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Series
Advanced materials research volume 580
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Publisher
A & E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Covers the 1988 PEPCON jet fuel plant explosion; the 1983 collapse of New England's Mianus Bridge; the sinking of the Ocean Ranger offshore oil rig in 1982; the 19th-century failure of South Fork Dam that resulted in the flooding of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and the crash of a Learjet 35 carrying pro golfer Payne Stewart.
Publisher
A & E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
MODERN MARVELS returns to this sadly productive territory to examine the following five events: a massive oil tanker explosion claims nine lives; a freighter plane crashes into and destroys an 11-story apartment building; a molasses flash flood; a subway tunnel collapse which swallows part of Hollywood Boulevard, and a fatal freeway collapse. Featuring interviews with investigators from NTSB, Cal/OSHA, and Boeing, along with computer graphics, footage...