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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 ...
Report: Yeager Airport Landslide Site Had Shifted Previously
WV Public by Associated Press   23 March 2015   USA   Yeager  
Yeager landslide / OFFICE OF GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN
<p>An engineering report shows the emergency overrun area at Yeager Airport had shifted by several feet more than a year before it partially collapsed in a landslide.</p><p>The report says Yeager employees noticed cracks in the overrun area's pavement in mid-2013. ...
West Virginia residents evacuate homes after landslide
Daily Mail   13 March 2015   USA   Yeager  
landslide west virginia airport
<p>CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities were concerned Friday that heavy rains could worsen a landslide next to a West Virginia hilltop airport that already has forced residents out of a few dozen homes in Charleston.<br>The National Weather Service said up ...
Yeager Airport hillside collapses
Charleston Daily Mail   12 March 2015   USA   Kanawha County  
Yeager Airport landslide
<p>A worst-case scenario became reality Thursday when a large portion of the Yeager Airport hillside — which began experiencing some disturbing slippage over the weekend — collapsed into the valley along Keystone Drive, destroying at least one house, damaging ...