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The forward cargo hold had been loaded with 148-cubic-foot (4.2 m 3) capacity baggage containers, made either of fiberglass or aluminium, and filled with suitcases. After the explosion, most of these containers showed damage consistent with a fall from 31,000 feet (9,400 m), but two of them—metal container AVE4041 and fibre container AVN7511 ...
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator 1 March 8, 1782 Massacre 96 2 Gnadenhutten, Ohio (then part of the Indian reserve / Ohio Country) : Gnadenhutten massacre – Pennsylvania militia round up and execute 96 unarmed pacifist Christian Delaware (Lenape) Indians, including 69 women and children, as revenge for raids against settlers (carried out by other Indians) as well as in ...
1 2 Sibley Quarry explosion: 1 May 1900 United States: Scofield, Utah: 200–246 Unknown Scofield Mine disaster – A coal mine was destroyed in a dust explosion, killing 200 workers from either the explosion or from asphyxiation after being trapped in the mine. 10 March 1906 France: Courrières: 1,099 Unknown
Michel, Lou; Herbeck, Dan (2001) "McVeigh's hand drawn map of his movements immediately after igniting bomb" in American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing (hardcover) (1 st ed.), Category:New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, pp. Plate before p. 107 Retrieved on 21 June 2009. ISBN: 0-06-039407-2. Author: Jappalang: Other versions
Pan Am Flight 103 (PA103/PAA103) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 "Clipper Maid of the Seas" was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. [1]
[256] [257] As in previous years, the tenth anniversary of the bombing observances began with a service at 9:02 a.m., marking the moment the bomb went off, with the traditional 168 seconds of silence—one second for each person who was killed as a result of the blast. The service also included the traditional reading of the names, read by ...
In December 2007 Pemex estimated that 1,380 m 3 (8,701 bbl) of leaked oil were recovered with another 790 m 3 (5,000 bbl) remaining in the environment. On November 13, during attempts to control the leaks resulting from the accident, the well Kab 121 ignited and was brought under control the same day.
The initial version was created in February 2012, with major upgrades in July 2013, [2] [3] [4] which enables users to model the explosion of nuclear weapons (contemporary, historical, or of any given arbitrary yield) on virtually any terrain and at virtually any altitude of their choice. [5]