It turns out that the observatory crew were flying a drone to inspect the cables at the moment they snapped.
Scott Manley has the video - from his twitter account:
There was a drone inspecting the Tower 4 Cables when the collapse started so we get a close up on the cables breaking, check the second video segment. pic.twitter.com/Qw37Z5byWg
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) December 3, 2020
Scott also has an excellent YouTube channel - check it out.
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