Mangsa runtuhan akan kekal bersemadi 7meter bawah Jalan Macalister...

Kereta Lim Seperti Dilanggar Tujuh Bas Penuh Muatan Pada kelajuan 130km/j...

 

Apakah jenis kuasa yang menyebabkan sebuah jalan pecah dan mengakibatkan sebuah kereta terbenam sehingga enam meter ke bawah tanah?

Menurut seorang pakar kejuruteraan, tenaga yang menghempap kereta Honda City yang dipandu oleh Lim Chin Aik adalah bersamaan dengan tenaga tujuh bas yang bergerak pada kelajuan 130 kilometer sejam (130km/j) dan melanggarnya secara serentak.

Kapasiti penuh bagi setiap bas henti-henti adalah 60 penumpang dan pemandu.

Arkitek berusia 35 tahun yang berpangkalan di Singapura, Clifford Tan membuat pengiraan mengenai daya impak ke atas kereta yang dipandu oleh penjual nasi, Lim apabila penebat kilat sepanjang 38 meter dan sebahagian daripada “dinding sayap” yang memegangnya jatuh dari bumbung Menara Umno setinggi 21 tingkat di Jalan Macalister.

Tan berkata, serpihan itu “akan memusnahkan apa yang dikenakannya”.

Serpihan yang melambung jatuh ke bawah itu akan menghasilkan halaju yang tinggi apabila menjunam, katanya dalam satu temu bual menerusi panggilan telefon dari Singapura.

Beliau berkata, ia akan menjadi sukar untuk mengeluarkan apa-apa yang telah dihancurkan atau dihempap dengan tenaga kuasa daripada serpihan yang jatuh itu.

Nasib pemandu masih tidak diketahui tetapi dia dikhuatiri terbunuh.

Tan, yang menyiarkan penemuan beliau pada akaun Facebook peribadinya, merujuk kepada ribut yang dahsyat, yang menyebabkan penebat kilat dan penyokongnya yang merupakan dinding sayap konkrit terjatuh.

Runtuhan serpihan itu turut menyebabkan seorang pembantu pemandu lori dari India maut.

Tan menganggarkan bahawa jisim konkrit yang runtuh itu sahaja hampir 100 tan metrik.

Dengan rangka keluli, struktur antena keluli, aluminium pelapisan dan komponen sampingan yang lain, jumlah jisim struktur yang jatuh itu mungkin seberat 110-120 tan metrik, katanya.

Bagi daya impak, beliau menganggarkan, kira-kira 1143333 N (newton) atau 1,143 kN.

Meletakkannya sebagai satu perspektif: jika anda meletakkan satu botol air seliter di tangan anda, yang mengenakan daya ke bawah kira-kira 10N (9.8N) di tangan anda.

Daya impak serpihan itu adalah 114,333 kali daripada itu.

Selain itu, beliau berkata, ia adalah bersamaan dengan tujuh bas RapidPenang yang penuh muatan yang memberi kesan kepada seorang individu pada kelajuan 133 kilometer sejam (133km/j).

Sebuah tapak lantai konkrit biasa bagi sebuah bangunan pejabat direka untuk membawa beban sebanyak 1.5 hingga 2.0kN/ meter persegi, manakala kawasan beban berat seperti dok muatan biasanya lima kN bagi meter persegi.

Tambahan berat beban papak lantai, sebagai contoh gudang dan kilang-kilang, biasanya diberi nilai antara 10-20kN/bagi meter persegi.

Guan Eng,Zahid Hamidi dan Kit Siang

“Saya menganggarkan bahawa dinding sayap jatuh dari anggaran ketinggian 70 meter dan akan menyebabkan apa-apa yang dikenakannya akan musnah,” kata Tan.

Tan menegaskan bahawa beliau tidak membuat spekulasi mengenai runtuhan itu tetapi hanya menawarkan pemerhatian berdasarkan pengetahuan mengapa kereta itu hancur sehingga menjadi kepingan.-omakkau.blogspot


Penang freak storm: Architect: force that hit Lim’s car would crush anything.

 

Storm victim’s final resting place...

The remains of economy rice seller, Lim Chin Aik, 44, will be permanently entombed 7m below Jalan Macalister after search and rescue operations were called off over safety concerns at 8am today.

