Tower Bridge bottle - An empty beer bottle fell and smashed a £1 million ($1.6m) glass walkway, which was recently unveiled across London's Tower Bridge. Reports indicate that a part of the top layer of the transparent walkway was shattered.
The Tower Bridge bottle accident occurred after an empty beer bottle, which was reportedly being carried by a catering staff member on a tray, fell. It first cracked and then destroyed the walkway launched on the 10th of this month.
The Tower Bridge bottle incident occurred 42m (138ft) above the River Thames in London. British authorities say the glass floor is meant to provide visitors with a unique and unusual view of traffic crossing the river and bridge lifts.
"A sacrificial layer of glass on the new West Walkway at Tower Bridge Exhibition shattered on Friday evening, when an empty beer bottle fell from a tray being carried by a member of the catering team during an event. The floor was immediately inspected and covered to protect guests from glass splinters," the head of the Tower Bridge Chris Earlie said in a statement.
According to local sources, just two days after the Tower Bridge bottle incident, officials replaced the glass walkway. Earlie has confirmed the reports. He explained that due to the design of the glass floor, which had five layers; technicians were able to replace the broken part without too much hassle.
"Tower Bridge Exhibition's engineering team attended the site on Saturday morning and the sacrificial glass panel was replaced on Sunday morning. The exhibition space remained open to the public as normal and no visitors were at risk," Earlie said.
"We are gutted it's happened in the first couple of weeks when it's been open to the public but it's completely safe," Earile added.
After the Tower Bridge bottle incident, the head of Tower Bridge revealed that the destruction had been a lesson. "We should have said not glass on the glass section of the floor. It was a bit shortsighted of us," he said.
