00:30Puerto Rico: Giant Arecibo telescope collapses after cables break
Puerto Rico's famed Arecibo Observatory's giant radio telescope, reported to be world's second largest, collapsed on Tuesday, after an auxiliary cable broke in August and a main cable snapped in early November.
The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform, which was suspended 137 metres (450 feet) in the air, crashed onto the reflector dish below.
The telescope was built in the 1960s and operated for 57 years, and drew some 90,000 visitors every year.
00:30Mandatory credit: Darlene Abisag Ortiz
Puerto Rico's famed Arecibo Observatory's giant radio telescope, reported to be world's second largest, collapsed on Tuesday, after an auxiliary cable broke in August and a main cable snapped in early November.
The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform, which was suspended 137 metres (450 feet) in the air, crashed onto the reflector dish below.
The telescope was built in the 1960s and operated for 57 years, and drew some 90,000 visitors every year.