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Port bosses sacked, Aqaba gas blast blamed on cable break

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JORDANIAN authorities have dismissed senior officials at the Port of Aqaba following the deaths of 13 people from a catastrophic chlorine gas leak and explosion at the port, reports London's Port Technology.

Apart from the deaths. hundreds were injured because of "negligence and major deficiencies" in safety protocols, said Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh.
On June 27 a tank filled with 25 tons of chlorine gas due to head to Djibouti fell while being transported.
Jordanian state TV imagery depicted a crane hoisting the tank from a truck, the tank falling and exploding onto the deck of a ship.
The government cabinet fired the director general of the state-owed Aqaba Company for Ports Operation & Management among other senior staff.
Interior Minister Mazin al Farrayeh said that the results of the investigation will be handed to the public prosecutor.
Mr Farrayeh also said that the cause of the incident was a lack of conformity in the metallic cable compared to the weight of the cargo, resulting in a breakage of the cable.
The investigation noted that some port officials delegated tasks to untrained personnel.
Some eight Jordanians and five Vietnamese port workers were killed in the incident.
The Jordanian king has called for transparency behind the leak.
 

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