Overview

• CCTV video shows the bridge’s central arch section suddenly plunging into the Yellow River during overnight construction.
• Xinhua reports a steel cable failure as the immediate cause, while authorities investigate technical and procedural factors.
• Rescue teams have deployed 806 personnel, 91 vehicles, 27 boats, a helicopter and five robots, according to Qinghai officials.
• People’s Daily says 15 workers and a project manager were on the section that gave way, with searches continuing for the missing.
• The Jianzha span is a flagship link on the Sichuan–Qinghai railway and was nearing scheduled completion as a record-setting steel-arch crossing.