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1,20 m diameter space scrap of the "Atlas 2" has crashed in a Guatemalan village

City of the Guatemala, Guatemala - Fortunately no damage for the persons

Yesterday a rural village of Estern Guatemala has seen crashed a 1,20 m space iron scrap iron. Fortunately the scrap has not provoked damages for the persons, but only fear. Eddy Sanchez, director of Guatemalan Institute of seismology, volcanology, meteorology and hydrology, declared that the crashed piece, is part of "Atlas 2" rocket, launched in 1998. Atlas 2 is an Us carrier, used in order to put...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 44665
Rome, Italy, 04/30/2003 18:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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