Far Rock Depot Posted October 30, 2014 Share #1 Posted October 30, 2014 QUEENS (PIX11) – A giant drill bit narrowly missed drilling right through a packed subway car in Queens Thursday morning. The machinery, being used for the East Side Access project, was being operated by a contractor above ground near the 21st St. Station in Long Island City. The drill bit narrowly missed hitting a packed ‘F’ train. (Photo: MTA) The drill bit, measuring 10 inches in diameter, broke through the tunnel’s roof at about 11:45 a.m., grazing the top and side of an ‘F’ train with approximately 800 people aboard, according to the MTA. http://pix11.com/2014/10/30/giant-drill-bit-narrowly-misses-packed-f-train/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Dude Posted October 30, 2014 Share #2 Posted October 30, 2014 Whoa! That looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparen of Iria Posted October 31, 2014 Share #3 Posted October 31, 2014 Jeez. What the hell. How do you screw up like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs NJT459 Posted October 31, 2014 Share #4 Posted October 31, 2014 I see what you did there ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted October 31, 2014 Share #5 Posted October 31, 2014 That's insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted October 31, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 31, 2014 Do they not know the layout of that area? All kidding aside, is it really difficult to get that information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted October 31, 2014 Share #7 Posted October 31, 2014 All kidding aside, is it really difficult to get that information? It wasn't even built that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted October 31, 2014 Share #8 Posted October 31, 2014 Interesting timing, given the discussion that was going on in another thread about how great subcontractors were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted October 31, 2014 Share #9 Posted October 31, 2014 Interesting timing, given the discussion that was going on in another thread about how great subcontractors were... Some of these folks here in this fourm yakking have no idea what goes on down here.... That's why I sit back and laugh at some of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted October 31, 2014 Share #10 Posted October 31, 2014 This is an example of the people building our new subway. Its ridiculous, the incompetence of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted October 31, 2014 Share #11 Posted October 31, 2014 This is an example of the people building our new subway. Its ridiculous, the incompetence of it all. I mean, sort of kind of. This seems like a subcontractor contracted by a subcontractor. Personally, I feel like the real problem is the lack of oversight and the degree to which various levels of responsibility are quick to not care as long as they can blame another level of responsibility. "As long as it's somebody else's problem, why should I care?" seems like the pervasive attitude, at least from my rather limited perspective. I'm not justifying such an insane screw up, but remember that ESA is using the lower level of the 63rd street tube. So the construction literally has to be right up against the active F train line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted October 31, 2014 Share #12 Posted October 31, 2014 just think, if this tunnel wasn't delayed years ago, on the count of money, or lack thereof, we wouldn't be talking about incidents like this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 31, 2014 Share #13 Posted October 31, 2014 This was kept completely under wraps for most of the day. First, we heard something about a "brake pipe rupture" (or other "mechanical problem"), then later in the afternnon, something about a column moving, or something like that. Then, Daily News online got it, but the news channels hadn't even yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted October 31, 2014 Share #14 Posted October 31, 2014 This was kept completely under wraps for most of the day. First, we heard something about a "brake pipe rupture" (or other "mechanical problem"), then later in the afternnon, something about a column moving, or something like that. Then, Daily News online got it, but the news channels hadn't even yet. I mean, I don't think it was entirely wrong to keep it somewhat under wraps. To an extent that it had the potential to cause panic, there's sort of justification for not being totally up front about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alekr Posted November 1, 2014 Share #15 Posted November 1, 2014 They should had known better! Don't drill it before you get permission to go ahead. They should had done this when the train is running on the line. They do it very often and that time period would be more safer to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted November 1, 2014 Share #16 Posted November 1, 2014 They should had known better! Don't drill it before you get permission to go ahead. They should had done this when the train is running on the line. They do it very often and that time period would be more safer to do that. The less time you have to do it, the more expensive it gets; now that we have such things as seismic detectors and GPS, this should've been perfectly avoidable. I am all for safety, but not if it is going to make the most expensive, delayed project in the MTA pipeline become more expensive and delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted November 2, 2014 Share #17 Posted November 2, 2014 Great! Another near accident! Great for people's trust in the ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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