On 28 April 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered an explosive mid-air decompression. A stewardess died, sucked out, her body was never found.4mo ⋅ johnnybegood320 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The remains of an GP7000 powerplant on the wing of Air France Flight 66, an Airbus A380 transporting 497 passengers from Paris to Los Angeles after suffering an uncontained engine failure over Greenland. The aircraft and its occupants landed safely in Goose Bay, Canada (30 Sept 2017)2yr ⋅ BrewCityChaser ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Sheldon VT, 1984 - A train car derailed and impaled itself on the Missisqoui River bridge. The rail line was closed and not rebuilt after this accident.6yr ⋅ rounding_error ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The ULCS Maersk Hon on fire in the Arabian Sea. Photo taken March 2018.6yr ⋅ Dunengel ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Indianapolis Walmart Distribution Center fire on 3-16-22 taken by my bro-in-law at his warehouse next door2yr ⋅ sweetcheesybeef ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Restored B-17 Flying Fortress burns after a forced landing in Oswego, Illinois, 13 June 20112yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
More Pictures from today’s Stantec Tower platform failure. Details in comments.4yr ⋅ TheTrekMachine ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1999 Wuppertal Monorail Accident -A monorail train falls from its track into the river Wupper due to equipment that was left fastened to the track after overnight maintenance. 5 people were killed and 47 injured4yr ⋅ CillitBangGang ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
FAA crash test with an unmanned Douglas DC-7 airliner at Deer Valley on April 24th 19646mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1996 Silver Spring (USA) Train Collision. A train driver forgets about a signal's indication, causing him to crash head-on into an express train which leads to a fire. 11 people die. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter (1675)2yr ⋅ Control_Station_EFU ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
US CV-2 Caribou transport accidentally shot down by an artillery shell near Quang Ngai City in Vietnam on August 3rd 196710mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Royal Navy Westland Sea King HAS2A XV698 of 824 Naval Air Squadron sinking after #2 engine failed while delivering supplies on July 11th 1982 in the South Atlantic1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
30 Oct 1935: Boeing’s prototype B-17, the Model 299, crashes during Army testing due to misconfiguration on takeoff, killing two aviators despite heroic rescue efforts. This crash led Boeing engineers to an innovative first: the aviation checklist.2yr ⋅ alexashleyfox ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Grumman F4F Wildcat misses the wire on USS Makassar Strait during a training cruise off Hawaii in November 19444yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Before and After Comparison of a Street in Surf City, NC after Hurricane Florence6yr ⋅ BunyipPouch ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Another building collapse today, result of earthquake in Turkey1yr ⋅ ChocoVoice ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On Thursday morning on a road in Nayarit, Mexico my dad was on a bus accident. Out of the 50 people in it 15 died and 21 were seriously injured, everything points out to break failure.5yr ⋅ adavila1870 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 Moments Before Impact On September 25, 19784yr ⋅ titaniumcobra75 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The burned out hulk of the liner SS Morro Castle after drifting onto the beach at Asbury Park, NJ. Inept response to a fire in the very early morning of Sept 8th, 1934, by the crew, nearby ships and Coast Guard contributed to 135 out of 549 passengers and crew losing their lives.1yr ⋅ JimDandy_ToTheRescue ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Gimli Glider - Or what happens when a Boeing 767 runs out of fuel over Canada but the pilot remembers an abandoned airfield since used for car racing.6yr ⋅ Gtapex ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Wildly bent railway tracks after the 2010 Canterbury (or Darfield) earthquake at New Zealand's South Island, of moment magnitude of 7.1 & Mercalli intensity X, at 2010-September-4__ 04:35 local time. 1024×07684yr ⋅ PerryPattySusiana ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
In September 1980, a fuel leak triggered by a dropped tool led to the explosion of a Titan II ICBM near Damascus, Arkansas. The missile was equipped with a 9 megaton nuclear warhead which did not detonate.2yr ⋅ gaslightindustries ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
In 1999, a Canadian National Ultratrain derailed into the path of an oncoming train near Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec leading to the deaths of both crew members of the oncoming train. 2.7 million liters of hydrocarbons spilled, resulting in the evacuation of people in a 2 kilometer radius.1yr ⋅ raildriverpone ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Explostion of the “Warburg” steam locomotive. June 1st, 1869, in Altenbeken, Germany7yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Shoreham Airshow UK. 22/8/15 Jet crashes on busy road. 11 Killed.3yr ⋅ SHARK-B1TE ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Photograph taken of damage done to the Cortlandt Street No. 1 line in New York City, located directly below the World Trade Center when it collapsed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.3yr ⋅ brandondsantos ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
NTSB investigation has determined that 5/27/22 engine fire and over $1 million in damage to the OSV Ocean Guardian was caused by technicians installing a wrong size engine bearing.11mo ⋅ licecrispies ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The sinking of the SS El Faro (Analysis). October 1st, 20153yr ⋅ i-like-mr-skippy ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
