Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

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Where there are machines and mechanisms, there is always a chance that one day they will suddenly take and stop working. Sometimes it only leads to minor troubles — but in some cases the result can be disastrous.

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters
Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

April 28, 1988: the roof of an Aloha Airlines plane broke off in the air at an altitude of 7,300 meters

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

May 7, 2021: A tourist was trapped at an altitude of 100 meters on a Chinese glass bridge after several panels unexpectedly fell out of it

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

View of the collapsed bridge over the Tacoma Strait from the overhead cable system, 1940

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

November 2, 2020: In Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, a train fell through a barrier at the end of the tracks, hitting a statue. Fortunately, it happened at night, so no one was injured.

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

December 2019 in Detroit: A large amount of chromium-6 leaked into the ground through a crack from storage. This was discovered only when the chemical began to leak onto the highway

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

August 14, 2020: chocolate snow falls on a Swiss town due to a factory breakdown

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

The result of a series of gas explosions in Mexico City in 1992

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

2019: Cars transported on an open deck caught fire after salt water shorted out the batteries

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

The breakthrough of a wine tank at one of the wineries in Sicily

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

January 17, 2021: the last seconds of the Ukrainian cargo ship before it broke in half and sank in the Black Sea

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

35 years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff. All 7 crew members were killed. As it turned out later, the disaster occurred due to a defect in the O-rings

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

The engine of the Boeing 777 failed at an altitude of 7300 meters. However, the plane landed safely

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

December 19, 2019: the drill brought to light part of the London Internet

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

After the collapse of the silo in New Carlisle, Ohio, January 28, 2018, $1,250,000 worth of corn spilled onto the ground

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Fire at an operating Dutch windmill in 1848

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

In Pittsburgh, a sinkhole in the pavement swallowed a bus

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

April 20, 2010: release on the Horizon oil platform

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

In Las Vegas, a video wall for $ 300 thousand collapsed

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

August 4, 2020: Storage shortly before the explosion, Beirut

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

August 4, 2020: Storage shortly before the explosion, Beirut

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

An incorrectly installed LED LED to a gas leak. One person was killed and three injured in the explosion when workers were investigating

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

The United Flight plane had burst tires during takeoff. Fortunately, no one was injured

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Markham, Ontario. The plywood used to repair the building was not enough to solve the task

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Container ship "One Apus" arrives in Japan after losing more than 1,800 containers while crossing the Pacific Ocean towards California

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Drone view of the explosion of Indonesia's largest oil refinery in Indramau

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

The cable of the window washer broke and touched the power line, causing a short circuit. The workers were saved by safety belts

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Fire in a fireworks store at a market in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, December 6, 2020

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

July 2014: The new fuselage of a Boeing 737 crashed in a train crash in Montana

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Arecibo radio telescope after the collapse of the instrument platform, November 30, 2020

Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters

Failed rocket launch

     

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