The report can be considered one of many routinely written by the Israeli chief air accidents investigator, but it is not.
It warns about procedures for the air transportation of chemicals and shows that these do not cover all the possibilities.
The report describes events on June 9 after an EL AL 747 cargo aircraft landed in Ben-Gurion airport in Tel-Aviv after a flight from Belgium.
The cargo was offloaded and stored in the cargo terminal. It included 10 metal barrels containing acrylamide, which is used, among other things, for filling spaces in construction. When this is the use, it is mixed with another one to make a gel.
After six hours, five of the barrels suddenly exploded in the terminal, sending the chemical to the 12 metre high ceiling.
The emergency services isolated the area and an investigation began.
The investigation revealed that a "chain of mistakes" was made along the path of the shipment until it landed in Israel.
The report recommends checking the responsibility of all the parties involved in such shipments and to consider a warning about the air transportation of acrylamide until further investigation, which will result in more precise instructions about the way it is stored before loading on a plane.
The report points to a lack of safety instructions that apply to the air transport of certain chemicals.
It also points to the need to prepare an exact manual that all involved in the shipping chain will have to follow when chemicals are put on a plane.
This time, the explosion happened on the ground. The report is a warning that there are still holes in the system, which is supposed to prevent chemical reactions that may be the result of in-flight conditions.
The report says that this "severe incident could have ended with an accident", and this is the warning light for all the details and procedures described in the report.
It warns about procedures for the air transportation of chemicals and shows that these do not cover all the possibilities.
The report describes events on June 9 after an EL AL 747 cargo aircraft landed in Ben-Gurion airport in Tel-Aviv after a flight from Belgium.
The cargo was offloaded and stored in the cargo terminal. It included 10 metal barrels containing acrylamide, which is used, among other things, for filling spaces in construction. When this is the use, it is mixed with another one to make a gel.
After six hours, five of the barrels suddenly exploded in the terminal, sending the chemical to the 12 metre high ceiling.
The emergency services isolated the area and an investigation began.
The investigation revealed that a "chain of mistakes" was made along the path of the shipment until it landed in Israel.
The report recommends checking the responsibility of all the parties involved in such shipments and to consider a warning about the air transportation of acrylamide until further investigation, which will result in more precise instructions about the way it is stored before loading on a plane.
The report points to a lack of safety instructions that apply to the air transport of certain chemicals.
It also points to the need to prepare an exact manual that all involved in the shipping chain will have to follow when chemicals are put on a plane.
This time, the explosion happened on the ground. The report is a warning that there are still holes in the system, which is supposed to prevent chemical reactions that may be the result of in-flight conditions.
The report says that this "severe incident could have ended with an accident", and this is the warning light for all the details and procedures described in the report.
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