30 years ago today: the Big Bayou Canot derailment. 47 killed after the eastbound Sunset Limited careened off the CSX bridge that had been offset by a tow of heavy barges colliding with it.7mo ⋅ ToeSniffer245 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
(February 4th 2022) Pittsburgh Port Authority closes its Palm Garden Bridge indefinitely after discovering it had shifted2yr ⋅ TheSomerandomguy ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) Takreer Oil Refinery fire and explosion. January 15, 2017.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Race car destroys a guard fence after colliding with another car.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A section of a rock shed on the Suhua Highway in eastern Taiwan crushed by a landslide late on Wednesday evening (Jan. 11)1yr ⋅ mikepapafoxtrot ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Speed not a factor in RV crash into Winchell’s. Denver, CO 8/15/20221yr ⋅ Hustler_Kamikaze ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1946 Naperville (IL, USA) Train Collision. Extremely tight scheduling, high speed and insufficient braking cause an express train to crash into a stopped train ahead. 45 people die. The full story linked in the comments.5d ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Recently, a Douglas DC-6 heading from Fairbanks, AK to Candle, AK with 3 people on board, was on approach to Candle’s runway when the aircraft struck a berm causing damage to the landing gear. The aircraft continued the landing.4yr ⋅ RampChurch ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Yesterday morning. Strong waves hit the Vancouver seawall leaving parts of it shattered, Ambleside partially flooded2yr ⋅ 2nd_mowae ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On this day in 1937, a tanker vessel collided head on with a luxury liner just past the Golden Gate Bridge2yr ⋅ bdhall ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Japanese supersonic jetliner scale model prototype crashes on launch in Woomera, startling local kangaroos on July 14 20024yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
X-Press Pearl, on fire for two weeks, is now close to sinking. Attempts are being made to tow further out to sea. (2021-06-02)3yr ⋅ sangs1234 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
USS Chauncey (DD-296) on the rocks along with six other destroyers during the Honda Point Disaster, Sept 8th, 1923. A nighttime navigational error piled seven destroyers (two others were grounded) onto the rocky California coast at 20 knots.1yr ⋅ JimDandy_ToTheRescue ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
USS Lafayette (AP-53), formerly the ocean liner Normandie, after burning and capsizing in New York Harbor on 10 February 1942.2yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
4:31 a.m. Jan. 17, 1994, San Fernando Valley, CA Earthquake. (Photo is Northridge, on the 21st)4yr ⋅ Dlatrex ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
USAF Capt Christopher Stricklin ejects from his F-16 with an ACES II ejection seat on 14 September 2003 during a Thunderbirds demonstration in Idaho.6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Collapse in an airport parking house in Norway yesterday. Several hundred cars destroyed. Fire spread from a diesel car4yr ⋅ OverenthusiasticWind ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
An English Electric Lightning F1 crashes in a farmers field. The pilot survived with multiple breaks and cuts. Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Sept 13, 1962.2yr ⋅ 47toolate ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Highway 1 rail underpass in British Columbia, Canada is now even worse. November 17th 20212yr ⋅ reportcrosspost ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2022 Ebenhausen (Germany) Train Collision. A train driver departs without permission and overrides the triggered automatic emergency stop, causing a head-on collision. 1 person dies. A link to the full story in the comments.7mo ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
In 2003, IndyCar driver Kenny Brack survived a deceleration of 214g in a crash at Texas Motor Speedway. He’s somewhere in that capsule on the left.6yr ⋅ JosephSheltonSM ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Permafrost Rock Collapse Coast Drew Point Alaska 2018 1600×11594yr ⋅ PerryPattySusiana ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2003 Waterfall (NSW, Australia) Train Derailment. An incapacitated driver and poorly designed safety systems cause a train to derail due to excessive speed in a sharp curve. 7 people die.6mo ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2007 Grayrigg (England) Derailment. Insufficient maintenance causes a faulty set of points to gradually fall apart. 1 person dies. See comments for the full story.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today is the 34th anniversary of probably the most catastrophic failure ever. (Chernobyl, April 26th, 1986)4yr ⋅ MaxMoose007 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Full train of brand new Porsche 911s gets rear-ended by another freight train (Germany, 2008)1yr ⋅ heavyAnalects ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A corn silo collapsed in New Carlisle, OH on Oct 8, 2018. Over 10,000 tons of corn was lost.5yr ⋅ loganb3171 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
SS Ste. Claire, a steamer built in 1910, burns in Detroit, Michigan, 6 July 20182yr ⋅ RLoret ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Remains of a Taliban Car-Bomb Prematurely Gone-Off in Sar-e Pul, Afghanistan on 2019-November-27__ : Damage to 10 houses and Injury to 13 Civilians, According to Afghan Military {1024×0684}4yr ⋅ PerryPattySusiana ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
a crater is now under the orbital launch mount after the Starship flight today (20/4/23)1yr ⋅ leifdoe ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Today in Bournemouth. Cooking in a beach hut sparks large fire.4yr ⋅ waffenwolf ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
