SS Robert Rowan (Liberty ship K-40) explodes amongst the Sicily invasion fleet. Hit with three bombs by JU-88 bombers on July 11, 1943. All 421 soldiers and sailors safely abandoned ship before the many tons of ammunition on board exploded. She was torn in half and burned for two days.2yr ⋅ JimDandy_ToTheRescue ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Wakashio breaking up off the coast of Mauritius (2020)4yr ⋅ Shnoochieboochies ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Chernobyl's Reactor #4 building post-explosion | April-June 19864yr ⋅ GayScottishGeek96 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The island of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) as viewed from an MH-60 that was dumping water to assist the firefighters battling the now day old fire. July 13th, 20204yr ⋅ Admiral_Darjeeling ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, 4 August 19912yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Squirrel monkey Goliath perishes when the Atlas E rocket carrying him malfunctions and crashes on November 10 19614yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Swiss F-5 Tiger crash today. Pilot survived unharmed via ejection seat (cause yet unknown) source: 20min.ch3yr ⋅ h0d0d0r ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
In 1992 El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashed into these appartments in Amsterdam killing 43 people3yr ⋅ Queenie_Jelly ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Wind topples 18-wheeler onto a cop car. Luckily the officer wasn’t in it at the time and no one was hurt.5yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
18 January 1983, Sweden. A ship crashes in to a bridge in the middle of the night. Several cars fall in to the water before it can be secured. (The Tjornbro catastrophe)3yr ⋅ Vernasz ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Stabilization efforts on San Francisco Millennium Tower halted, now leaning 22 up from 17 in May 20212yr ⋅ Dr_Matoi ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
7 years ago, April 16, 2014, the South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsized off Korea, killing 304 of which 250 were students from Danwon High School. Factors leading to the disaster include sea currents, shifting freight and a change in center of gravity during renovations.3yr ⋅ lordofbuttsecks ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Grinding train runs through a shop after failing to stop on a dead end (Netherlands, 2010)4yr ⋅ JPDLD ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Boeing B-52H crashes after bird strikes on takeoff, Andersen AFB, Guam, 19 May 20161yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pennsylvania bridge before the collapse on January 28, 2022.2yr ⋅ Ace_of_Ones ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of a car/fuel truck accident in cuyahoga falls, OH USA 8/25/2020. Less than a mile from my house.3yr ⋅ weinerwayne ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Kentucky 1977: busboy Walter Bailey (ignoring orders of his supervisor) warned a largely overcrowded dinner hall about the fire. Most patrons ignored his warning and continued eating. 4 min later: fire engulfed the hall killing 165 and continued burning for 2 days.2yr ⋅ Destination_Centauri ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver misses the wire while landing on USS Saratoga on March 19th 19383yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
15 September, 1896, Texas. Two locomotives on a dedicated track are deliberately sent to collide with each other as a publicity stunt; unexpected boiler explosions in both trains killed two onlookers and injured others.2yr ⋅ Fomulouscrunch ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Eastern Oregon - Dual tires detached from trailer and bounced across the center barrier into an oncoming tractor trailer cab. Unfortunately the driver did not survive. The operator of the vehicle the tire detached from, strapped up the broken axle and was later arrested. 09/06/20212yr ⋅ cfouts5 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Truck stuck between 2 sides of a freeway overpass. April 14, 2021 - Seattle, WA.3yr ⋅ BruceInc ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Update in Pittsburgh: bus is out, hole is square. 10/28/19 10:17p4yr ⋅ panel-f-media ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Massive flooding in the Philippines due to Typhoon Ulysses (Nov 12, 2020)3yr ⋅ zpeed ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Another perspective on the metro that crashed onto a artpiece 2/11/20 Spijkernisse, the Netherlands3yr ⋅ theXpanther ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
February 1996, a Chinese rocket carrying an American satellite intended for orbit, flies off course into a heavy populated village. The official death toll is 8, but experts believe it could be in the thousands.3yr ⋅ MerseySideAlt9 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 17-inch titanium strip that caused the crash of Concord flight 4590. July 25, 20001yr ⋅ doodle_dangle ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Jumbotron falls after 8 days of new installation at former “Marine Midland Area” 11/19/19964yr ⋅ notfromantarctica ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Atlas missile 4A loses power 26 seconds into its maiden flight on June 11th 19574yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
