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A crane malfunction left a load dangling more than 400 feet in the air in Manhattan

Crane operators were able to lower the counterweight before an expected storm arrived

Mishap site is the same building where a crane was hanging in Superstorm Sandy

New York CNN  — 

A crane’s load at a Manhattan skyscraper is back on the ground after a mechanical failure left it suspended more than 400 feet above West 57th Street.

The hoisting equipment for a tower crane at the site of One57 – a future residential building – malfunctioned Monday morning, according to Kelly Magee, a spokeswoman for New York City’s Department of Buildings.

A 7-ton counterweight was being lifted when a mechanical failure occurred at the top of the crane, leaving the counterweight stuck 429 feet in the air, according to a spokesman at the Office of Emergency Management.

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The crane failed to get the load it was carrying to the top of the high rise, and as a result, crane operators had to manually bring it back down, according to New York Police Det. Marc Nell.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the mid-Atlantic region, which includes New York City, until 5 p.m. ET Monday, creating more concern about lowering the hanging counterweight before the storms arrived.

Fifty-seventh Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues was reopened shortly after the counterweight reached the ground.

One57 is the same site of a separate crane incident during Superstorm Sandy last October, when a crane boom was left hanging. The crane that malfunctioned Monday is not the same one that was affected in the storm, according to a spokesman at the Office of Emergency Management.

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