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Takata Inflators in Truck Blast Appear to Have Been Shipped Properly
A truck filled with Takata Corp. airbag inflators that exploded in Texas last week met federal packing and shipping safety standards, according to an initial analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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A truck filled with Takata Corp. airbag inflators that exploded in Texas last week met federal packing and shipping safety standards, according to an initial analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The blast on Aug. 22 destroyed a home, killed a woman, injured four other people and broke windows in homes two miles away. The truck was carrying 14,000 inflator cylinders containing ammonium nitrate, an explosive propellant blamed for misfires that have killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 130 others.
The incident prompted U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Mass.) and Edward Markey (D-Conn.) to call for a fuller investigation. The two senators have previously urged Takata to recall all vehicles equipped with inflators that use ammonium nitrate propellants. Carmakers are recalling about 70 million such devices in the U.S. and another 30 million overseas.
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