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...still unproved, the hypothesis is stirring a debate about an aeronautical phenomenon called wake vortex. That dry bit of technical jargon refers to the rotating, high-energy tornadoes that spiral behind and downward from the wing tips of an aircraft. Such turbulence behaves much like the wake of a ship: the heavier the vessel's displacement weight, the more violent and long lasting the disturbance. In air, as on water, if a craft trails this whirling vortex too closely, it can be buffeted brutally. For more than a decade the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents, has exhorted...
...accident occurred near the heart of Houston's refining and petrochemical district, the nexus of the U.S. pipeline network. The breach sent fuel prices soaring in the futures markets, interrupted supplies throughout Northeastern states (the pipe runs as far north as Linden, New Jersey) and forced the Houston ship channel to close down for several days. On Friday two other pipelines began leaking oil that seeped into Galveston...
...order equipment and tell the manufacturers to ship it to us on such and such a date," said TPC employee supervisor Mike Rowe. "The companies do not send the stuff. It's a manufacturer's policy...
...first sign of trouble appeared shortly after midnight on a closed- circuit television monitor in the engine room. One of the engineers on , watch saw that water was entering the ship near the bow doors. Believing it was only rain, the crewmen activated the bilge pumps. But within minutes the sea was pouring into the lower car deck near the waterline, and the ship began rolling heavily onto its left side...
Worse by far was the terror and panic inside the ship, as passengers fled their cabins and jammed into corridors and stairways. "A woman had broken her legs and begged others to give her a life jacket," said Kent Harstedt, a Swedish passenger, "but it was the law of the jungle." Andrus Maidre, a 19- year-old Estonian passenger, said the old and the very young had little chance. "Some old people had already given up hope and were just sitting there crying," he said. "I stepped over children who were wailing and holding onto the railing." Very...