June 5, 2014- Houston– The US Chemical Safety Board has found a design flaw in the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) mechanism used in the BP Deepwater Horizon rig, that most likely led to the accident that became on of the world’s biggest oil spills in history. The worrying fact is that existing BOPs on existing … Read more
July 8, 2013– The July 6, 2013 crash of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the Instrument landing System (ILS) at the airport , on the runway which was used for the landing of the Asiana plane, was not fully operational.It … Read more
Jan 11, 2013– The below video was sent to some friends in an email at work and also shared widely on Facebook. The site is apparently a gas gathering and/or processing facility in Mexico in a desert area, but manned. See the ferocity of the gas explosion and how rapidly it spread alongwith the fire … Read more
Map Ta Phut, May 6, 2012– A powerful explosion at the BST (Bangkok Synthetics Company) plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand has reportedly resulted in 12 fatalities and more than a 100 injuries, say news reports from various sources. Hundreds more were evacuated when fumes and gases from the accident site began spreading to nearby … Read more
March16, 2012, Corpus Christi, TX– The CSB (US Chemical Safety Board) today released an update for the press concerning the status of the ongoing investigation into the hazardous release of Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) at the CITGO refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Johnnie Banks, the CSB lead investigator tasked with the investigation released some details … Read more
