‘Huge bang’: Crane tumbles into Sydney Harbour

A CRANE has toppled into Sydney Harbour before flicking the iconic amusement Luna Park in the face, as witnesses describe hearing a “huge bang”.

“I looked up and there was this huge wave of sea spray caused by the crane crashing into the water” said charter boat owner Luke Feledy.

“The bang was like this massive crack sound and I am pretty sure something snapped or broke for sure.”

It’s believed the crane was working at a construction site alongside Luna Park when something went “terribly wrong” at the new Milsons Point Ferry Wharf.

No one was operating the crane when it collapsed and no one was injured. The park was also closed at the time of the incident and police are on the scene.

“During work being carried out on the wharf at Milsons Point today on behalf of Roads and Maritime Services, it appears that the collapse of a crane on a barge led to wire being thrown onto the area above the top of the “face” of Luna Park Sydney,” a statement read.

“There appears to be some damage to the face which we are yet to examine. Importantly, no one was hurt in the incident.”

Another witness, Luke Bayly, described how he was sitting on the opposite side of Sydney Harbour when he saw the crane collapse around 1:00pm.

The crane was operating around Milsons Point, on Sydney’s lower north shore.

“It was a huge bang, it startled me, I thought a bomb had gone off,” he told ABC News.

The crane toppled, then later a cable snapped from the submerged crane and flicked the iconic Luna Park amusement in the face.

 

Witnesses say they could hear a loud splash as the giant structure toppled into the water.

“I was sitting on the other side of the harbour,” Mr Bayly said.

“I heard a huge bang. I looked up and I saw the crane splash into the water.”

Workers from Waterway Constructions are currently on the site.

 

Boat owner Daniel Da Silva was in the neighbouring marina in Lavender Bay when he received a call from a mooring tenant shortly after 1pm telling him about the crash.

“I also heard the bang but didn’t know what it was so I jumped in the tender and raced out to see if one of our tenants boats had exploded” said Mr Da Silva.

“We see lots of action in Lavender Bay because of the popular location but in all my years working on the water I have never seen anything like this.

“We have tourists go past that exact location almost daily so we are lucky no one was killed.”

The area around the crane has been secured.