3269 best r/catastrophicfailure images on Pholder | 38 years ago today, the launch vehicle transporting Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after lifting off. All 7 of its occupants, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, were killed. The event was broadcast on live television and was relayed into many school classrooms around the world.

38 years ago today, the launch vehicle transporting Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after lifting off. All 7 of its occupants, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, were killed. The event was broadcast on live television and was relayed into many school classrooms around the world.

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Tampa, FL - Today, single engine plane having malfunction trying to make it to TPA came down just short next to my office building, hitting power lines on the descent. Three onboard, survived and at the hospital currently.

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The 1980 Otłoczyn (Poland) Train Collision. An overworked freight train driver departs without permission, causing his train to collide head-on with a passenger train. 67 people die. See comments for the full story.

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Boeing 747 crashes in Afghanistan

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Gas line explosion, Lincoln County, KY. 8/1/19

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This afternoon 04-02-2020, a BLS Cargo train crashed into a bridge in Germany for reasons yet unknown

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More of the hotel in New Orleans collapsed over night

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November 29 2013 a police helicopter carrying 3 crew members crashed into the roof of a Glasgow pub, The Clutha, after the pilot ignored emergency low fuel warnings . 7 pub-goers were killed as well as all 3 crew members, 31 injured.

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13/5/20 in Hamburg/Germany, bus crashes in bus station after the driver lost control

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The 2016 Hermalle-sous-Huy (Belgium) Train Collision. A lightning strike, outdated safety technology and a negligent driver cause a passenger train to rear-end a freight train. 3 people die. See comments for the full story.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) after suffering explosion off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 14 January 1969

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The remains of a suburban neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma after a powerful EF-5 tornado devastated the area. The tornado caused $1.6 billion in damage, while killing 36 people and injuring 583, and had maximum sustained winds of 318 miles per hour, the strongest ever recorded on Earth- May 3rd, 1999

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The aftermath of a failed engine on one of the wing-walker aircraft at Bournemouth Air Festival (UK) yesterday. Thankfully both pilot and wing-walker were rescued.

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27 March, 1980. One of the joints of the Norwegian drilling rig Alexander L. Kielland broke off due to fatigue, resulting in the rig loosing one of its floats and capsizing into the North Sea, killing 123 people.

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Boeing 727 crash test

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Landslide pushes wall onto cars

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Crane transport stuck on train tracks

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Kielland-plattform capsized in march 1980, killing 123 people (info in comments)

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Photo's my mom from her ferry, after coliding with the Uranium tanker Mont Louis, August 1984, Belgium.

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The only house standing after hurricane Ike 9/18/2008

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Chernobyl Satellite Imagery - 4/26/1986 - Timelapse 1984 - 2018

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The 1984 Polmont (Scotland) Train Derailment. A cow enters a rail line through a collapsed rock wall and is struck by an express train, causing the train to derail. 13 people die. See comments for the full story.

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Scene from conflagration of a gas pipeline in Midland County, Texas, USA on 15th of August 2018.

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Perspective of how much of the Building is gone - Surfside, Miami, Florida - 6/24/2021

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F1 car gets clipped during a race and sent spinning through the air.

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NYC Metro-North Hudson Line Mudslide due to possible retaining wall failure Oct 22 2023

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An underground water pipe explodes

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Collapsed surface mining excavator

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13th anniversary of the 07/02/2009 Manaus Aerotaxi crashed into to a river due to overloading, killing 24 out of the 28 passengers on board.

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Turret 2 of USS Iowa (BB-61) shortly after internal explosion, 19 April 1989

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The crash of Tanker 123, a firefighting PB4Y-2, on July 18th, 2002. The left wing failed due to fatigue cracking in its forward spar and wing skin, which went undetected due to inadequate maintenance procedures.

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A piano moving company in the UK dropped a $100k Bosendorfer (March 2007).

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On 26 July ,2005 an ONGC vessel--MSV Samudra--Suraksha sent to pick up a sick worker on the oil rig ,collided with a giant platform due to high tide and choppy seas resulting in the fire. Out of 385 people present on the platform 10 died, 14 went missing and 361 had been rescued.

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Trailer had a propane leak inside.

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Pier 45 is was on fire Today

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The Japanese Town of Otsuchi Before and After Being Ravaged by the 2011 Japan Tsunami

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20 years ago today, on Saturday, May 25, 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrated and crashed into the ocean due to faulty repairs 22 years prior. All 225 people aboard the plane were killed. More details in comments.

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Rungis, the largest fresh produce market in to world, located near Paris, caught fire on 25 September 2022. No injuries reported.

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Tower crane collapse Kelowna BC July 12 2021

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The ruins of an apartment complex in the Netherlands after being plowed through by El Al Flight 1862. (October 4th, 1992)

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The Reichsbrucke in Vienna. 1st August 1976

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Los Alfaques, Spain, 1978: tanker truck (with no pressure valve) carrying liquid propylene ruptured near crowded beach. A white cloud slowly enveloped the area, then ignited--melting cars, incinerating vacationers/families/pets. Water at nearby shoreline began boiling due to the intensity of heat.

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In 1994, an undetected broken wheel on the Ringling Bros. Circus train picks a switch which causes a derailment whilst passing through Lakeland, Florida killing two on board and injuring another 17. No animals were injured in the crash and the show continued on as scheduled.

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A cloud of ammonia above the Serbian city of Pirot (where recently this gas leaked from a train that had an accident)

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The horrific story of HMS Thetis which partially sank in Liverpool Bay during test trails in 1939 resulting in the loss of 99 lives. Despite being in view of the shore line the Admiralty refused to allow rescue as it would have damaged the integrity of the hull.

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7/11/19 KFC restaurant explosion in North Carolina.

