The tower crane will be dismantled using an even bigger travelling crane which is 330ft (100m) tall and weighs 500 tonnes.

BBC: Huge tower crane in Gateshead is dismantled

The council said the work would be visible from street level during the weekend and the "most spectacular" part would be the removal of the tower crane's 214ft (65ft) long main jib.

BBC: Huge tower crane in Gateshead is dismantled

Capt Pete Barnes died from multiple injuries after the aircraft hit a crane on The Tower, St George Wharf, in Vauxhall, on Wednesday morning.

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Capt Pete Barnes, 50, a father-of-two from near Reading, was killed when his helicopter clipped a crane on The Tower, St George Wharf on 16 January.

BBC: Capt Pete Barnes

On the south side of the park, the rising One 57 Tower ( now infamous for its dangling crane) has lured a handful of billionaire buyers including fashion mavens Lawrence S. Stroll and Silas K. F.

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