Honolulu – The jury of the major civil workers charged with providing the navy to the Ministry of Health in Hawaii with wrong information The jet fuel that spin From the Perl Harbour storage facility before later leakage to drinking water 6000 people ill Thanks in 2021.
The accusation regulations are the first to result from the fuel leakage that Hawaii anger Population, legislators, military service personnel and their families. Army I decided to close Fuel tanks in World War II after spill.
A Maritime investigation in 2022 The poor management and human error were found that caused a leakage in the Red Bulk fuel storage facility. Ministry of Defense The inspector was found last year Naval officials lack a sufficient understanding of the dangers of maintaining huge fuel storage tanks at the head of drinking water, Pearl Harbor. Naval Book reprimand chest To three retired military officers for their roles in fuel leakage.
On Thursday, the indictment claims that John Floyd and Nelson Woo provided the Nahle inaccurate information about the May 2021 leakage, which occurred six months before fuel arriving in drinking water. The indictment says that it caused the navy misleading of the Ministry of Health about the amount of fuel that was leaked from one of the tanks and reassured the officers that their information was accurate.
This caused the circle in the months after May that 1618 gallons (6,125 liters) leaked instead of 20,000 gallons (75700 liters) and failed to report that he was unable to find 18,000 gallons (68,000 liters). The Floyd and WU data regulations claim from the records provided. Floyd and Wu were charged with one conspiracy charge and the charge of wrong data.
The Federal General defender, which represents Floyd, immediately did not return a phone call for a comment. Wu lawyer Allen Kanciro said he had no comment at this time.
The investigation of the navy found that the fuel stems from a rupture tube on May 6, 2021. The crew believed that they had collected most of this fuel, but they failed to get everything and flow some of them in the drainage and drinking water well providing water to 90,000 people at the Pearl Haror Hikam base.
Fuel leaks occurred in Red Hill before, including in 2014, which prompted Sierra in Hawaii and the Honolulu Water Council to I ask the army to move Tanks to a place where they do not threaten Ouo water. But the navy refused, saying that the island’s waters were safe.