The crater, dug up over 40 hours of non-stop operations since Saturday, will be filled and stabilised over the next three days. The road is scheduled to be open to traffic on Thursday.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said operations were called off after discussions with the victim’s family who had come to a consensus on the matter.

In the interim period, Chin Aik’s family will be allowed to offer prayers and continue with other religious rituals at the site.

Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik said the decision was made after it was discovered that any further digging would risk other buildings in the vicinity and that the move was based on the advice of the Engineering Department of the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP).

“We need to think of the safety of other buildings and structures along Jalan Macalister,” he said.

Many of the structures along the road are heritage buildings which would be in danger if excavation work to deepen the crater continues.

Chin Aik’s car was crushed when a giant strucrture on top of the Menara Umno fell during a freak storm last Thursday.

The victim, 44-year-old Lim Chin Aik, who drove a grey Honda City, had gone to pick up his youngest daughter from the Penang Chinese Girls High School in Jalan Gottlieb when the mishap occurred at about 6.30pm on Thursday. 

Earlier, the search and rescue team found the back seat and another car tyre after about 40 hours of starting operations.

Ng added the team found parts of the wrecked car after digging about seven metres below the road surface.

Chin Aik’s younger brother, Khung Ling, thanked everyone involved in the search and rescue effort for working round the clock.

“I would like to thank volunteers who had been helping us a lot in this period,” he said, while other family members, especially his mother, were seen sobbing uncontrollably.

Lim also cautioned that another structure on the roof of the Umno building must be monitored by the council to prevent a recurrence of the recent incident.

“I have instructed the MPPP to monitor it closely,” he added.

Met at the scene, state Umno Youth chief Sheikh Hussain Mydin urged Lim not to politicise the issue and to ensure that all remedial work is carried out.

He was commenting on Lim’s call to the owner of the Umno building, JKP Sdn Bhd, to dismantle the remaining structures on the roof to avoid further complications.

Meanwhile, Penang Hospital chief Datuk Dr Zahari Noor said its forensic team will have to find Chin Aik’s bone fragments before he can be legally declared dead.-theSun daily

Minister orders probe into storm victim's death...

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said police will conduct a probe into the death of hawker Lim Chin Aik so that an inquest can be carried out on the death.

Ahmad Zahid said the probe will be carried out by the forensics department headed by Penang Police chief Abdul Rahman Hanafi.

"The probe will be carried out beginning tomorrow until the (June) 20th," the minister (seated, centre in photo)said during a press conference with Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (seated, right in photo) at the accident site along Jalan Macalister.

"The results of the probe will be sent to me so I can direct the National Registration Department to issue a death certificate on the 21st.

"The certificate is necessary for insurance claims as the vehicle that was discovered belongs to the victim," he stressed.

George Town OCPD Gan Kon Meng said once the probe is completed, the police will apply for an inquest from the Attorney-General's Chambers.
 
Search for Chin Aik's body has been called off today after the Special Operations Rescue Team failed to uncover his remains despite digging into the crater for four days.

Parts of his Honda City were recovered in the six-metre deep crater after a 50-metre long lightning rod fell from the state Umno building striking the car when strong gales hit Penang last Thursday.

The rod struck a lorry, killing driver and Indian national Jahir Hussain Sulaiman. In a separate incident, another victim died after he was struck by a fallen tree.

Interest of victim's family placed first

Ahmad Zahid said financial aid will be handed over to the Chin Aik’s family by the Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rohani Kassim by this week.

He added that Penang BN and Umno will also extend some aid to ease the burden of the victim's family as Chin Aik was the sole breadwinner, with three kids, one of which has Down syndrome.

He has two sons aged 18, 20 and a daughter aged 13, while his 48-year-old wife Lee Chai Song used to be his helper.

"What is important is that we have put our differences aside and placed human interest of the family above all," Ahmad Zahidi said.

The minister thanked all sectors, including Lim, his staff, the police, fire and rescue departments and local council workers for working tirelessly to restore the situation to normal since the violent storm hit Penang.

He also apologised to the family of the victim (left) for the tragic incident.

He explained that the digging work to locate Chin Aik's body had to be called off as buildings around the craters - the Penang State Museum and Pakistan Mosque - are at risk of cracks.

Ahmad Zahid visited the family at the site about 2pm, around the same time as DAP senior leader and Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang.-malaysiakini

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