Ufa train disaster
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Coordinates: 54°56′38″N 57°5′10″E / 54.94389°N 57.08611°E
The Ufa train disaster was an explosion on the Kuybyshev Railway on June 4, 1989 at 1:15 (local time) in the Soviet Union, about 50 kilometers from the city of Ufa. It was the most deadly railway accident in Soviet history.
The explosion occurred when a leaking liquified natural gas[1] pipeline created a highly flammable cloud that was ignited by sparks created by two passenger trains passing each other nearby. Both trains were carrying many children: one was returning from a holiday vacation on the Black Sea and the other was taking children there.[2] Estimates of the size of the explosion have ranged from 250-300 tons of TNT equivalent[3] up to 10,000 tons of TNT equivalent.[1] According to official figures, 575 people died and more than 800 were injured.[1][4] The exact location was near the town of Asha.
Three hours before the explosion, pipeline engineers noticed a drop in pressure, but they increased the pressure back to normal instead of checking for leaks.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Russia remembers 1989 Ufa train disaster". RIA Novosti. 2009-06-04. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090604/155167464.html. (English)
- ^ Bill Keller (June 5, 1989). "500 on 2 Trains Reported Killed By Soviet Gas Pipeline Explosion". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/world/500-on-2-trains-reported-killed-by-soviet-gas-pipeline-explosion.html. Retrieved September 18, 2011. (English)
- ^ "Железнодорожные катастрофы на территории России [Train Crash in Russia]". Vesti. November 11, 2009. http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=328582. Retrieved September 18, 2011. (Russian)
- ^ Toll up to 645 in Soviet train blast, Chicago Sun-Times (July 26, 1989)(English)
- ^ "Communism: Soviet Union Hard Lessons and Unhappy Citizens". Time. June 19, 1989. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957976-3,00.html. Retrieved May 26, 2010. (English)
[edit] External links
- "Факел смерти". MediaKorSe. March 6, 2007. http://www.mkset.ru/news/chronograph/7234/. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- Sergei Z-Kudryashov (August 7, 1995). "История одной катастрофы". Kommersant. http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=112883. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- "Катастрофа, которой не было ни до, ни после СССР". news@mail.ru. June 4, 2009. http://news.mail.ru/society/2636389/. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- "Трагедия под Ашой. Поезд "Памяти"". Chelyabinsk News. June 5, 2009. http://www.chelnovosti.ru/foto/1333-33.html. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- "Трагедия под Ашой: 21 год мучений". Chelyabinsk News. June 3, 2010. http://chelnovosti.ru/zhizn-bolshogo-goroda-zhbg/5367-99.html. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- Svetlana Zhuravleva (June 3, 1999). "Аша: Эхо трагедии звучит и сегодня". Chelyabinsk Worker. http://www.chrab.chel.su/archive/03-06-99/3/A7639.DOC.html. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- "Катастрофа, которой не было ни до, ни после СССР". Free Press. June 4, 2009. http://svpressa.ru/society/article/9647/?f=2. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
- Maxim Bashkeev. "Трагедия, которой не могло не быть". Tribune. http://www.tribuna.ru/articles/2009/06/04/article7729/. Retrieved January 31, 2011.(Russian)
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