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Today 20 years ago: The fireworks disaster in Enschede, The Netherlands

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Szczekociny, Poland 2012. Head on collission of two passenger trains killed 16 and severly injured 61. Polish Railways (PKP) blamed traffic controllers, despite inadequate training, makeshift control room without sufficient visibility and constantly malfunctioning equipment.

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The 2011 Bad Lausick Level Crossing Collision. A distracted driver rear-ends another car, pushing it into the path of a train which derails after hitting the car. 22 people are injured. See comments for the full story.

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Wind storm topples 40-ton a giant kannon bodhisattva in Okinawa, Japan

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Parachute on military vehicle fails to open during an airdrop.

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A large blaze broke out in a building close to a tourist hotspot in the centre of Paris, sending out sheets of flame and billows of thick smoke. November 20th 2021

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The 1981 Tauberfeld (Germany) Train Collision. A freight train departs without permission, causing it to end up in the path of an overtaking express train. 1 person dies. A link to the full story in the comments.

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Derailed train with iron pellets in northern Sweden (2021-11-07)

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A 7 story residential building collapsed in Fortaleza city, Brazil (10/15/2019)

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In 1958, a Central Railroad of New Jersey train runs through stop signals onto an open lift bridge and plunges into Newark Bay, killing 48 and injuring 48. As the crew perished in the accident, no cause was able to be determined on why this incident happened.

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Runway not designed for jet thrust gets shredded on takeoff

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Mud slide causes a bridge in Guia Lopes da Laguna, Brazil, to collapse in a domino effect, January 2016.

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The back end of my dads scirocco R was caught by a lorry on a motorway last year, which sent him sideways between a barrier and the lorry. Car was mangled but he walked away with just bruises

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American Airlines Flight 331 (Boeing 737-823) after landing accident at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica, 22 December 2009

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April 18, 1906 - San Francisco City Hall, after Earthquake

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Photo of the Hindenburg crash May 6th 1937

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Excavator sank in the mud during a rising tide in Hingham Harbor, Massachusetts. 3/18/22

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what’s left of the home depot that caught fire on april 9th, 2022 (san jose, CA, USA)

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The 2006 Zoufftgen (France) Train Collision. A dispatcher erroneously allows a passenger train to pass a red signal, causing it to collide head-on with a freight train. 6 people die. See comments for the full story.

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On 12 January 1807 a ship carrying gunpowder exploded in the middle of the dutch town Leiden. There were a total of 151 deaths and 2.000 injuries. Around 220 houses were destroyed.

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Child Drops Sparkler down a Manhole

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Bulk carrier Crimson Polaris breaks apart after grounding off Hachinohe, Japan, August 2021

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Los Alfaques disaster. On July 1, 1978, a tanker truck carrying propylene explodes next to a camping site in Alcanar, near Tarragona, Spain. 243 died (100 instantly) and over 300 suffered high degree burns. The reason was overloading the truck and high temperatures caused a BLEVE explosion.

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Small plane carrying eight people crashes into residential area of Colombia killing all onboard (November 2022)

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Flight 216 crashes and kills all team members of the university of Evansville’s basketball team

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(Hoboken, NJ, 15 Oct. 1918) German ocean liner-turned American troopship USS 'America' sinks at her berth. The cause was never determined, but she would subsequently be refloated.

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TU-204 plane engine caught fire 15 minutes after a take off in Ufa, forcing them to make an emergency landing

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20 years ago today, 101 people were killed in the German town of Eschede when a high-speed train derailed and crashed into a road bridge

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1977 Granville Train Disaster (Sydney). Train crashes into bridge, following its collapse onto 2 of the carriages. 83 deaths and 213 injured.

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USS San Francisco (SSN-711) in dry dock after high-speed grounding on an uncharted seamount, 27 January 2005

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USS Cleveland (LCS-31) collides with a tugboat during side launch on April 15th 2023 in Marinette, Wisconsin

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Balloonfest '86. Cleveland, 1986.

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(21/6/22) A RED Air MD-80 operating a flight from Santo Domingo veered off the runway in Miami, Florida after suffering a landing gear collapse. Happened about an hour ago.

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Power pole with wires still attached in the middle of floodee river, Czechia, 17.5.21

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Partial building collapse at a project of mine led to catastrophe for this Jeep six was thankfully unoccupied (Feb 2016). More info in the comments.

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Turkish Flour Factory Flips 180 degrees during Controlled Demolition.

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Signal Corps observation balloon bursts into flames at Ft. Sill, OK, 1918

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When Car Physics IRL break.

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Racing boat gains too much speed and goes airborne.

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Hotel elevator fails just as a cleaning lady is exiting

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USAAF B-26 Marauder bomber loses an engine to a bomb from an aircraft above it then crashes into the B-26 beside it resulting in the loss of both aircraft in 1945

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Amateur photograph of Japan Air Flight 123 in phugoid cycle after a critical bulkhead failure resulted in complete loss of the rear stabilizer and control over the plane. Out of 524 on board, there were only 4 survivors. (August 12th, 1985)

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Failed Movie Stunt in 1970

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#4 Engine of Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Douglas C-54A NX91068 burns off during an emergency landing at Washington-National Airport on September 12th 1946

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A train on the Keikyu Main Line collided with a truck, 1 killed, 33 injured September 5, 2019(Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)

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Cargo 747 runway overrun, Nov. 7 2018 at Halifax airport.

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Korean Airline Flight #KE631 has overshot the runway at Mactan Cebu International Airport. (23/10/22)

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Hornslet wind turbine collapse in Denmark (22-2-2008)

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Dozens of high-voltage transmission towers crumpled by the weight of ice accumulation on power lines after a severe ice storm strikes Quebec Canada (January 1998)

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