Sydney Airport Tunnel

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 23:38:10 +1000

Today, a number of the 22m long steel barriers used to keep the Cooks River out of the
construction site collapsed during a king tide allowing the hole at Arncliffe to fill up
with water. 19 workers managed to scramble clear, but 2 didn't make it and have been
seriously injured.

Work has been stopped until union safety inspectors look at the site.