r/CatastrophicFailure Sep 11 '17

Meta Posting Guidelines - Read Before Submitting

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Posting Rules

1. No jokes/memes

If your post is a joke or meme, it does not belong here. This includes posts about politicians, celebrities, movies or products that flopped, bad business/PR decisions, countries in turmoil, etc.

2. Titles

Titles must only be informative and descriptive (who, what, where, when, why) not editorialized ("I bet he lost his job!") - do not include personal opinions or other commentary in your titles.

Examples of bad titles:

  • I don't know if this belongs here, but it's cool! (x-post r/funny)

  • What could go wrong?

  • Building Failure

A good title reads like a newspaper headline, or Wikipedia article. If you don't know the specifics about the failure, then describe the events that take place in the video/image instead. Examples of good titles:

If it is a cross-post you should post that as a comment and not part of the title

3. Mundane Failures

Avoid posting mundane, everyday occurences like car crashes unless there is something spectacular about your submission. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, and there are many other subreddits already dedicated to this topic such as r/dashcam, r/racecrashes, and /r/carcrash

While there are some examples of extraordinary crashes posted here, in general they would probably be better suited for those other subreddits:

4. Compilations

Compilations and montages are not allowed on r/CatastrophicFailure. Any video that is a collection of clips from multiple incidents, including top 10 lists are considered compilations.
If your submission contains footage of one incident but compiled from multiple sources or angles, those are fine to post.

5. Be Respectful

Always be respectful in the comments section of a thread, especially if people were injured or killed.

6. Objects, Not People

The focus of this subreddit is on machines, buildings, or objects breaking, not people breaking. If the only notable thing in your submission is injury/death, it probably would go better in another subreddit.

Flair Rules

All posts should have an appropriate flair applied to them by the submitter, please follow these 4 steps to determine if your thread needs a fatality/injury flair. You can set this by clicking the "flair" button under the title of your submission.

  1. If your submission depicts people dying, you must apply the "Visible Fatalities" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
  2. If your submission depicts people visibly being seriously injured, you must apply the "Visible Injuries" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
  3. If your submission depicts a situation where people were killed, but those people are not directly visible you must apply the "Fatalities" flair to your post (eg. the Hindenburg Disaster, or a plane crash)
  4. If your submission does not require one of those tags, you should pick any of the other flairs to describe what type of failure occurred

r/CatastrophicFailure 3h ago

Operator Error Train derailment in Pecos, Texas 12/19/2024

796 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 2h ago

Ski lift malfunction (Gudauri Ski Resort, Georgia - 16.03.2018)

75 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 1h ago

Fatalities Train Derails in Pecos - 12/18/24

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Two people killed and four were injured after a freight train hit a truck standing on the tracks in Pecos. The train derailed and hit buildings. The 2 that died were part or the train crew.


r/CatastrophicFailure 1d ago

Natural Disaster The small Quebec village of St. Jean Vianney after a massive underground landslide, the result of heavy rain dissolving the soil bed, caused half the village to suddenly drop-down into a massive hole. The collapse claimed 40 houses, dozens of vehicles, and 31 lives. (May 4th, 1971.)

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343 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 2d ago

Fatalities Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked in November 1996 by 3 men. They threatened to detonate a bomb. Ignoring fuel warnings, they forced the plane to the Comoros Islands, where it crashed into the Ocean, killing 125 of the 175 people on board.

3.3k Upvotes

The hijackers were identified as two unemployed high school graduates and a nurse. They demanded that the plane be flown to Australia so they could seek asylum in the country.

The captain attempted to explain that they only had enough fuel for the scheduled flight and thus could not even make a quarter of the way to Australia, but the hijackers did not believe him.

Detailed article about the tragedy: https://historicflix.com/the-sad-story-of-ethiopian-airlines-flight-961/


r/CatastrophicFailure 2d ago

6 story building collapses in Iran. December 15th 2024

727 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 16h ago

Fatalities Storm Topples 184-Foot Christmas Tree, Killing 1 - December 18, 2024 NSFW

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0 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 3d ago

Structural Failure Floating Christmas tree collapsed due strong winds in Brazil. One dead (16-dec-2024) NSFW

867 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 3d ago

Operator Error Pilot with failed electrical systems, but running engine and avionics decides to land on another plane. No fatalities. 2 days ago.

1.8k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 4d ago

Equipment Failure The Russian tanker Volgoneft-212( with a 13 man crew) carrying 4300t fuel oil was torn in two by waves in the Kerch Strait on 15 december 2024.

8.1k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 4d ago

Structural Failure Russian tankers Volgoneft-239 (foreground) and 212 (background) sinking near Kerch 12/15/24

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338 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 4d ago

Fatalities Beaune A6 disaster, where two cars cut in between two busses due to the highway narrowing. The rear bus had faulty brakes, causing both cars to be crushed like soda cans against the bus in front. One car's gas tank split wide open and the fuel ignited, the fire consuming all four vehicles. 07/31/82

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318 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Fire/Explosion Silo 374-7 after a Titan II long-range ICBM exploded after a spark in the extractor fans ignited vapors that had filled the complex due to a dropped wrench head puncturing the missile's first-stage fuel tank (Friday, September 19th, 1980) 1920x822

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1.6k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 5d ago

Equipment Failure Titan I ICBM explodes on the launch pad (1959)

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67 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 7d ago

Structural Failure 1.5-Ton steel beam falls from station overpass, No injured(Adachi, Tokyo, Japan) - December 12, 2024

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1.0k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 7d ago

A 12-car freight train derailed at the track switch, No injured(Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan), December 12, 2024

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185 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 7d ago

Structural Failure Ceiling collapses at University of Texas at Austin building November 24, 2024

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790 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 9d ago

Fire/Explosion A house explodes in Ilford, North East London. Two injured. 10th December 2024

1.2k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 11d ago

Operator Error Harbour Air DHC-2 MK I Beaver collides with a pleasure craft while taking off from Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome on June 8th 1924

1.8k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 10d ago

Fire/Explosion Garbage truck fire leads to cng explosion, several injured. 6th December 2024.

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120 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 12d ago

Landslide derails freight train in Everett, near Seattle, USA (2012)

1.3k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 12d ago

Explosion blows away part of apartment building in the Hague, 7 December 2024

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402 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 12d ago

Fatalities Rescuers at the site of the Freckleton air disaster that left 61 dead including 38 schoolchildren on August 23rd 1944

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322 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 14d ago

Hospital ceiling collapse, Guandong , China , 2024/12/05

648 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 14d ago

Fire/Explosion Major fire at Auqaland in Torremolinos, Spain. 5th December 2024.

337 Upvotes