UTC explosion near RHV

[Hilton]

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

[Gene Seibel]

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.
>
> --
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>
> Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
> PP-ASEL
>
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>
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>
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> "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
> >
> >
>
>
>