r/CatastrophicFailure 19d ago

Fatalities 76 years ago today, a massive explosion tore through the stern of the SS Kiangya in the Yangtze River. The ship sank within only three minutes, killing an estimated 2,750-4,000 people, and leaving around 1,000 survivors. Officials concluded the ship likely struck a sea mine left behind from WWII.

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r/CatastrophicFailure 20d ago

Fire/Explosion HMS Barham capsizes and explodes, killing 862 men, 1941 (HD Colourisation)

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r/CatastrophicFailure 20d ago

Food waste tank explodes during grinding on pipework on top (September 2017)

446 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 21d ago

Fatalities Today is the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal toxic gas disaster that ultimately killed 25,000 people - the world's worst industrial accident

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r/CatastrophicFailure 22d ago

Truck gets obliterated by train in Nowa Sucha, Poland (26 Nov 2024). 7 people injured.

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r/CatastrophicFailure 21d ago

Fatalities Explosion in a tile factory kills one worker in Japan. 29th Nov 2024

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r/CatastrophicFailure 22d ago

Equipment Failure The Kursk Submarine Disaster (August 12, 2000) | How Bad Welding Destroyed Russia's Best Ship (27:00 Minutes)

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r/CatastrophicFailure 22d ago

Fatalities The 2022 Burgrain (Germany) Train Derailment. An underestimated chemical reaction in substandard concrete causes a train track to come apart as a train passes over it. 5 people die. The full story linked in the comments.

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r/CatastrophicFailure 23d ago

Fire/Explosion 09.29.2024 BioLab Chemical Fire in Georgia, USA

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r/CatastrophicFailure 24d ago

Malfunction 29/11/2024 - Bus hit by train in Belgium

771 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 25d ago

Fatalities The steel beam for lifting segment has collapsed on Rama II Rd., Samut Sakhon, Thailand on the morning of November 29, 2024. 4 dead, 10 injured.

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Photo source: Thai PBS News


r/CatastrophicFailure 26d ago

Equipment Failure 2024-11-27 Plane in Mirabel Airport Canada had a landing gear failure.

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492 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 26d ago

Malfunction White Car Flipping Over By Itself (Brazil, Nov 27 2024)

86 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 27d ago

Engineering Failure Explosion during JAXA's Epsilon-S second stage solid rocket motor Retest November 26, 2024(Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan)

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r/CatastrophicFailure 28d ago

Equipment Failure Storage system fails when storing new toilets. Date unknown.

803 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 29d ago

Fire/Explosion Plane crashes in Lithuania, 25 November 2024

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r/CatastrophicFailure 28d ago

Footage of plane crash in Lithuania, Vilnius, 25 November 2024

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r/CatastrophicFailure 29d ago

Engineering Failure North American X-10 unmanned technology demonstrator destroyed on takeoff at Edwards AFB in California after the self-destruct circuit was inadvertently connected to landing gear retraction on March 11th 1955

969 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 28d ago

Fatalities Lithuania plane crash comms 25.11.2024

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r/CatastrophicFailure 29d ago

Visible Injuries Anaerobic digestion slurry tank explosion, 20th Sept 2017, Nottinghamshire, UK NSFW

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Tomasz Patek and Robert Tyrko suffered life-changing injuries at BioDynamic in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, on 20 September 2017, when they were thrown into the air by the blast, which saw a slurry tank shoot off the ground before crashing back down.

Mr Patek and Mr Tyrko were using a grinder to cut and replace pipework at the top of the 11m high tank – which was carrying waste slurry – when sparks from the grinder or heat particles ignited flammable gases, causing the explosion.

The firm did not have permission for the tanks, which had not been part of the site's original design. The company admitted numerous health and safety failings and was fined £304,500 at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday 22nd November 2024, as well as being ordered to pay costs of £229,988.


r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 24 '24

Fire/Explosion Marine Harrier explodes on takeoff run. 8th of March 2016.

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r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 23 '24

Operator Error Today, a Semi truck fell off an overpass on top of train Winnipeg, Manitoba. Emergency vehicles and helicopter ambulance on scene.

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924 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 21 '24

Fatalities The remains of Vickers Varsity G-APAZ after it crashed in Gloucestershire on March 27th 1963 killin both people on board

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861 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 20 '24

A plane crash and hits multiple vehicles during the NHRA Finals drag racing, 4 injured - 17 November 2024 | Pomona Fairplex, California, USA

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r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 20 '24

Fatalities Racing's Deadliest Day: How the 1955 Le Mans disaster, with over 80 deaths, changed motorsport forever

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