The fire ignited as a result of a faulty liquid propane gas cylinder in a ground floor buffet of the hotel. 17-year-old kitchen helper Khayan Kasien had identified a faulty valve assembly on gas cylinder in a ground-floor buffet, while attempting to shut off the valve, he inadvertently increased the flow of gas and caused an explosion. (11 July 1997)
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Royal Air Force Base
Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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Friday 23rd of May 1969 (x) — US Air Force mechanic Paul Meyer steals a Hercules Transporter C-130 37789 aircraft and disappears above the English Channel. A few days later small pieces of wreckage of the Hercules, including a life raft washed up near the shores of the Channel Island of Alderney. Meyer's body was never found.