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Explosion when testing a rocked engin

Event

Event ID
267
Quality
Description

An explosion occurred during testing of the hydrogen feeding of an engine in the Spatial Agency Centre.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Asia
Country
Japan
Date
Component involved
pipe (generic)
Failure mode
unknown
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Unknown
Date entry in HIAD
28/02/2009

Facility

Application
Non-road vehicles
Sub-application
Aerospace
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

Space shuttle engine

Location type
Semiconfined
Location
industrial area
Operational condition
UNKNOWN

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0
Emergency action

An explosion occurs during testing of the hydrogen feeding of an engine in the Spatial Agency Centre.

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE
Explosion type

References

Sources categories
ARIA
Reference & weblink

Event 3357 in the French database ARIA
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/3357/
(accessed October 2020)