1/11/2022 - LifeNet medical helicopter transporting a pediatric patient crashes into a neighborhood in Pennsylvania2yr ⋅ DoinItWithDelco ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
100 + Boats burnt to a Crisp at Marina Storage Building on Lake Erie 4-Dec-20203yr ⋅ adb1228 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A completely flooded New Orleans, after Hurricane Betsy, September 19652yr ⋅ redav202020 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pilots eject after unintentional ground impact during airshow5yr ⋅ BrightenthatIdea ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Follow up photo to the video posted recently on this sub showing a train that hit a stalled tractor-trailer truck in Pendleton, Indiana on Oct 9, 2020, showing a post-crash fire3yr ⋅ HiTork ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The remains of a Greyhound bus after falling 150 feet off a bridge (1980)1yr ⋅ Fifth_Down ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Massive landslide at the Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine on April 11, 2013 in Bingham Canyon, Utah. The slide resulted in more than 165 million tons of rock and dirt crashing into the open pit destroying vehicles and equipment.4yr ⋅ Meunderwears ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Douglas DC-7 FAA crash test at Deer Valley on April 24th 19642yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Current pictures of Subways after literally 5 minutes of sudden heavy rains in Algeria capital and 3 confirmed car accidents5yr ⋅ 10xxxzebnation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
NA B-25 Mitchell bomber crash landing around the time of the Allied invasion of Sicily in the Summer of 19432yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Flooding during heavy rains at the University of Tasmania, Australia.6yr ⋅ BunyipPouch ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of mining truck running over a bus at the LAMCO mine in Nimba, Liberia, 1972 or 1973. No fatalities.3yr ⋅ tayaro ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
6 years ago today, pilot Andy Hill tried a loop manoeuvre at the Shoreham Airshow while flying too low. He crashed onto the A27 and killed 11 people. He ejected and survived2yr ⋅ gianthooverpig ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
You don't see this everyday: motorcycle right side up in the back seat of an upside car. Fatal car-motorcycle accident in Reno NV, January 30 2020. Bike was observered at 100+ mph.4yr ⋅ ChesterRaffoon ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Petrol station explosion in Co Donegal, Ireland 7 Oct 2022, presumed to be a gas explosion. 10 confirmed dead so far.1yr ⋅ baryonyx257 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
2003 - The NOAA-N Prime satellite toppled as it was being spun on a turntable, causing $135 million worth of damage. An official NASA inquiry revealed it to have been caused by the undocumented removal of 24 bolts from the platform prior to mounting, and a failure to check said bolts.3yr ⋅ jimi15 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Car smashes through a pole and ruptures its gas tank, spilling fuel everywhere. When it tries to drive off, a spark ignites all the spilled fuel.5yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Crash of a B-52 at Fairchild Airforce Base in 1994 caused by the pilot making a mistake with a maneuver5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
15/11/2022 Metroliner carrying 53 dogs crashed on a golf course short of the runway on approach to Waukesha, Wi (USA)1yr ⋅ Lostsonofpluto ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A train full of explosives blows up in the Soviet city of Arzamas, levelling 84 apartment blocks. 91 dead, 744 injured. June 4, 19881yr ⋅ Sort_of_Frightening ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Trying to jump 1 mile over a river in a rocket-powered Lincoln6yr ⋅ matboyrox ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Radiation-bespeckled image of the wreckage of the Chernobyl nuclear electricity-station disaster of 1986 April 26__ .1yr ⋅ MurtonTurton ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Electric car bursts through the third floor of the Nio headquarters in Shanghai, two killed. June 24, 20222yr ⋅ Conscious-Ad9279 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Train Derailment in Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio today - no Injuries but 1,000 gallon diesel oil spill3yr ⋅ fwilson01 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
2012-09-20 A Syrian Arab Airlines Airbus A320 collides with a military helicopter as it climbs out of Damascus. The rotors chop off much of the Airbus' tail. The A320 survived and it's passengers made it to their destination with a five hour delay. The military helicopter and it's crew did not.1yr ⋅ CastelPlage ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Grumman F6F Hellcat narrowly avoids hitting the cameraman during an unsuccessful carrier landing attempt in 19444yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
