Overview

• The central arch of the under‑construction span fell into the Yellow River around 3 a.m. local time, an incident captured in CCTV video.
• Sixteen people were in the most affected area during cable‑tensioning work, including 15 workers and a site manager, according to state outlets.
• Rescuers are searching for four missing workers with 806 personnel, 91 vehicles, 27 boats, a helicopter and five robots, officials said.
• Xinhua reported a steel‑cable rupture as the likely proximate cause, and provincial officials have secured the site and launched a technical investigation.
• The Jianzha bridge is part of the Sichuan–Qinghai railway and was billed as the world’s longest continuous double‑track steel‑arch span and the first railway crossing of the Yellow River.