Technology failed: 30 frightening photos of modern disasters
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/technology-failed-30-frightening-photos-of-modern-disasters.htmlWhere 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.
April 28, 1988: the roof of an Aloha Airlines plane broke off in the air at an altitude of 7,300 meters
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
View of the collapsed bridge over the Tacoma Strait from the overhead cable system, 1940
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.
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
August 14, 2020: chocolate snow falls on a Swiss town due to a factory breakdown
The result of a series of gas explosions in Mexico City in 1992
2019: Cars transported on an open deck caught fire after salt water shorted out the batteries
The breakthrough of a wine tank at one of the wineries in Sicily
January 17, 2021: the last seconds of the Ukrainian cargo ship before it broke in half and sank in the Black Sea
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
The engine of the Boeing 777 failed at an altitude of 7300 meters. However, the plane landed safely
December 19, 2019: the drill brought to light part of the London Internet
After the collapse of the silo in New Carlisle, Ohio, January 28, 2018, $1,250,000 worth of corn spilled onto the ground
Fire at an operating Dutch windmill in 1848
In Pittsburgh, a sinkhole in the pavement swallowed a bus
April 20, 2010: release on the Horizon oil platform
In Las Vegas, a video wall for $ 300 thousand collapsed
August 4, 2020: Storage shortly before the explosion, Beirut
August 4, 2020: Storage shortly before the explosion, Beirut
An incorrectly installed LED LED to a gas leak. One person was killed and three injured in the explosion when workers were investigating
The United Flight plane had burst tires during takeoff. Fortunately, no one was injured
Markham, Ontario. The plywood used to repair the building was not enough to solve the task
Container ship "One Apus" arrives in Japan after losing more than 1,800 containers while crossing the Pacific Ocean towards California
Drone view of the explosion of Indonesia's largest oil refinery in Indramau
The cable of the window washer broke and touched the power line, causing a short circuit. The workers were saved by safety belts
Fire in a fireworks store at a market in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, December 6, 2020
July 2014: The new fuselage of a Boeing 737 crashed in a train crash in Montana
Arecibo radio telescope after the collapse of the instrument platform, November 30, 2020
Failed rocket launch
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