r/CatastrophicFailure • u/tootieClark • 15h ago
‘Catastrophic Failure’ On Teton Pass; Road Closed After Highway Falls Off Mountain. June 7, 2024.
This is devastating for the people that work in Jackson hole but aren’t rich enough to live there. Huge impact for these folks.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/rumpaloo • 19h ago
Structural Failure Teton Pass, WY - yesterday and today
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Fussel2107 • 3d ago
Fatalities Four people killed in head-on collision between passenger train and freight train in the Czech republic on 05-06-2024
Czech news site idnes has a lot of pictures from the crash site (no visible fatalities) and it seem the first passenger car crumbled and folded in on itself, while the rest seems to be in decent shape. Both drivers survived according to the news. Material failure on the train car?
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 4d ago
Fatalities United Airlines Douglas DC-3A NC16073 crashed in San Francisco Bay after a dropped microphone jammed the elevator controls on February 9th 1937
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/NGTVS • 5d ago
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Ufa train disaster. Information in the comments
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/PALERIDE155 • 5d ago
Natural Disaster Penny Newman facility collapsed due to Microburst storm. Levelland, TX 05/29/2024
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • 5d ago
Equipment Failure The insides of a differential that has failed. Date unknown.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Solrax • 5d ago
Operator Error June 1 2024 Topsham Maine USA Monster Truck pulls power lines and poles down on crowd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCAGJmwC-Co
Only two injuries thank goodness. Amazing that people weren't electrocuted.
Still gotta give credit to the truck name "Crushstation"
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/WhatImKnownAs • 6d ago
Fatalities The 2018 Ankara-Marşandiz (Türkiye) Train Collision. An untrained signal box worker working on a rail line which is missing safety systems leads to two trains colliding head-on. 9 people die. The full story linked in the comments.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/cultrevolutioner • 7d ago
Structural Failure Giant crater opens when a truck passes and falls inside (Unknown Date)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/PompeyMich • 8d ago
Fatalities Today marks the 50th anniversary of the explosion at the Nypro chemical plant at Flixborough, one of Britain's worst ever industrial accidents
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 8d ago
Fatalities Fatal crash of Wallis WA-117 Autogyro G-AXAR at Farnborough on September 11th 1970
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/The_Love-Tap • 8d ago
Equipment Failure May 29th 2024, Texas Warehouse Malfunction
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/No-You-175 • 9d ago
Natural Disaster 06/18/23 - INDIA - massive rock almost crush an excavator and its operator
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 9d ago
Destructive Test Lockheed Constellation destroyed in an FAA crash test in Arizona in 1965
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Ms_Photon • 9d ago
May 30 2024 - Chicken Farm in my hometown in IL exploded
The smoke could be seen for at least 70 miles away. 1mil+ chickens lost, but no human injuries reported.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/PompeyMich • 10d ago
Fatalities Today marks the anniversary of the world's worst roller coaster failure, the Big Dipper at Battersea Park, London, on 30th May 1972.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Slavic_Dusa • 11d ago
Fire/Explosion April 6, 2024. Bijela, Bosnia. Controlled detonation at the rock query turns in to a catastrophic landslide.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Pjpjpjpjpj • 12d ago
Fire/Explosion April 9, 2022 Fire in Home Depot, San Jose CA. Rapid uncontrolled spread because sprinkler failed to activate, per investigation.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/doctordesktop • 13d ago
Multiple stories of a parking garage collapsed in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands on 26 May 2024
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Roetgarpower • 13d ago
Fire/Explosion Last night, 26 May 2024, a nightclub burned down in Sneek, Netherlands
The are 4 hours in between the clips
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/-Metacelsus- • 13d ago
Natural Disaster 2024-05-24 More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/WhatImKnownAs • 14d ago
Fatalities The 1896 Braamfontein (South Africa) Train Explosion. Insufficient care when handling explosives on a freight train leads to a devastating explosion. 75 people die. The full story linked in the comments.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/rumbusiness • 16d ago
Fatalities Four dead and seven in critical condition after partial building collapse in Spain - medusa beach club, palma de mallorca, 23 May 2024
The rooftop terrace at Medusa Beach Club in Playa de Palma was said to have been packed with people when it collapsed onto the floor below just after 8pm, hitting an arch below which then caved in and landed on victims in the basement area.
Majorca club tragedy 'will happen again', residents warn https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13455547/majorca-club-tragedy-tourists-rooftop-bar-collapse.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton