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SAVANNAH, Ga. ‒ "Catastrophic failure" was blamed Sunday for the collapse of a dock gangway that killed seven people and plunged more than a dozen others into murky waters, bringing tragedy to a ...
Pier 34 South Wharves was located on the Philadelphia bank of the Delaware River, just south of Penn's Landing.It was originally built in 1909, [3] on piles with a concrete substructure supporting concrete retaining walls with solid fill and wood-block paving, designed to carry loads of up to 500 pounds per square foot.
There can be very serious accidents on loading bays. One example is trailer creep (also known as trailer walk, or dock walk), which occurs when the lateral and vertical forces exerted each time a forklift truck enters and exits the trailer cause the trailer to slowly move away from the dock, resulting in separation from the dock leveler.
An accidental explosion of ammunition, during transport or storage, can be lethal and have far-reaching affects, especially on the population and environment around it.. Between 1997 and 2007, there were 120 accidental ammunition storage explosions, killing more than 3,500 peo
Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically ...
The footage, believed to taken from a terminal inside the Ronald Reagan National Airport, captured the moment of impact between AA Flight 5342 and the Army Black Hawk helicopter at about 9 p.m.
The accident resulted in extensive damage to the vessel's hold as well its cargo of vehicles and household goods. As a result of the damage, estimated at $100 million total, the vessel's owners scrapped the vessel. [14] 1 October 2015: SS El Faro: 33 fatalities, sunk in deep water by Hurricane Joaquin [15] 26 January 2016: MV Modern Express
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair ...