Sources from the internet say no-one was killed during the accident.
- The (very few) articles I've found in english say 3 dead 12 injured, but I suspect they're all regurgitating the same source, n-th hand. There does seem to be some difference about the date on which the tower fell. -- Finlay McWalter 23:58, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I looked at the Polish Press Agency (PAP) news wire. Their Aug. 10, 1991 "WORLD-TALLEST AERIAL MAST COLLAPSES" account states "COLLAPSED WITHOUT CAUSING ANY CASUALTIES BUT ONLY MATERIAL LOSSES ON THURSDAY EVENING" Thursday evening pinpoints the date as Aug. 8. A later article from October 15, 1993 reports that the Plock provincial court sentenced 3 employees of the Mostostal Co. of Zabrze, Katowice province (who were renovating the tower when it collapsed) to 2.5, 2, and 2 years of prison for "unwillingly causing the collapse" of the tower.
In regards to "In 1995 the Polish government proposed rebuilding the tower, but this was successfully opposed by local residents." The Government decided to restore the tower as early as April 1992 [PAP News Wire, April 7, 1992, NEWS, 106 words, RADIO MAST IN GABIN TO OPERATE AGAIN]
- -- Ando228 11:30, 24 Feb 2005
Height Conflict
This article says 646, List of the world's tallest structures says 648.38. Which is correct? -- SGBailey 09:23, 2005 Apr 4 (UTC)
Inconsistency in units
This sentence:
- it was 646 meters (2,120 feet) tall and weighed 420 short tons (380 t).
puts metric first in the first part, and imperial first in the second part. That is inconsistent. For consistency, will put metric first in second part two, esp. since Poland is a metric-using country (as is most of the world).
Why did it collapse? This is the sort of thing that belongs in the article. Secretlondon 15:54, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The mast "was the tallest structure ever built" - needs to be reworded no? The Petronas Towers etc have also had this title no? Its all inconsistent with the World's tallest structures article which links at the start of this article. Or does anyone care? max rspct 28 June 2005 14:26 (UTC)
Inconsistency in dates
The tower collapsed in 1991 necessitating the construction of the Solec Kujawski longwave transmitter in 1989? Did they construct a time machine while they were at it? Jeff Worthington 8 August 2005