Putting igniters in inside the truck!
Am I glad that I get to put igniters in once the shells are in their tubes in racks insitu outside! At least if one igniter popped the shell would go where the shell's supposed to go - up in clear open space - reducing the risks of it taking anything else out and of injury.
I've not seen an igniter going off whilst being handled, but we talk about the possibility. Now we get a case to make us think and to learn from. In an enclosed space - with a shell or something going off with other tails ready for taking igniters and so, I presume, with the blackmatch exposed..... not difficult to see why there was a rapid escalation to a significant explosion with folk trapped in it with no time to get out. A very tragic event, and really, I reckon, quite avoidable.
Thanks for the update, Hotdog, even though it makes sobering reading.
EDIT.... I hasten to add that my fusing activity mentioned here was done entirely in my role as a pro-crew member on pro-displays! (Says I, seeing as I posted about it outside of the Professional Forum.)
