The soldiers saw that one man was wearing an explosive belt, and when he ran toward them, they opened fire, detonating the bomb, the spokesman added.
The balloon then ascended rapidly, the fire detonated a gas canister and the balloon plunged about 300 metres (1,000ft) to the ground, crashing in a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village, west of Luxor.
The plant exploded after a fire detonated about 30 tons of ammonium nitrate held in wooden bins, the Chemical Safety Board said.
Splinters from return fire detonated a 100 mm shell and started a small fire, but it was put out without much trouble.
The militants prolonged the standoff by lighting fires, detonating heavy explosives and fighting Kenyan special forces with belt-fed machineguns.In the wake of the destruction and loss of life, Kenya was swamped by an outpouring of worldwide goodwill.
During these trials, a skilled user was unable to hit a target more than 60% of the time at 100 yards, and faulty fuses meant that only 75% of the bombs fired detonated on-target.
Fueled by the avgas pouring onto the hangar deck, the fires detonated the 80000 pound of bombs and torpedoes strewn across the hangar deck in a series of catastrophic multiple fuel-air explosions that blew out the hangar sides.
The $750 000 contract is for small power sources for 'fuzes' in artillery rounds, which determine when a fired round detonates.
And arcing can cause a fire or detonate fuel vapors, which may be what happened to the TWA plane.
It landed on a barracks full of sleeping soldiers and started a fire that detonated several hand grenades stored inside.
There aren't many places in the UK where you can fire rifles, detonate TNT and chuck grenades around.