5/8/21 Before/After images of the wildfires in Turkey via satellite2yr ⋅ refreshment1 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Astronaut Neil Armstrong ejects just in time, as the lunar lander simulator (LLVM) begins to fail. (May 6, 1968)11mo ⋅ Destination_Centauri ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 1882 Hugstetten (Germany) Derailment. Insufficient, inattentive staff and poor track construction cause a passenger train to accelerate out of control and derail. 69 people die.1yr ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The Japanese submarine Soryu collided with a Honk Kong cargo vessel this morning.3yr ⋅ KingNeptune767 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Uncontained engine failure during takeoff roll kills two passengers, severely injuring two others aboard Delta Flight 1288, July 6, 19963yr ⋅ BrewCityChaser ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A rear suspension failure for Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello (Budapest, Hungary 2003)3mo ⋅ DashyDogF1Memer ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
2022/08/10 An unknown substance leaked into a Polish river that resulted in polluting the waters and killing over 100 tons of fish1yr ⋅ cmdygld ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Boeing 737 Overran a runway in Jacksonville, Florida - crashing into nearby St.Johns River. No fatalities.5yr ⋅ obviouswhale ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Japanese express train hits truck at crossing (5 September 2019)5yr ⋅ MrPyber ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2020 Cesky Brod (Czechia) Train Collision. A train driver disregards the speed limit and then dies from a heart attack, leading to his train rear-ending a freight train. 1 person dies. A link to the full story in the comments.11mo ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A newly built Artificial island of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is melting away6yr ⋅ sampunk ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
25/03/2020 - Van crushed after parking too close to lifting bridge in Poole, England4yr ⋅ Ducktail_27 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Shaftless transfer conveyor that caught against its own hopper (removed in picture) and torqued into a loop 08/27/2020. Almost 13 feet (3.9 meters) was destroyed due to miscalculations during design.3yr ⋅ lemontwistcultist ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Thunder Horse, a semi-submersible platform owned by BP, found listing after being evacuated for Hurricane Dennis.6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
1:2 Scale Saab JAS 39 Gripen loses its vertical tail then disintegrates at a 2016 event4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
(19 October 2016, Meridiani Planum on the planet Mars) Schiaparelli lander's crash site. It span too fast after deploying the parachute, resulting in software assuming it had reached the ground and prematurely landing on air.10mo ⋅ redwoodreed ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Casino Pier before and after it was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy5yr ⋅ MachoTaco24 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
(Den Helder, the Netherlands, 30 July 2009) The 'Prins Willem' – a replica of a 17-century sailing ship – catches fire and burns. She would later be deemed beyond repair and dismantled.11mo ⋅ Dancou-Maryuu ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Senator John McCain’s A-4 Skyhawk burns on the deck of USS Forrestal, 1967. An electrical surge in an F4 Phantom caused an unguided rocket to fire across the deck. The resulting fires and chain reaction detonations killed 134 men, the worst loss of life on a US Navy ship since WWII3yr ⋅ mrparsnip ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Lt. Terhune ejects from his F-8 Crusader after the aircraft flamed out over the South China Sea. August 11, 1965.2yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
A-7 Pilot ejects over Indianapolis, sending aircraft skipping off buildings before crashing into the Ramada Inn, killing 10. Oct 20 19876yr ⋅ sloppytowhat ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
29/nov/2022 - Heavy Rainfall Causes Landslides in South Brazil1yr ⋅ feijao_com_arroz ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
9/3/20 Drunk driver ran into corner of this restaurant in my home town. Thankfully no one was hurt3yr ⋅ I_Cant_Get_Upvotes ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The 2000 Hatfield (England) Derailment. Negligent and insufficient maintenance causes a rail to suddenly shatter beneath a high speed train. 4 people die. The full story linked in the comments.1wk ⋅ WhatImKnownAs ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
4 Years ago, Ponte Morandi, near Genova in Italy collapsed, killing 43 people in the process. Photo of the aftermath1yr ⋅ andrea_bussolaro ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
The aftermath of solar panels collapsed by strong winds, 1 injured - January 7, 2021(Tochigi, Japan)2yr ⋅ maruhoi ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Dronka, Egypt. Lightning hits oil/fuel tanks and ignites them. Ensuing oil file spreads throughout the town of Dronka. 469 killed. 4th Nov 19942yr ⋅ the123king-reddit ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Aftermath of a locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, 1912.2yr ⋅ Sky-Mommy ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Fuse panel exploded and had a small arc fire in my closet last night.3yr ⋅ Kevmandigo ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Full train of brand new Porsche 911s gets rear-ended by another freight train (Germany, 2008)1yr ⋅ gravelycut ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
On 29 October 2002, Ho Chi Minh City ITC, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.6mo ⋅ Hildatech2153 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
Pressing the wrong button turns a routine chair lift safety test into a disaster6yr ⋅ PUSSYDESTROYER-9000 ⋅ r/CatastrophicFailure
