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A Year After Charleston, W.Va., Airport Slope Failed, Speculation Continues
Engineering News Record   17 March 2016   USA   Charleston  
Crash Landing In March 2015, a runway extension completed in 2010 at Yeager Airport in Charleston suddenly gave way as the slope beneath it tumbled into the valley below. Photo by Andrew Yianne Flickr Commons 2015
<p>The failure of the world’s largest engineered slope a year ago at Charleston’s Yeager Airport has generated widespread speculation from the international engineering community because of the scale of construction and the numerous prizes for design the project ...