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The disaster began at 3:25 p.m. PDT (22:25 UTC) when an underground gasoline pipeline crossing Whatcom and Hanna Creeks ruptured. The incident was caused by a series of errors and malfunctions involving Olympic Pipeline, compounded by an excavator's failure to call in and locate the damaged section. [1]
2004: A pipeline punctured by thieves exploded and killed dozens of people in Lagos State. [76] (September 17, 2004) 2006: An oil pipeline punctured by thieves exploded and killed 150 people at the Atlas Creek Island in Lagos State. [77] (May 12, 2006) 2006: A vandalised oil pipeline exploded in Lagos. Up to 500 people may have been killed. [78 ...
A survey by the Federal Power Commission of 51 gas pipeline companies showed that between January 1, 1950, and June 30, 1965 gas transmission pipeline failures had killed 64 people and injured another 222. Of the fatalities, 35 were gas pipeline company workers or contractors, and 29 were members of the public.
A faulty valve on a 3-inch natural gas pipeline was suspected of causing a gas leak that resulted in three separate explosions, including a house explosion in Lambertville, New Jersey that killed seven people. January 27 - an explosion and fire from a gas main failure in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania killed 4 people, and destroyed 15 homes. [20]
As a result, it was only tapped in true emergencies such as last year's pipeline failure. "(The new storage facilities) give you the ability to generate (natural gas) and dispatch it more freely ...
A 20-inch steel natural gas transmission pipeline was ruptured by a contractor for the gas company, and released natural gas near an intersection adjoining the Charter Pointe subdivision. A nearby directional drilling operation had hit and weakened the pipeline before the failure. One local resident was killed and one was injured in the explosion.
“It’s a shame, because air traffic controllers really are excellent people, but, after 70-plus years of trials, maybe human excellence just isn’t enough,” Greenspun said, noting that those ...
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report into a June 30 crash that killed five members of a family from Georgia. Report: 'Overload failure' may have led to ...