Apollo 1 - burns on launchpad
01/27/1967 AD destroyed
The crew members were using the time to run through their checklist again, when a momentary increase in AC Bus 2 voltage occurred. Nine seconds later (at 6:31:04.7), one of the astronauts (some listeners and laboratory analysis indicate Grissom) exclaimed "Hey!", "Fire!", or "Flame!"; this was followed by two seconds of scuffling sounds through Grissom's open microphone.
This was immediately followed at 6:31:06.2 (23:31:06.2 GMT) by someone (believed by most listeners, and supported by laboratory analysis, to be Chaffee) saying, "[I've, or We've] got a fire in the cockpit." After 6.8 seconds of silence, a second, badly garbled transmission was heard by various listeners as:
"They're fighting a bad fire—Let's get out ... Open 'er up",
"We've got a bad fire—Let's get out ... We're burning up", or
"I'm reporting a bad fire ... I'm getting out ..."
The transmission lasted 5.0 seconds and ended with a cry of pain.
Some blockhouse witnesses said that they saw White on the television monitors, reaching for the inner hatch release handle as flames in the cabin spread from left to right.
Lattitude: 28.46° N
Longitude: 80.53° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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