2000 NEW MEXICO PIPELINE RUPTURE SUBJECT OF NTSB BOARD MEETING
Washington, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board Meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 LEnfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D. C. Item to be discussed:
On Saturday, August 19, 2000, a 30-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline
operated by El Paso Natural Gas Company ruptured adjacent to the Pecos River
near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The release of gas ignited and burned for 55 minutes.
Twelve persons who were camping under a concrete-decked steel bridge that supported
the pipeline across the river were killed and their three vehicles destroyed.
Two nearby steel suspension bridges for gas pipelines crossing the river were
extensively damaged.
Directions to the Board Room: Front Door located on Lower 10th Street, directly below LEnfant Plaza. From Metro, exit LEnfant Plaza station at 9th and D streets escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one level. Board Room will be to your left.
NTSB Press Contacts:
Keith Holloway
(202) 314-6100
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