Multiple people were injured in an explosion at a Kansas aviation manufacturing plant

Source: CNN

By Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone,

(CNN)Multiple people were injured when a nitrogen gas line ruptured at an aviation manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas, officials said Friday morning.

The explosion took place at Beechcraft's Plant 3 shortly after 8 a.m. local time, company spokeswoman Stephanie Harder said in a news conference, when a 3-inch nitrogen gas line ruptured.

There were no confirmed fatalities, officials said. Eleven people were taken to the hospital, according to Sedgwick County EMS Director Dr. John Gallagher. Emergency service providers also looked at four others, but they didn't go to the hospital.

One patient had "potentially serious injuries," Gallagher said, but he couldn't provide specifics.



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