Rip fellow window cleaners

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Promalpinistov death in Almaty: details of the incident

four industrial climbers who were carrying out high-altitude work on the recently erected the tallest building of the southern megacity “Esentai Towers” complex, located at the Al-Farabi Avenue, died on Saturday due to a sharp deterioration in weather conditions.

The fact of the death of the brigade as part of 43-year-old Andrew Schipetkina, 25-year-old Dmitry Kozak, 22-year-old Sergei Antonov and 21-year-old Anton Lobanov Agency confirmed in a unified duty and dispatch service (EDDS) municipal rescue service.

As it became known, the manufacturing incident that caused a fatal injury once four men who performed outside the building cleaning glass panels, there was about 16 hours and 20 minutes.

According to preliminary data, coming down on fixed on the 38th floor of a special cable climbers suddenly became a rock and hit the wall of a skyscraper strong gusts of wind, when they had to land about 60 meters. Three of them received injuries incompatible with life, died right on the ropes at the 7th floor.

A similar fate befell their colleague, who after a strong blow on the glass panel at the height of the 5th floor and break tether thrown into the building, where he was for a while he lived, he explained in EDDS, adding that the storm warning the day meteorologists have not announced .

To evacuate the bodies of 10 rescuers Almaty rescue service, arrived at the scene 10 minutes after the message arrives, it took more than 2 hours, pointed to EDDS.

Upon the death of people in the production of Bostandyk district police launched an investigation

nasty way to go.

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Horrible

Jesus christ that was a horrible way to go for them.

Helpless! Nothing anyone could do but watch. Horrible.

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I wonder if a suction device attached to the harness would help in a situation like this.