of debris, water and tropical fish through the hotel lobby, in Berlin where it was crashed into the street outside.

Reynolds Polymer Technology, which says it manufactured and installed the cylinder component of the AquaDom tank 20 years ago, said in an emailed statement that “it is too early to confirm the factor or factors at this point.” determine what would result in such a failure”.
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localtoday.news

US company sends team to investigate Berlin aquarium breach - Colorado News

When the world's largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium burst, it sent a wave of debris, water and fish through the hotel lobby and onto the street.
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Pasta la Vista

Pasta la Vista

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Heard about this on the radio yesterday. Had no idea it was this giant cylinder thats like 10 stories high. That is pretty terrifying.
 
Cyberpunkd

Cyberpunkd

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Kadve said:
Nah, this is how it looked prior to the incident.

aqua-dome-de-radisson-blu-hotel-berlin-c600h7.jpg


1 million liters means 10 tonnes of water not counting the acrylic itself and everything else in there mounted on a support structure more narrow than the tank itself. That thing was a disaster waiting to happen.

(edit, rounding error. Its actually 1,000 tonnes....)
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Wouldn’t it make sense to assume the central structure inside hides a pillar going from ok m the top to the bottom this stabilising the tank? Although you might be right since that pillar doesn’t look strong enough to support all the water outside.

Then again this lasted for 20 years…
 
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