UPDATE: Two remain in the hospital after Wichita Beechcraft plant explosion. Textron’s hourly workers in manufacturing and customer support aren’t expected to be affected by the job cuts.The damage was contained to Plant III, which is between Webb Road and the runway which crosses the Textron Aviation property.County EMS director John Gallagher said that four injured victims were treated on the scene, and 11 people were taking to local hospitals for injuries. "Difficult day. OSHA is on-site, Textron has their folks here as well. While one person is in critical condition, there have been no reported fatalities.“The plant closed or shut down for the holiday season so the numbers that would have been here, were not, so it was a skeleton crew,” Wegner said.While Beechcraft’s parent company, Textron Aviation, sent an alert to employees that Plant III and the B15 facility were being evacuated, they have yet to put out an official statement after the explosion. by: KSN News. Joel Schepis, who lives in a neighborhood west of the Beechcraft plant, told The Wichita Eagle that the explosion rattled his house and dust and debris fell through cracks in his ceiling. “I know I needed to get in there to help people but I couldn’t because I did not know if there was going to be more explosions or what.” She said the ninth patient was still being assessed.Harder said the structure where the explosion happened is part of a complex of buildings and houses the business' composite manufacturing and experimental aircraft.Daniel Wegner, deputy fire chief for Sedgwick County, said the explosion happened at around 8 a.m. at the facility, which is in the eastern part of the city.  Only one patient remains in the hospital in fair condition, said a spokesperson at Wesley Medical Center.“The lines that were ruptured as I told you earlier were shut down, we’re currently off-gassing a couple of tanks to one-inch valves, which is going to take about 30-45 minutes to off-gas the rest of the nitrogen,” Wegner said.Workers inside the plant at the time say some were disoriented after hearing what they call an explosion.“It’s got extensive damage in there and that’s why the engineers and stuff are going to go in there and do a better assessment of the amount of damage in the building,” Wegner added.“Our simple role is to assist with any investigation that needs to take place. More than a dozen people were injured Friday when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, authorities said. But when the walls start flexing and it sounds like the roof is about to cave in, I get pretty panicked and scared. Fire and rescue crews were sent to the Textron-Beechcraft plant in east Wichita after an explosion in one of the buildings. The state Fire Marshal's Office and the local lodge of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers didn't immediately respond to phone messages.The explosion comes at a difficult time for the aircraft industry in Wichita, which is a major sector of the Kansas economy.Wegner said the explosion happened when a 3-inch liquid nitrogen line ruptured. Photos capture by locals show the trunks of completely crushed with windshields blown out.Company officials didn’t say the exact number of employees that would be let go, although a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by parent company Textron Inc. on Friday put the number at 875. "Dirt in the air permeating through the walls coming down the hallways and stuff like that. The explosion caused part of the building to collapse.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Update: 15 injured in Beechcraft plant explosion in Kansas June 29, 2020 Automation User Beechcraft , Explosion , injured , Kansas , plant , update WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – At least 15 people were injured Friday when a nitrogen line exploded at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility causing part of the building to collapse, authorities say. Four of which have been treated and released. UPDATE: Explosion at Beechcraft plant in Wichita. Textron Aviation announced on December 5, that they will be laying off hundreds of employees at its Wichita headquarters effective December 31.While numerous fire trucks reported to the scene, crews reported no fire erupted from the explosion.

The rupture was contained, but gas continued to vent, although it posed no risk to nearby residents, officials said. “What felt like an earthquake,” said one person who was in the building at the time. And the walls were flexing and the wall I was standing next to, it moved four feet.”Stephanie Harder, a spokeswoman for Beechcraft’s parent company, Textron Aviation, said the structure where the explosion happened is part of a complex of buildings and houses the business’ composite manufacturing and experimental aircraft or Plant 3.“The plant closed or shut down for the holiday season so the numbers that would have been here, were not, so it was a skeleton crew,” Wegner said.Felt it all the way out on 21st and 143rdEXPLOSION | BEECHCRAFT | 370 N WEBB RD | SQ15 advising Beechcraft Fire on scene of an explosion of a nitrogen tank. John Gallagher, the county’s EMS director, said 11 people were taken to hospitals and four were treated at the scene. Authorities say more than a dozen people were injured when a nitrogen line ruptured at a Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, causing part of the building to collapse.

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