Explosion at Denel 2021-10-31

[ConfusedR]

Any word from management? If it's a compliance issue, then why is management not being made accountable?

Because management is ANC cadre appointees.

 

[ForceFate]

Because management is ANC cadre appointees.

At senior management level? Like engineering managers or general managers or ops managers?

Isn't it a joint venture between Rheinmetall and Denel, operated largely with Rheinmetall expertise?

 

[Swa]

First Eskom then elections and now nuclear explosions. It's the apocalypse!

 

[daveza]

Govt urged to revoke Rheinmetall Denel Munition's operating licence

World Beyond War's Terry Crawford-Browne said the blast occurred shortly after engagements with national government on the hazards of the plant.

ewn.co.za

CAPE TOWN - The man representing Rheinmetall Denel Munition's 2018 explosion victims believes the government must revoke the German company's operating licence.

Denel is a German company ?

 

[Fulcrum29]

On the 29th, there were protests to have their licenses revoked. Then this on Sunday... The police are investigating.

 

[R13...]

Govt urged to revoke Rheinmetall Denel Munition's operating licence

World Beyond War's Terry Crawford-Browne said the blast occurred shortly after engagements with national government on the hazards of the plant.

ewn.co.za

Denel is a German company ?

Rheinmetall, as the name suggests, dave

 

[daveza]

Rheinmetall, as the name suggests, dave

Then why don't the Krauts bail them out ?

 

[j4ck455]

That's quite an epic photo (more flames than bang). Imagine an aircraft coming in to land, and seeing that fireball...

Just think about how many moths RDM murdered.

Saw it last night when I was as having a smoke. Glad there is a thread. Thought I was tripping.

Were you that guy walking on the beach and Twittering about being high?

 

[Swa]

Just think about how many moths RDM murdered.

It's not murder, it's assisted suicide.

 

[Ferog]

Let's shut that site down for good before Cape Town becomes Beirut.

Imagine an Eskom substation blowing up in the site with the whole site then going up. Could be a Michael Bay movie, maybe include a Transnet pipeline and Koeberg also blowing up. It could be the next Transformers low budget sequel, called Transformer - State of Enterprise.

Add some female latex in the movie and it'll sell well.

If they tell us in advance the whole of CPT can at least get popcorn ready for the Guy Fawkes event and stream it on CCTV cams. I'd be willing to have my taxes go towards that as at least we'd get a show out of it and go out with a bang.

 

[schumi]

RDM finds light fixture fault likely cause of 2021 fire

An internal Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) investigation into an October 2021 fire and ‘flashover’ at the company’s Somerset West facilities has found that a faulty light fixture was most likely responsible for the incident.

RDM said this week that the investigation into the fire at the N86 building on 31 October 2021 has determined that the fire was most likely caused by an electrical fault in a light fixture in the building.

The N86 building stored a paste which is used in RDM’s manufacturing processes. “Evidence suggests that an electrical fault in a light fitting started the fire, leading to melted material from the light fitting falling down onto the stored material. The stored material then ignited,” RDM said.

“The investigation found that no explosion occurred, but that ‘flashover’ occurred when pressure built up in the building when the material ignited. The flashover caused the roof of the building to be dislodged, while the walls of the building remained intact.” [/quote ]

More at: https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rdm-finds-light-fixture-fault-likely-cause-of-2021-fire/