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UTC explosion near RHV
Hi,
I know Cecil asked if anyone had a PIREP about the explosion a few days ago while chemicals were being mixed. Well, I flew over UTC today and this is what I saw. There are a bunch of buildings pretty close to each other. The building that was demolished was a couple hundred yards from the main cluster towards the ESE. To the SE of the building, there is a big black patch - perhaps the grass caught on fire as a result of the explosion. As far as the building is concerned, there isn't any building left. It looks like the wireframe remnants of a building and in a 40-yard (?) circle around the building are the 'lego blocks'. That must have been a heck of a blast and amazingly no-one was seriously injured. Hilton |
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I had a friend working in a chemical plant. He had a pot of chemicals
go unstable and everyone evacuated. Blew the 10 foot diameter steel lid through the roof of the building. Apparently happens more often than we know. -- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one. "Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the info! I think that the staff leaves when the mixing process is started for the solid propellant. Sounds like the building did exactly what it was designed to do, which is vector the blast mostly upwards before blowing horizontally. -- -- Good Flights! Cecil E. Chapman, Jr. PP-ASEL "We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis- My personal adventures as a student pilot and after my PPL: www.bayareapilot.com "Hilton" wrote in message ... Hi, I know Cecil asked if anyone had a PIREP about the explosion a few days ago while chemicals were being mixed. Well, I flew over UTC today and this is what I saw. There are a bunch of buildings pretty close to each other. The building that was demolished was a couple hundred yards from the main cluster towards the ESE. To the SE of the building, there is a big black patch - perhaps the grass caught on fire as a result of the explosion. As far as the building is concerned, there isn't any building left. It looks like the wireframe remnants of a building and in a 40-yard (?) circle around the building are the 'lego blocks'. That must have been a heck of a blast and amazingly no-one was seriously injured. Hilton |
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