WHAT weighs 1850000kg, costs $40m, took 30 months to build and disappeared in just 10 seconds?
An Iranian engineering structure.
And this isn't a bad joke. It actually happened.
A structure in Iran's South Pars gas field sank into the Persian Gulf in mere seconds, while workers were still on it.
The accident happened on Wednesday but the footage has only just made its way online.
Thankfully none of the workers seen trying to swim to safety were injured, according to local media.
The
structure belonged to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the country is now
calling for foreign aid to help recover the gas platform which sank 80m
to the seabed, according to Mehr news.
How's that for irony?
