An architect responded to a viral photograph that has emerged of Felipe Ángeles International Airport’s (NLU) newest control tower leaning slightly to one side, confirming that the lean is real, but it’s not dangerous or a caricature. Architect Alex Belfort reassured people on Twitter that the NLU’s 88-meter control tower in Mexico City is safe and that the lean is normal. “It is not necessary for construction of this type to be perfectly vertical … 18 centimeters of inclination is still within a normal safe range,” he said. According to the office of Mexico’s President, the tower’s verticality was checked after an 07SEP earthquake and no damage was found.
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