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The USN and USMC received the first definitive Phantom, the F-4B which was equipped with the Westinghouse APQ-72 radar (pulse only), a Texas Instruments AAA-4 Infrared search and track pod under the nose, an AN/AJB-3 bombing system and powered by J79-GE-8,-8A and -8B engines of 10,900 lbf (48.5 kN) dry and 16,950 lbf (75.4 kN) afterburner ...
Liquefied gas Horton tanks similar to the six spherical tanks involved in the San Juanico disaster LPG bullet tanks. There were 48 tanks of this type in the Pemex plant. Note how this modern installation incorporates some of the lessons learned from San Juanico: an uncongested, well ventilated area, with the horizontal tanks in a parallel cluster configuration, which minimizes the effects of ...
Numerous gasoline explosions in the sewer system and fires over four hours destroyed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of streets. [1] Gante Street was the most damaged. By the accounting of Lloyd's of London, the reported number of people killed was about 252, although many estimate that the catastrophe actually caused at least 1,000 deaths. [2]
Population within blast range of 409.3 sq. miles: 4.4 million (33%) Manhattan, Soho, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ©TomasSereda / iStock via Getty Images
Those killed in the bombing were 46-year-old Leonard Hsu of Lomita, 64-year-old Harper Glass of Inglewood, and 53-year-old Robert Moncur of New Zealand. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Kurbegovic was nicknamed "The Alphabet Bomber" because of his alleged plan to attack places in an order that would make an anagram of Aliens of America.
Fireworks the diameter of bowling balls were among over 75 tons of illegal fireworks seized by authorities in the South Bay.
Osbee Sangster is a 73-year-old resident who fled her Los Angeles-area home at 3:30 a.m. local time Wednesday. She noticed a conspicuous absence as fire trucks rolled through her neighborhood ...
Site after explosion. An evacuation of the area had been begun in the minutes following the explosion. [6] In the hours after the blast, about 30 people were reported to be trapped in debris, [6] and searches continued into the next day, as Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya said there were indications that some people remained under the rubble.