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KOREAN CGN BUS EXPLOSION

i found this while i was on another forum

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A compressed natural gas-powered bus exploded Monday and injured 17 while waiting at a traffic light in Seoul, South Korea. The CNG tank ruptured, tearing the bus apart and shattering nearby windows. The whole incident was capture on video below.

The catastrophic failure resulted in 17 injuries to riders and pedestrians, one of which was serious and resulted in a 28-year-old woman requiring immediate surgery to both ankles. Seoul's bus fleet is comprises of approximately 95% CNG buses and as a result the government's launched an immediate investigation into the safety of the fuel tanks.

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If the failure mode is determined to be a defect in the tank, all buses manufactured in the same year will be recalled and possibly others if their tanks are considered suspect. One thing's for sure though, we're betting Seoul's bus ridership drops just a little bit until they get things figured out.

http://jalopnik.com/5610184/korean-c...ught-on-camera

this was a crazy/ scary shit, good thing no one was hurt

IT'S A REPOST WITH MORE DETAILS

wow, that's insane !!

sh!t man, i went to search & typed CNG BUS & nothing came up

should've just posted the extra info on the other thread lol

Shit man that definitely looked like it chopped some legs

nuclear lauched detected!

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Seoul's bus fleet is comprises of approximately 95% CNG buses

crazy

wow... dino fuel wouldn't fail like that

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Originally Posted by PiuYi (Post 7065076)

crazy

another 95% taxi
more than 25% passenger cars

I rented a natual gas powered sonata once... opening the trunk and seeing the huge propane tank was pretty scary LOL

^korea has alot of liquefied petroleum gas cars, and the huge tank in the trunk saggs the car down so much they acually make springs that are longer and stiffer than stock for the back that raises the car up an inch so it can look like its not sagging :/

holy crap that video... the rider was lucky ... looked like he didnt get hit

probably starcraft 2 related

Felf sorry for that biker lol.

oh.. shit.. fml.. i'm going to Korea in 5 days... and busing is one of the major forms of transport i'm going to take...
*sigh*..

wow looked like it caused alot of damage , glad to see noone died

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Originally Posted by -EuroRSN- (Post 7065029)

Shit man that definitely looked like it chopped some legs

One of the riders, a 28 year-old female, had both her legs amputated. She was sitting 2 seats behind the bus driver. She got on 1 minute right before the explosion happened. Sucks for her...:(

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Originally Posted by ImportPsycho (Post 7066222)

I rented a natual gas powered sonata once... opening the trunk and seeing the huge propane tank was pretty scary LOL

So was the propane tank just for decoration?