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: KOREAN CGN BUS EXPLOSION


ae101
08-11-2010, 10:20 PM
i found this while i was on another forum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L38xQDVtwc&feature=related

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/08/500x_bus_explosion.jpg
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.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/08/500x_bus_interior.jpg
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-cng-bus-explosion-caught-on-camera

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

IT'S A REPOST WITH MORE DETAILS

AzNightmare
08-11-2010, 10:35 PM
wow, that's insane !!

Presto
08-11-2010, 10:36 PM
http://www.revscene.net/forums/cng-bus-explosion-t622059.html

ae101
08-11-2010, 10:39 PM
sh!t man, i went to search & typed CNG BUS & nothing came up

jpark
08-11-2010, 10:46 PM
holy shit!

insomniac
08-11-2010, 10:50 PM
should've just posted the extra info on the other thread lol

-EuroRSN-
08-11-2010, 11:40 PM
Shit man that definitely looked like it chopped some legs

shawn79
08-12-2010, 12:04 AM
nuclear lauched detected!

PiuYi
08-12-2010, 12:13 AM
Seoul's bus fleet is comprises of approximately 95% CNG buses

crazy

optiblue
08-12-2010, 05:21 PM
wow... dino fuel wouldn't fail like that

ImportPsycho
08-12-2010, 09:57 PM
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

jpark
08-12-2010, 10:00 PM
^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 :/

!Tigger
08-12-2010, 10:11 PM
holy crap that video... the rider was lucky ... looked like he didnt get hit

orange7
08-13-2010, 07:28 PM
probably starcraft 2 related

BMW135i
08-13-2010, 09:20 PM
Felf sorry for that biker lol.

genesis195
08-13-2010, 09:27 PM
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*..

Vansterdam
08-13-2010, 09:30 PM
wow looked like it caused alot of damage , glad to see noone died

Boinky
08-15-2010, 07:17 PM
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...:(

fliptuner
08-15-2010, 10:31 PM
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?