The Church Rock Uranium Mill Disaster of 1979 was a significant environmental and public health catastrophe that occurred when a tailings pond dam at a uranium processing facility in Church […]

The American Airlines Flight 191 disaster occurred on May 25, 1979, when a DC-10 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The disaster was caused by the […]

The Baldwin Hills Disaster of 1963 was a significant and tragic event that occurred on December 14, 1963, when an oil storage tank in the Baldwin Hills area of Los […]

The Daegu Subway Disaster of 2003 was a catastrophic event that occurred on February 18, 2003, in Daegu, South Korea. A fire broke out in the Daegu subway system’s Line […]

The Piper Alpha Disaster 1988 was one of the deadliest oil rig accidents in history, resulting in the tragic loss of 167 lives and marking a turning point in offshore […]

The St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928 was one of the deadliest and most destructive dam failures in U.S. history. On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, located in […]

The Tangiwai Bridge disaster of 1953 remains one of New Zealand’s most devastating rail accidents. On December 24, 1953, a passenger train traveling from Wellington to Auckland plunged into the […]

The Tasman Bridge disaster of 1975 remains one of Australia’s most significant and tragic maritime accidents. On January 5, 1975, the Tasman Bridge, a vital link connecting Hobart and its […]

The Eschede train disaster of 1998 is one of the deadliest rail accidents in German history, marking a tragic event that claimed the lives of 101 people and injured over […]