Workers around the Boise airport are reacting to Wednesday afternoon’s collapse of an aircraft hangar next to Jackson Jet Center that killed 3 and sent 9 to the hospital. The cause of the collapse is unknown as of this writing, but OSHA is beginning its investigation.
- OSHA spent the morning evaluating the wreckage
- Workers nearby say the collapse was preceded by a strange howling noise
- Workers at the Airport Chevron say they’re heartbroken because so many of those workers stop in every day for their morning coffee, and now three will never return
(below is verbatim of story that aired)
Our top story this morning is the collapse of a huge aircraft hanger under construction at the Boise Airport.
It killed three and sent nine to the hospital with five in critical condition.
We found someone who saw the collapse and I talked to the folks who run the airport chevron where they see these work crews every day.
The destruction at the site of the collapse is hard to fathom.
Thousands of tons of steel now laying flush on a gravel foundation with little space for workers to escape.
A witness tells Idaho News 6 that the collapse started with a bizarre whine.