The Ever Given bulbous bow after the Suez canal incident March 20219mo ⋅ frontauau ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo perishes when his heavily overloaded Bellanca J-3-500 failed to take off during a flight distance record attempt on September 2nd 19332yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Highjackers tried to force a pilot to fly a plane to Australia, but the plane ran out of fuel and forced a crash landing just off shore.5yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Design flaws and miscalculations caused the roof of the Hartford Civic Center to collapse in January, 19782yr ⋅ gaslightindustries ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today, June 7th, 2019: Fire breaks out at apartment complex under construction in Warsaw, Poland5yr ⋅ WarOfNoise ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
There are no photographs from the disaster itself, even the aftermath; but I'm moved to highlight it. The ship is the Dona Paz: the passenger ship that collided with an oil-tanker amongst the Philippine islands on the 20th of December 1987, resulting in ignition of the cargo and 4,386 fatalities.2yr ⋅ Jillian_Wallace-Bach ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Bus crash in Jasper National Park, July 19, 2020. Three dead and 24 injured.4yr ⋅ TheReallyEvil1 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On March 27, 1977, an overcrowded foggy airport led to two 747 passenger jets crashing on a runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the worst disasters in aviation history.3yr ⋅ MerseySideAlt9 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Train accident Eschede, June 3, 1998, The train derailed at 200 km/h (124 mph) and 101 people died, 88 were seriously injured. Number of passengers: 2873yr ⋅ Fickschnitzel77 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
November 12 1977 – Mexico – A National Railroad passenger train collides with a gasoline truck at a grade crossing south of Ciudad Juarez, killing 37 people4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 comes to a stop after sliding down Central Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. (December 8th, 2005)4yr ⋅ TheTwoSeventeen ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Hercules C-130 crashes when its wings are ripped off while fighting wildfires in California5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Fishing boat sinks after catching fire in Norway due to the negligence of the welders or welder (26th September 20194yr ⋅ hjalmar111 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Piece of parking garage collapses directly under fire truck, August 6 20195yr ⋅ JordanRBX ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
December 30th, 1903. Chicago, USA. An electrical short circuit resulted in a fire that spread throughout the Iroquois Theater's interior, which was mostly wood trim. 602+ people died, and 250 were injured, nearly double the fatalities during the Great Fire of 1871. This is the site of the fire.3yr ⋅ spacedollars ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2010 Helsinki (Finland) Central Station Train Crash. Poor weather and inattentive staff cause 4 train cars to detach from a train and roll away, crashing into the station. 3 people are injured. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of the gas explosion at the Metro Line 1 in Daegu, South Korea, on April 28, 1995. 101 people, including 42 middle school students, were killed with as many as 202 people injured.3yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Driver fixates on sat-nav and hits a narrow-gauge train, deraling an antique engine - 8/13/20, Poznan, Poland4yr ⋅ JealousParking ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pipeline explosion after being struck by a barge. Corpus Christi, Texas, 8/21/20203yr ⋅ LateNightPhilosopher ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
9.5.2022 Passenger train derailed near Munchendorf (Austria) 1 dead, 30 injured, cause yet unknown2yr ⋅ Taesty_Beens ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Another angle of the vintage single-engine plane crash landing on the highway in California.5yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
MV-22 Osprey crashes into deck of US Green Bay on August 5, 2017.1yr ⋅ Clanders ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Two pilots training with the Air Force of Peru crashed a small plane into the streets of Lima. Both survived with minor injuries5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On the 24th of September 2009 a SA Airlink plane crashes in a Durban school after an engine failure. The crash killed the captain and injured 3 people.1yr ⋅ No-Ambition-6185 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Sinkhole causes major damage to highway and surrounding buildings in Stenungsund, Sweden. Happened this morning.7mo ⋅ Periy ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Double decker roof sliced off after colliding with railway bridge, Wishaw, Scotland 17.8.20203yr ⋅ surrealizms ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Another shot of the destroyed Spencer dam along the Niobrara river in Nebraska.5yr ⋅ Whazzits ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Strong winds blew a train out of the tracks in Switzerland, March 31, 20231yr ⋅ buerglermeister ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
