Overview

• State outlets now report 12 fatalities and four people unaccounted for after the Jianzha Yellow River Bridge section gave way in Qinghai province, with search operations continuing.
• CCTV footage shows the central arch plunging into the river, and Xinhua cites a steel cable failure during construction as the proximate cause of the collapse.
• Rescue efforts involve 806 personnel, 91 vehicles, 27 boats, one helicopter and five robots, according to state media.
• People’s Daily said 15 workers and a project manager were on site when the cable snapped, with some thrown into the water.
• The span is part of the Sichuan–Qinghai Railway and has been described as the world’s largest double-track continuous steel truss arch and the first railway steel truss arch to cross the Yellow River, as the Ministry of Emergency Management directs the response and investigation.