what’s left of the home depot that caught fire on april 9th, 2022 (san jose, CA, USA)1yr ⋅ AnneWard542 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
9 October 1963. A huge landslide went into the Vajont dam, causing a huge tsunami of water down the towns of Longarone and small fractions around it, destroying everything. 2000 casualties, some of them never found to this day1yr ⋅ andrea_bussolaro ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Rocket acceleration proves too much for a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet test airframe, early 1940s4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Oxygen tank from Skylab found in 1993. A miscalculation by NASA meant that debris from the ~70 ton decommissioned space station generated by its 1979 atmospheric reentry fell into the Australian Outback rather than the Indian Ocean as planned. Fortunately without killing or injuring anyone.1yr ⋅ jimi15 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Russian plane fell on a residential building in Yeysk, Russia October 17th 20221yr ⋅ Floai ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Failed launch of a Northrop JB-10 pulse-jet powered flying wing on June 28th 19454yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A huge fire ripped through Star City amusement park, Oct 2, 2019 02:15 am in Pasay City, Philippines4yr ⋅ RobinDabank15 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
03/05/21 BREAKING: Train overhead track collapses in Mexico City.3yr ⋅ Icy-Guest759 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Driver forgets to lower crane before driving under pedestrian bridge. Denmark - 12/15/20203yr ⋅ Leska1 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Fire at the 22-storey Daeyeonggak Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, on Christmas Day 1971. The fire killed 164 people and injured 63 people, making it the deadliest hotel fire in world history.3yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Incorrectly installed part led to gas leak. One fatality and 3 injured after explosion when workers were sent to investigate.5yr ⋅ ThoseWhoH2O ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A freight train is burning in Valenciennes, France. A stowaway reportedly touched the overhead wires, settings themselves and a semitrailer ablaze (25 March 2022)2yr ⋅ JPDLD ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
This morning in Gattinara, Italy, a pretty important bridge collapse due to the rain. Sorry for bad English3yr ⋅ FioreBuddha ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Fire burned down the entire mall. Lahore, Pakistan 18 October 20203yr ⋅ khamosh132 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Stuck engine valve on Atlas missile 45F causes it to tip over and explode on October 4th 19634yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Two trains collide in the south of Munich, Germany (14th February 2022)2yr ⋅ EpiCon_Jaag ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
March 3, 1971 - Montreal, Canada: Snowplows, city transit-system, and roadway-infrastructure comes to a complete stop during a 3 day blizzard.2yr ⋅ Destination_Centauri ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Lieutenant J.P. Whitney damages the tailhook while attempting to land his Grumman F2F-1 on USS Ranger on May 6th 19362yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
1/03/2022, Wasilla Alaska. A windstorm with 100mph+ gusts takes out the KFC.2yr ⋅ AKStafford ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
06/11/2022 ATR-42 that crashed in to Lake Victoria now out of the water, broke in half during recovery1yr ⋅ Lostsonofpluto ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Mobile home trailer malfunction destroys home. 1-14-20213yr ⋅ Babyfart_McGeezacks ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Railroad lift bridge fails to open in Mobile, AL (May 6, 2023)1yr ⋅ snorting_gummybears ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in hurricane-force wind and rain slammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay.4yr ⋅ thersheyred ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Two trains have collided and derailed in tunnel near Salisbury with one left on its side. No serious injuries reported. 31/10/2021.2yr ⋅ thevortex23 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A runaway out of service train in Chicago runs out of a service yard, onto the main tracks, and crashes into a train stopped at a station. The cause was likely water in the electronics. 09/30/134yr ⋅ atomicdragon136 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Another angle of Zhou close call, saved by the halo after the roll hopp failed today at the F1 Grand Prix1yr ⋅ Keplergamer ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On April 18, 1986, the Titan 34D rocket carrying the final KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellite explosion 8 seconds after lift-off at Vanderberg Air Force Base, CA.3yr ⋅ KerbalGamer ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
An Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying top defence official crashed today in Tami Nadu India. 5 confirmed dead, 3 injured.2yr ⋅ Death_Ma5ter ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
High winds tear the roofs off stores and cause power lines to spark.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A Soviet R-16 rocket explodes at Baikonur test range, resulting in the deaths of an unknown number of ground personnel. The disaster is known as Nedellin Catastrophe, after it was named after Marshal Mitrofan Nedellin who was killed in the disaster - October 24, 19603yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
48 Meters tall bonfire in the Netherlands goes south when the wind sets up.5yr ⋅ N1cknamed ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The SS Principessa Jolanda sinking immediately after launch in 1907.3yr ⋅ 22edudrccs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Ukrainian Air Force SU-27 comes down too fast at the Sknyliv Airshow in 20025yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
15 Oct 2023 - A bridge over Interstate 25 in Colorado collapsed, derailing a freight train onto a truck and closing the highway in both directions6mo ⋅ Admiral_Cloudberg ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Full train of brand new Porsche 911s gets rear-ended by another freight train (Germany, 2008)4yr ⋅ JPDLD ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Explosion from Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia at approximately 4:25 am est this morning. I believe it was at an oil/jet fuel refinery.5yr ⋅ Avalonzomg ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2008 Channel Tunnel (France/England) Train Fire. A truck’s high aerial touches the overhead wires, setting fire to the truck and causing an inferno in the tunnel. 14 people are injured. Full story in the comments.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pensacola, FL, 8/16/20- multiple barges of construction equipment left in the bay during Sally, crane toppled and took out span of new bridge just built this summer.3yr ⋅ hnybnny ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Small plane crashes into power line tower in Maryland 11/27/221yr ⋅ bobsyouruncle45 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
China Eastern flight 5735 crash site, March 21 2022, 132 fatalities.2yr ⋅ Bromnk ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
(2/2/2021) Starship SN9 moments before impacting the landing pad after an engine failure during the flip caused it to lose control1yr ⋅ leifdoe ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Kinzua Bridge State Park: the PA park now devoted to a catastrophic failure. Once the tallest railroad bridge in the world, it closed in 2002 because of structural concerns and was in the middle of being repaired when an F1 tornado struck on July 21, 2003, causing its collapse.2yr ⋅ OcelotWolf ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Frye Meat Packing Plant in Seattle after an XB-29 Superfortress bomber prototype caught fire during a test flight and crashed into it, killing 11 occupants on board the aircraft, 22 plant workers inside the building, and a firefighter who was later tending to the accident scene (18 February 1943)1yr ⋅ BrewCityChaser ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Inondations meurtriere du 15 juillet 2021 a Verviers - Belgique.3yr ⋅ pleinvent1977 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Tram accident in Gothenburg, Sweden on the 12th of March 1992. 13 dead and 29 injured.3yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
March, 2023. Water main failure in Windsor, CO causes power outage to multiple industrial facilities1yr ⋅ Frikx2 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Biprop plane crash lands in a baseball stadium during a game.6yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aerial view of the Frank Slide, which crushed the town of Frank, Alberta, Canada. At least 70 people were crushed to death under 100 million tons of rock. (April 29, 1903)1mo ⋅ drama_hound ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
This almost-finished apartment building that tipped over in China (June 27, 2009)4yr ⋅ State_Electrician ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
October 23rd, 2004 marks the sole derailment of a Shinkansen train. The Joetsu Shinkansen derailed between Urasa and Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture after being close to the epicenter of a Magnitude 6.6 earthquake. Despite the speed of the crash (200km/h), there were zero injuries or deaths.4yr ⋅ raildriverpone ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On August 17, 1959, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake dislodged the face of the mountain killing 28 people in the resulting landslide and creating this lake3yr ⋅ hujassman ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Ensign Randolph Mitchell Holder survives missing the flight deck of USS Enterprise while attempting to land his Douglas TBD Devastator on June 3rd 19403yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