No video but here's a pic of a recycling plant in Knoxville,TN that caught fire a few hours ago. Couldn't get any closer, they had the roads blocked off.5yr ⋅ DirtySouthzw865 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On the 8th of June 1975 two trains collided near the bavarian village of Warngau. The trains went in different directions and were both given a green light due to a missunderstanding, even though there was only one rail. 122 people got hurt, 41 died.2yr ⋅ DaGurkensepp ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2017 Millas (France) Level Crossing Collision. A bus driver fails to stop at a closed level crossing, driving into the path of an oncoming train which cuts the bus in two. 6 people die. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Douglas AD-4 Skyraider of VA-115 loses its engine on landing on USS Philippine Sea after being damaged by flak during a mission over Korea on December 1st 19502yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Cement mixing truck topples over the ledge of a construction site5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Puma SA-330BA spins out of control during a French military training exercise in 1999. Everyone survived.5yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Caspian Airlines flight 6936 overruns the runway on landing and comes to a stop on an expressway, 27 January 20204yr ⋅ A32Q ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Simulated Boeing 727 crash revealed that none of the first-class passengers would have survived while those in the economy seats had a 78% chance of living.5yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Truck carrying two massive wheels of cable gets crushed when it breaks too fast the cable wheels roll forward.5yr ⋅ EviscerationNation ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter landing on an icy runway slams into an earlier model razorback P-47 in 19455yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1964 Cheadle Hulme (England) Derailment. The driver ignores a temporary speed limit, derailing a train taking school children on an excursion. Two children and an adult die. Full story in the comments.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Truck pumping gas comes free and gushes gas all over the place.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
MV Rena aground off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, October 20112yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Plane crashed into ski lift cables in Italian Alps - October 7th 20194yr ⋅ GC552 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2016 Hoboken (USA) Derailment. An undiagnosed medical condition causes a train driver to lose control and crash into the station at the end of the line. 1 person dies. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
March 25, 2021 - Retaining wall failure causes part of the new I295/route 76 interchange in Bellmawr NJ to collapse.3yr ⋅ candre23 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Brazilian hazmat workers removing a capsule from the scene of the Goiania Incident in 1987 which killed 4 people and exposed 249 others to dangerous doses of radiation.4yr ⋅ moondog151 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Montreal Biosphere in flames after being ignited by welding work on the acrylic covering7yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Members of the Lakehurst ground crew flee as the Hindenburg crashes behind them, 1937.1yr ⋅ Unaffected_Tomas2 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Asch Building's single fire escape collapsed under the weight of fleeing workers and the heat of the fire. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire resulted in 78 injuries and 146 fatalities, most of which were immigrant women and girls aged 14 to 23. New York City, March 15th, 1911.3yr ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, inspected by Ethiopian Airlines CEO. All 157 on board were killed.5yr ⋅ 2015071 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Raging flood smashes in a storefront’s windows and floods the place as staff tries to hold the doors closed.5yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Six Flags New Orleans amusement park still underwater two weeks after drainage pumps failed during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.5yr ⋅ RightBrainMan ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pilot Ensign Sharp severs the undercarriage of his Grumman F3F biplane after missing the wire while landing on USS Enterprise on June 27th 19402yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Emergency service workers run for cover as a section of the University Hotel (formerly the Broadway Central Hotel) collapses, August 3rd, 1973. Four residents of the hotel died in the accident.3yr ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Engine failure during a storm put this guy on the rocks overnight 14/10/212yr ⋅ lurkerier ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Steel bar from a skyway under construction crashed into the road below in Philippines, 11/21/20203yr ⋅ RDGtheGreat ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Calving glacier sends up a plume of water that washes away onlookers.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Oct 29 2013,a canadian pilot veered off course and flew to Nashville Tn where he crashed at BNA, due to severe fog the wreckage wasn't found for hours,he was apparently stalking Talor Swift.4yr ⋅ Carp69 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of a gas explosion in a coffee shop resulting in 2 fatalities. April 10, 2019, Durham NC.3yr ⋅ SwagBugatti ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Chemical company caught fire in Omaha Nebraska on Memorial Day2yr ⋅ Ominiscent ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Hydrogen filled observation balloon goes down in flames during the First World War5yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
January 13, 2012. The cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off the coast of Giglio in Italy. Here it is being salvaged on January 11, 2014, two years after it capsized.11mo ⋅ Curious_Ad_6082 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Explosions at an Ammunitions Depot Near Achinsk in eastern Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, on 2019-August-5__ {2500×1653}4yr ⋅ PerryPattySusiana ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum, Titol, Austria has bursted into flames, causing at least 250 historically important and rare machines to perish. Jan 18, 20213yr ⋅ Currynrice9728 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Double power boat crash at Race World (Nov 6 2019, only minor injuries)4yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Cleanup in progress at Ground Zero, September 28th. Mesh nets have been installed on nearby buildings for protection.4yr ⋅ Ulrik54 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
