/r/CatastrophicFailure
Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.
Videos, gifs, articles, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation, destructive testing, and other disasters.
Catastrophic Failure refers to the sudden and complete destruction of an object or structure, from massive bridges and cranes, all the way down to small objects being destructively tested or breaking.
Posting Rules
- No joke submissions/memes
- Titles must only be informative/descriptive and include a date, do not editorialize
- Avoid posting mundane/every day occurrences like car accidents
- No compilations or montages
- Always be respectful
- If the only notable thing in your submission is injury/death, it belongs in another subreddit
Flair Rules
- If your submission depicts people dying, you must apply the "Visible Fatalities" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
- If your submission depicts people visibly being seriously injured, you must apply the "Visible Injuries" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
- 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)
- 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
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Food waste tank explodes during grinding on pipework on top (September 2017)
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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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The Kursk Submarine Disaster (August 12, 2000) | How Bad Welding Destroyed Russia's Best Ship (27:00 Minutes)
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Truck gets obliterated by train in Nowa Sucha, Poland (26 Nov 2024). 7 people injured.
22:01 UTC
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.
15:10 UTC
09.29.2024 BioLab Chemical Fire in Georgia, USA
More info: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna181541
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29/11/2024 - Bus hit by train in Belgium
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2024-11-27 Plane in Mirabel Airport Canada had a landing gear failure.
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White Car Flipping Over By Itself (Brazil, Nov 27 2024)
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Explosion during JAXA's Epsilon-S second stage solid rocket motor Retest November 26, 2024（Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan）
14:42 UTC
Storage system fails when storing new toilets. Date unknown.
19:28 UTC
Footage of plane crash in Lithuania, Vilnius, 25 November 2024
14:21 UTC
Lithuania plane crash comms 25.11.2024
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Plane crashes in Lithuania, 25 November 2024
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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
01:41 UTC
Anaerobic digestion slurry tank explosion, 20th Sept 2017, Nottinghamshire, UK
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.
23:17 UTC
Marine Harrier explodes on takeoff run. 8th of March 2016.
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Today, a Semi truck fell off an overpass on top of train Winnipeg, Manitoba. Emergency vehicles and helicopter ambulance on scene.
01:56 UTC
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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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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November 19, 2024 - A Cargojet Boeing 767-300, operating for Amazon Air, overran the runway at Vancouver International Airport
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the San Juanico explosion in Mexico on 19th November 1984 which killed 600 people. RIP
10:29 UTC
(1/23/1985) STFD footage of the Roll 'R' Way fire in Springettsbury Township, PA. The fire started in the women's restroom and eventually spread to the entire structure. 100 patrons were in the rink at the time but all managed to escape without injury. Fire caused an estimated $500,000 in damages.
21:25 UTC
The West Loch Disaster (1944) six US Navy landing ships catch fire and explode at Pearl Harbor during World War Two
04:54 UTC
A factory chimney collapse during the 2024 Taiwan earthquake - Hualien City, Taiwan, 3 April 2024
15:11 UTC
Eruptions of the mud volcano Los Burridos Antioquia, Colombia, 11.11.2024
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Some of the most shocking images and videos caused by the natural disaster of the DANA that began on 10/29/24 in Valencia. (+200 deaths)
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