A tank truck delivering liquid oxygen exploded outside the victory memorial hospital in brooklyn yesterday morning killing two persons and injuring 40 others including 30 pa tients none seriously.
Liquid oxygen tank explosion.
Images of an oxygen cylinder that exploded along with a description of the factors that led to the incident.
The clear liquid oxygen flowed like water some 25 yards from a ruptured pipe at the air products and chemicals inc.
1 oxygen tank causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.
Space shuttle orbiter challenger shortly after its launch from cape canaveral florida on january 28 1986 which claimed the lives of seven astronauts including christa mcauliffe who had won a national screening to become the first teacher in space.
The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no.
All oxygen stores were lost within about 3 hours along with loss of water electrical power and use of the propulsion system.
The company said it is moving forward with plans for rocket.
Two individuals ages 42 and 60 found a liquid oxygen cylinder that had been removed from service and left at a scrap.
Facility where its vapors apparently ignited a mobay spokesman said.
The strut was one of several.
Plant to the neighboring mobay chemical corp.
Challenger disaster explosion of the u s.
The spacex explosion on june 28th was caused by a failed strut in the rocket s upper stage liquid oxygen tank spacex chief executive officer elon musk said today.
The service module bay no 4 cover was blown off.
Bill barker a wheeling construction worker witnessed the explosion from the gate about 200 yards away.