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This is a list of structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Although the Japanese invasion force was half of the size of the defending force, Japanese air attacks on the city and lack of water proved decisive. Prime Minister Winston Churchill considered it to be the worst defeat in British military history, and it's been credited for undermining British prestige in Southeast Asia. Battle of Midway (June ...
List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan; List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War; List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Structural failure during guy wire tension testing KXJB-TV mast, Galesburg, North Dakota: February 14, 1968: Guyed steel lattice mast 628 Helicopter collision WLBT Tower, Raymond, Mississippi: March 3, 1966: Guyed steel lattice 487 F5 tornado: Replaced with 609.3 m tower which collapsed in 1997 KBIM-TV, at Caprock, New Mexico April 1, 1966 ...
Most bank failures don't make front-page news, so many people don't know how often they happen. Recently, however, the second-biggest bank failure in American history dominated headlines as Silicon...
1962 Thor missile launch failures during nuclear weapons testing at Johnston Atoll under Operation Fishbowl; 1961 SL-1 nuclear meltdown; 1961 K-19 nuclear accident; 1959 SRE partial nuclear meltdown at Santa Susana Field Laboratory; 1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure; 1957 Kyshtym disaster; 1957 Windscale fire; 1957 Operation Plumbbob
Structural failure — support piers collapsed 7 killed, 0 injured Complete failure of two spans on I-5 Due to extreme rainfall, the Arroyo Pasajero experienced high volumes of water at high speed. This caused scouring of the river bed undermining the support piers of both spans. Elhovo bridge over the Tundzha river [43] Elhovo, Yambol Province