Turbulence caused Long March failure

1995-08-02T00:00:00

EXTREME TURBULENCE was probably the cause of the loss of the Chinese Long March 2E booster T+51s after lift-off from Xichang on 26 January. Debris from the resulting explosion killed six people on the ground.

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