Word: gal
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...there had been passengers, all of them would have died in the inferno. That disappointed federal officials, since the most important goal of the test had been to see if a big fire could be prevented. The jet's 12,000 gal. of fuel contained an experimental anti-misting additive, years in development, that was supposed to prevent escaping fuel from forming a cloud of mist and then igniting into a deadly fireball. The test had been set up so that fuel would spill and be given a good chance to burn: the wings were shredded...
...Quincy against the metropolitan district commission and the Boston water and sewage commission. During the past six years, 70 of the Environmental Protection Agency's 129 so-called priority pollutants have been detected in the harbor. In the first five months of 1983 alone, some 700 million gal. of raw sewage was dumped into the murky waters. The state senate and, particularly, the house have dragged their feet on measures to solve the crisis. After the legislature last week postponed consideration of a bill intended to create a newly independent, more effective sewer authority. Garrity decided to raise...
...series of explosions not only destroyed four spherical tanks, each holding at least 420,000 gal. of liquefied gas, but also sent enormous steel shards spearing into houses. Then came several more blasts as 48 smaller containers exploded. One 50-ft.-long propane cylinder soared through the air and crushed a house half a mile away. In all, more than 30 acres of working-class housing were destroyed, another 30 heavily damaged...
Pemex's safety record is spotty. A 25,000-gal. gasoline-storage tank exploded in the central Mexican city of Tula last January. No one was injured then, but one died and 33 were hurt in another explosion in June in the state of Tabasco. A week later, a pipeline leak in Veracruz intoxicated 16. Inhabitants of San Juan Ixhuatepec claim a fire broke out there last June, but neighborhood protests got nowhere. Pemex Spokesman Salvador del Rio denies this, saying that there were no recent fires and that maintenance was "done continually...
Every day 1,200 American Airlines jets crisscross the U.S., Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean, stopping in 110 cities and bearing over 80,000 passengers. More than 4,000 pilots, copilots, flight personnel, maintenance workers and baggage carriers are shuffled among the flights; a total of 3.6 million gal. of high-octane fuel is burned. Nuts, bolts, altimeters, landing gears and the like must be checked at each destination. And while performing these scheduling gymnastics, the company must keep a close eye on costs, projected revenue and profits...