Overview

• State media now report 12 workers dead and four unaccounted for after the Jianzha Yellow River Bridge arch section failed on Aug. 22.
• CCTV video showed the middle arch suddenly giving way and plunging into the river while 15 workers and a project manager were on site.
• Xinhua said a steel cable or strand failed during tensioning, triggering the collapse of a 108‑meter steel girder arch rib.
• The Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched a task force as 806 personnel, 91 vehicles, 27 boats, a helicopter and five robots continued the search.
• The bridge is part of the Sichuan–Qinghai Railway and has been described as the world’s largest‑span double‑track continuous steel truss arch and the first to cross the Yellow River.