February 1, 2003. While reentering the atmosphere, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated and killed all 7 astronauts on board. Investigations revealed debris created a hole on the left wing, and NASA failed to address the problem.5yr ⋅ 2015071 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of a bus falling off an overpass in Warsaw 25/06/20204yr ⋅ paristetris ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
British airship R101 crashed on October 5, 1930 during her maiden voyage to India killing 483yr ⋅ kokomala ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Oregon Air National Guard F-15D Eagle after runway accident at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, 16 May 20231yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Stern of the R.M.S. Titanic, which broke apart during its sinking on 15.04.1912 with over 1500 fatalities. During its descent, air pockets within imploded, tearing the stern apart. It eventually slammed flat into the ocean floor, collapsing all decks on top of one another.4yr ⋅ Ulrik54 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of a runaway freight train derailing and crashing through a building at Sjursøya harbor in Norway (March 2010)1yr ⋅ Random_Introvert_42 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
In December, 1999 a CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter attempted to land on the USNS Pecos during a training exercise and extended up entangling with the safety net which sent them crashing into the ocean. 7 of the 18 people on board were killed5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On July 3, 1883, the SS Daphne capsized on launch in Glasgow, Scotland. There were just under 200 workers onboard ready to begin fitting out the ship when she was afloat, 124 of whom were killed.3yr ⋅ TwoSkies222 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Building crashes down into a loader, lifting it off its wheels.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A cleaning vehicle crashes into a house and destroys it in Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona, Spain) - 12/08/20221yr ⋅ jmgj94 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today, 100 years ago, was the last time dynamite was used to loosen the fertilizer in the BASF Oppau plant2yr ⋅ iBoMbY ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Historic Church Collapses in New London Connecticut 1/25/2024. No know deaths or injuries2mo ⋅ Solrax ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Sinking of the MV 'Filipinas Saudi I' (former 'Pasteur' & 'Bremen') while being towed to the breakers (Indian Ocean, 1980)1yr ⋅ Dancou-Maryuu ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Columbia debris detected by National Weather Service radar over Texas and Louisiana 2/1/033yr ⋅ c75 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1962 Harmelen (Netherlands) Train Collision. An express train driver fails to obey a signal in foggy weather, causing a head-on collision with another passenger train. 93 people die. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Oil tanker MV Prestige sinks off the coast of Spain, 19 November 20021yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber misses the arresting cable with its tail hook but finds it with its undercarriage during a 1944 carrier landing4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today, United 328, a Boeing 777-200 dropped engine parts out of the sky.3yr ⋅ aker29 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Highball anti-ship bouncing bomb test drop goes off course in 19433yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today in 1986 the catastrophic explosion of the Challenger happened4yr ⋅ Oznerolu ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Fire at petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China, with one person being killed. The fire has been brought under control. (2022/06/18)1yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Barge carrying a crane brought down power lines causing massive power outages in downtown Toronto. Aug 11 20221yr ⋅ naughtyks ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2011 Olten (Switzerland) Train Collision. An insufficient signaling system and an inattentive driver cause two trains to collide on merging tracks. 2 people are injured. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The USS Pittsburgh in June, 1945 after its front fell off in a typhoon4yr ⋅ nerdy_donkey ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On this day in 1966 at 9.13am in Aberfan, 116 children and 28 adults were tragically killed in their school and in their homes.2yr ⋅ z-2 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
2/3/1959 a Beechcraft Bonanza hit the ground at approximately 170 mph,the pilot Roger Peterson and all 3 passengers,Buddy Holly, JP (the big bopper)Richardson and Ritchie Valens all perished in the crash.3yr ⋅ Carp69 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Container ship ONE Apus arrives in Kobe, Japan, after losing 1,800 containers during a storm in the Pacific Ocean, December 20201mo ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Driver of truck went down an area where no trucks are allowed at Walmart in ND 03/03/20204yr ⋅ Sneezer2013 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
(10.8.2019) Roof of the AZ Alkmaar Stadium collapsed due to heavy wind5yr ⋅ AllahuAlkmaarrr ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Police Helicopter Crash Onto the 'Clutha' Public House @ Glasgow Scotland on 2013-November-29__3yr ⋅ Ooudhi_Fyooms ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A boulder derails a BNSF train knocking out both tracks. (4/20/20)4yr ⋅ Jewishtrain105 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
