Former NTSB director focuses on tree roots as potential factor in Preston Hollow house explosions By Zack Briggs, KENS5 (May 6, 2026) Hall said the chemical that gives natural gas its distinctive odor can be stripped away as the gas … [Read more...] about Former NTSB director focuses on tree roots as potential factor in Preston Hollow house explosions
Plastic Pipe
NTSB Report on Fatal South Jordan, UT Explosion Reveals Crack in Notoriously Problematic Pipe Material as its Root Cause
The explosion rattled a suburban Utah neighborhood and tragically took the life of 15-year-old Logan Hansen. For the second time this year, the NTSB identified Aldyl-A pipe as the source of a fatal failure, it was also at the center of the … [Read more...] about NTSB Report on Fatal South Jordan, UT Explosion Reveals Crack in Notoriously Problematic Pipe Material as its Root Cause
PHMSA Issues Another Advisory Bulletin on Notoriously Problematic Plastic Pipe
In the last few years, failed plastic piping has been responsible for several fatalities. A plastic pipe material called Aldyl-A was at the center of both the 2023 pipeline failure in West Reading, PA that killed 7, and the 2024 explosion … [Read more...] about PHMSA Issues Another Advisory Bulletin on Notoriously Problematic Plastic Pipe