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  1. Hyatt Regency walkway collapse - Wikipedia

    • Two overhead walkways in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring 216. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms crashed onto a tea dance in the lobby. Kansas City society was affected for years, with the collapse resulting in billions of dollars of insurance claims, legal inves… See more

    DateJuly 17, 1981
    Time19:05 CDT (UTC−5)
    LocationHyatt Regency Kansas City · 2345 McGee Street · Kansas City, Missouri 64108
    CauseStructural overload resulting from design flaws
    Background

    The Kansas City Star described the national climate of the late 1970s as "high unemployment, inflation and double-digit interest rates [that added] pressure on builders to win contracts and complete projects sw… See more

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    About 1,600 people gathered in the atrium for a tea dance on the evening of Friday, July 17, 1981. The second-level walkway held about 40 people at about 7:05 p.m., with more on the third and an additional 16 to 20 on th… See more

     
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  2. Understanding the Tragic Hyatt Regency Walkway …

    Feb 10, 2021 · On July 17th, 1981, 114 people were killed, and at least another 216 were injured when two walkways collapsed within the Hyatt Regency Kansas City Hotel. At the time, a tea dance was being held...

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  4. Hyatt Regency Collapse Remains Among The Deadliest …

    Jul 17, 2021 · They were among the 114 people who were killed at the Hyatt Regency that night when two elevated walkways broke free from their support rods and collapsed onto the crowd below, injuring more...

  5. Kansas City skywalk collapse: 114 people were killed 40 …

    Jul 17, 2021 · Two skywalks that spanned the second and fourth floors of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, lie in ruins after collapsing on July 17, 1981. 40 years before Surfside, a...

  6. Here are the 114 victims who perished in KC MO Hyatt …

    On July 17, 1981, during a Friday night “tea dance” at the year-old Hyatt Regency, skywalks in the spacious lobby pulled from their moorings and collapsed, crushing the people below. All...

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  8. Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: America's most

    One of the worst structural disasters in US history, this tragedy occurred in the middle of a tea dance at the hotel. Read on as we explore how the Hyatt Regency walkway disaster came to be, what happened, and what the world …

  9. Why Engineers Must Remember the Kansas City Hyatt …

    Dec 16, 2015 · Until the events of 9/11, the skywalk collapse at the former Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Mo., was the most devastating structural failure ever in the U.S. in terms of loss of life and...

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