Mirror concert accident 'a fortune out of misfortune': expert

A mechanical engineering expert told The Standard that, the accident happened at Mirror's concert on Thursday night is “a fortune out of misfortune.”

Lo Kok-keung, a chartered mechanical engineer and a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers said, “Estimating the monitor weight 90 kilograms, and at 10 meters high, and if it hits the dancer with its corner, it will create 708 pounds of force, which we could not rule out causing the dancers to die."

But he added that since the monitor first hit the ground, and then crushed the dancers like a chopper, the force created is only one-third of the estimated.

The accident happened at Hong Kong Coliseum Thursday at about 10.35pm, where a big TV screen suddenly fell off and land on at least two dancers. They were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital consciously.