All posts tagged "Explosions"

When a door-sized section of a 737 MAX 9 fuselage exploded out into the void 16,000 feet over Portland, Boeing's once-solid reputation, already staggered by the two MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, took another heavy blow. The gaping hole that opened up and the violent decompression were terrifying and traumatic for the passengers and crew aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. Though no one died, and air travel still remains by far the safest form of transportation, this close call on a U.S. flight drew intense attention across the nation. Everything points to a mistake in installing and inspecting......

FORT WORTH, Texas — The cause of an explosion, believed to be linked to a natural gas leak, that caused massive damage to the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth was still under investigation Tuesday. Multiple people, all believed to be adults, were injured in the blast Monday afternoon, with 21 hospitalized or treated on scene, according to the fire department and MedStar. A MedStar spokesperson said the count still stood at 21 on Tuesday. Fourteen were transported to local hospitals, with one in critical condition and four in serious condition. The most severely injured person, a ......

If the investigation into Monday’s explosion at a downtown Fort Worth hotel finds it was caused by a natural gas leak, the incident would be part of a worsening trend of such incidents across the country, according to energy sector watchdog groups. The massive explosion at Sandman Signature Hotel, which left 21 people injured, has not been tied to an official cause. But Fort Worth Fire Department authorities have said it was likely a gas explosion, and representatives of Dallas-based natural gas distributor Atmos Energy have been on the scene. Since 2010, incidents like fires and explosions ca......

An explosion in Plum Borough, Pa. Saturday morning killed one person, sent at least two more to the hospital, and left multiple homes on fire as police searched for three others who were still unaccounted for by late afternoon. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m., when a house exploded on Rustic Ridge Drive and Brookside Drive in Plum Borough, a suburb of Pittsburgh, local ABC affiliate WTAE reports. The explosion left three homes destroyed and at least 12 others damaged, officials said. Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel stated that the house that exploded belonged to borough manager Mike Thomas, ......

A teenage girl and an infant were injured Thursday after a house explosion in New Jersey that left at least two people dead and two unaccounted for. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. in Buena, in southern New Jersey, according to Franklin Township police. South Jersey Gas was alerted to a fire at the house and sent crews to assist first responders. The fire was doused and officials confirmed an explosion had occurred, leveling the house, and damaging nearby homes, Franklin Township Police Department Chief Matthew DeCesari said during a news conference. A 1-year-old girl and a 16-year-old......

PHILADELPHIA — A natural gas-fueled explosion destroyed a West Reading chocolate factory building in March, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Tuesday. Seven people were killed and 11 were injured in the R.M. Palmer blast that rocked the tight-knit borough of about 4,500 people. The source of the likely gas leak was not laid out Tuesday, and will be a focus of the ongoing investigation, according to the NTSB report. Still, the preliminary information laid out by investigators forms the clearest picture of what happened the day of the explosion, just 65 miles ......