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Marine Accident Report - Explosion and Fire Onboard U.S. Coastal Tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9, East River, New York Harbor, February 26, 1982
About 0932 e.s.t. on February 26, 1982, the U.S. coastal tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9 exploded and burned in New York Harbor. The tankship had discharged a cargo of gasoline a few hours before the accident, and its tanks were not free of gas fumes. The vessel was passing or had just passed underneath the Williamsburg Bridge when a fire followed by a series of explosions occurred. The force of the explosions hurled debris onto the bridge roadways and the electrified rail of one of the subway tracks on the bridge, shorting out the electrical system and stopping one subway train on the bridge. There were no injuries to persons on the bridge. One of the eight crewmembers of the POLING BROS. NO. 9 was killed by the explosion, and three other were injured. The damage to the tankship was estimated to be about $2 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the bridge repair contractor to prevent slag from falling on the tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9, where it ignited gasoline vapors in the vicinity of the No. 3 cargo tank openings, and the failure of the crew of the vessel to secure the cargo tanks so as to eliminate all flame propagation paths to the cargo tanks.
Marine Accident Report - Explosion and Fire Onboard U.S. Coastal Tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9, East River, New York Harbor, February 26, 1982
About 0932 e.s.t. on February 26, 1982, the U.S. coastal tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9 exploded and burned in New York Harbor. The tankship had discharged a cargo of gasoline a few hours before the accident, and its tanks were not free of gas fumes. The vessel was passing or had just passed underneath the Williamsburg Bridge when a fire followed by a series of explosions occurred. The force of the explosions hurled debris onto the bridge roadways and the electrified rail of one of the subway tracks on the bridge, shorting out the electrical system and stopping one subway train on the bridge. There were no injuries to persons on the bridge. One of the eight crewmembers of the POLING BROS. NO. 9 was killed by the explosion, and three other were injured. The damage to the tankship was estimated to be about $2 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the bridge repair contractor to prevent slag from falling on the tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9, where it ignited gasoline vapors in the vicinity of the No. 3 cargo tank openings, and the failure of the crew of the vessel to secure the cargo tanks so as to eliminate all flame propagation paths to the cargo tanks.
Marine Accident Report - Explosion and Fire Onboard U.S. Coastal Tankship POLING BROS. NO. 9, East River, New York Harbor, February 26, 1982
1983
36 pages
Report
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English
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