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Thursday, May 20, 2004
Thursday, May 20, 2004
The 46,000 lb roof of the J-1 tank was blown off in one giant piece, 74 feet in diameter, and landed about 30 feet from the J-9 tank, which holds 2 million gallons of fuel. It then wedged itself like a crumpled chewing gum wrapper under the 6” fuel line that comes out of J-9.
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