Railway accident at Ufa
The railway accident at Ufa occurred on June 4, 1989 about 70 km east of the Soviet city of Ufa . A gas explosion occurred near two trains on the Trans-Siberian Railway . At least 575 travelers died and over 600 were injured.
Happening
A near the railway line running LNG - pipeline sprung a leak. Pipeline personnel noticed a drop in pressure on the line but suspected a compressor failure rather than a leak. It switched on another compressor and increased the pressure at the leak. The leaked gas collected in a depression and exploded as the two trains passed. The pressure wave of the explosion is said to have burst windows in Ascha, 13 kilometers away . Most of the passengers on the trains were children on their way to or from vacation.
Others
The Soviet leadership ordered a one-day state mourning for June 5, 1989. In 1992, an eight-meter-high memorial was erected on the site of the disaster, on which the names of 675 deceased are engraved. According to unofficial information, the number of victims was 780.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz-Günter Kemmer: Energy: Leaks in the lifelines. In: zeit.de. November 23, 1990, accessed December 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Огненный ад. Как спасали людей после крупнейшей железнодорожной катастрофы. In: Ria Novosti. June 3, 2019, accessed July 28, 2020 (Russian).
Coordinates: 54 ° 56 '53.1 " N , 57 ° 5' 22.8" E