On 29 May, 11:07, "Richard J." wrote:
Latest report from the BBC athttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7424980.stm:

"A Transport for London spokesman said 'just debris from engineering works'
fell on the tracks rather than a partial bridge collapse as reported
earlier.
'The contractors were jacking up the bridge. The jack collapsed and debris
from the supports for the bridge fell onto the tracks. We are investigating
the incident,' he said."

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Richard J.
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There's lots more about this from lots of different sources
http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?hl=en...998631&topic=h

What interests me is the comment that the contractors were jacking the
bridge up - AND THERE WERE TRAINS RUNNING AT THE TIME !!!

What on earth is their safety case like ?