Charles P. Weeth showing off an 8" HDPE mortar after a series of planned malfunctions.
November 15, 2002. The second and largest explosion aboard the new 930 foot container vessel M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania. I spent 40 days in Asia investigating this two fatality, $235 million loss.
May 13, 2000. One of the three major explosions at the SE Fireworks facility in Enschede, The Netherlands that resulted in 22 fatalities, almost 1,000 seriously injured and over 400 homes and businesses destroyed. The majority of the 200,000 kilos of fireworks stored here should have been classified at least 1.3G, and were stored to close together and to a populated area.