Wind turbine out of control and explodes

**chris** · 04-03-2008

A wind turbine in Denmark spins out of control and explodes.

The braking mechanism that limits the speed of the wind turbine broke during a storm in Denmark. This was the outcome.

-The tower of the turbine was 60m high
-Wind speed was probably around 30 m/s
-You can see a truck at the base of the mill, but nobody was hurt. The mill had been evacuated 400m in each direction.

22nd Feb 2008

**rolfw** · 04-03-2008

Crumbs, makes you wonder, at Reading the turbine is less than 400m from the nearest buildings and less than that to the M4.

**Analoguesat** · 04-03-2008

Looks like it could have taken off

**PaulR** · 04-03-2008

Now you know why they park the blades at standstill if they know they've got a big wind on the way!

***2cvbloke*** · 05-03-2008

Some further info on thet turbine is that two techinicians were performing maintainance inside that turbine and had gotten out just in time before the blades ame into contact with the tower...

Here's a slightly clearer view of the blades and the aftermath:

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