Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

The aeroscraft helium filled airship sits at the back of the tustin blimp hangar after a 25 foot by 25 foot section of the roof collapsed and damaged the craft early monday morning.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

A technician works on the. Aerial view of the tustin blimp hangars in tustin california. In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype. Tustin part of the roof of one of two historic marine corps air station hangars collapsed monday damaging a massive 35 million zeppelin inside and causing a helium leak.

Orange county supervisor todd spitzer said monday s partial roof collapse of an enormous world war ii era blimp hangar is the second incident in a week. A section of the roof on the north tustin blimp hangar collapsed in 2013 sending debris down on an experimental helium filled airship being developed to ferry cargo. Sam gangwer orange county register. A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship.

But repair and maintenance costs are premature at the moment said anthony megliola the base closure manager for the former marine corps air station in tustin. Department of the navy is sending a structural engineer to investigate the roof collapse and assess the hangar s integrity which was red tagged after the accident. Chief pilot mark robinson flying over the site in a helicopter. The former marine corps air station mcas is now a planned community called tustin legacy adjacent to the district shopping center.

See the collapsed roof. The city of tustin and county of orange published a written history of the lighter than air blimp hangars at the former marine corps air station mcas tustin entitled the tustin hangars. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar.