Catastrophes

How Juliana Koepke survived alone in the jungle after a plane crash

15-04-2024

How Juliana Koepke survived alone in the jungle after a plane ...

The plane carrying 17-year-old Juliana Kepke was struck by lightning. The winged car literally fell apart in the air, and the girl ...

How to increase the chance of survival in a plane crash

12-04-2024

How to increase the chance of survival in a plane crash

Statistics convince us that air transport is the safest of all existing ones. Nevertheless, it is well known that once a year the ...

When reality is much worse than the film: the story of an American woman who survived ocean drift

03-04-2024

When reality is much worse than the film: the story of an ...

The story of a woman who drifted across the Pacific Ocean for 41 days on the wreckage of a yacht and survived against all odds ...

15 mistakes of designers and builders, which turned into very tragic consequences

27-03-2024

15 mistakes of designers and builders, which turned into very ...

Architecture is an industry, perhaps, no less precise than surgery. In any case, not only comfort, but also human life directly ...

The story of paraglider Ewa Wisnierska, who was carried away by a thunderstorm

27-03-2024

The story of paraglider Ewa Wisnierska, who was carried away ...

In extreme sports, it is not customary to rely on luck. Only accurate calculations, physical training and reliable equipment can ...

Frames that have become past to their authors

21-03-2024

Frames that have become past to their authors

This collection of photographs that will touch you for a living. Among these images a lot of fakes. And yet it happens that people ...

On the waves of the future: the floating city will retain the coastal villages from floods

15-03-2024

On the waves of the future: the floating city will retain the ...

The problem of global warming are a storm cloud hanging over our planet. The water of the oceans can get out of its banks and flood ...

Lost in the Ocean: The Tragic Story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan

06-03-2024

Lost in the Ocean: The Tragic Story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan

Tragic accidents can lie in wait for us in a variety of situations, including on vacation. Tom and Eileen Lonergan, from the ...

Involuntary terrorist: how a crocodile became the culprit of a passenger plane crash

04-03-2024

Involuntary terrorist: how a crocodile became the culprit of ...

An amazing tragicomic incident occurred in August 2010 in the sky over the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A miniature aircraft ...

A Unique Perspective On Mexicali’s Poorest Neighborhoods By Meg Mckenzie Ryan

02-03-2024

A Unique Perspective On Mexicali’s Poorest Neighborhoods By ...

In the heart of Mexicali, Mexico, amidst the vibrant tapestry of its neighborhoods, Meg embarked on a photographic journey like no ...

The unsinkable Violet Jessop, who survived three of the largest shipwrecks of the XX century

01-03-2024

The unsinkable Violet Jessop, who survived three of the ...

For a long time it was believed that a woman on a ship brings bad luck. But, it turns out, there are examples of individuals who ...

The tragedy on the Byford Dolphin platform, the worst death in the workplace

29-02-2024

The tragedy on the Byford Dolphin platform, the worst death ...

If you think that your working conditions leave much to be desired, then you definitely need to get acquainted with such work as ...

Explosive love: the 1950 terrorist attack at a school near Tiraspol, which was kept silent for half a century

18-02-2024

Explosive love: the 1950 terrorist attack at a school near ...

Today, school shootings and bombings occur alarmingly often. There were terrible emergencies in educational institutions, but such ...

"Kitostrofa" in Taiwan - a sea giant exploded on the street

18-02-2024

"Kitostrofa" in Taiwan - a sea giant exploded on ...

Each dead whale is a big loss for the biosphere. Therefore, scientists are trying to carefully investigate all known cases in order ...

Minamata disease - how the plant secretly killed the Japanese for decades

05-02-2024

Minamata disease - how the plant secretly killed the Japanese ...

Mercury is a liquid silvery metal used in many modern industries. The importance of mercury for metallurgy, energy, the chemical ...

The fury of snow: The deadliest blizzard in history, which killed 4 thousand lives

03-02-2024

The fury of snow: The deadliest blizzard in history, which ...

On February 3, 1972, one of the most terrible natural disasters in the history of the country began in Iran. The blizzard that came ...

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

17-01-2024

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

Stories have been told for hundreds of years about huge waves that appear in the ocean out of nowhere and carry mortal danger. ...

10 extreme situations in which a limb had to be amputated independently in order to survive

16-01-2024

10 extreme situations in which a limb had to be amputated ...

In the case of life and death, most living beings are ready to sacrifice a lot in the name of salvation. People are no exception ...

What happens to a person who fell asleep in the cold

01-01-2024

What happens to a person who fell asleep in the cold

Man is so constituted that it can freeze to death in -30 and -2 degrees Celsius. Everything depends on the surrounding conditions, ...

An explosion of vape and a flaming gyro scooter: what dangers are hidden by familiar electrical appliances and gadgets

26-12-2023

An explosion of vape and a flaming gyro scooter: what dangers ...

Explosions of smartphone batteries and short circuits in sockets no longer become a sensation, but few people know that the danger ...

The story of a flight attendant who survived a fall from a height of 10 thousand meters

23-12-2023

The story of a flight attendant who survived a fall from a ...

On December 23, 2016, at the age of 66, the legendary flight attendant Vesna Vulovich died, who in 1972 was present at the ...

Miracle in the Andes: How the dead saved the living

21-12-2023

Miracle in the Andes: How the dead saved the living

The case was in October 1972. The Uruguayan youth rugby team flew to Chile with friends and relatives, a total of 45 people with ...

Historical events that brought the greatest losses to humanity

05-12-2023

Historical events that brought the greatest losses to humanity

Historically, humanity has suffered the greatest damage from its own actions. Neither deadly epidemics nor natural disasters have ...

How NASA Blew up a Boeing to Study a Plane Crash from the Outside and Inside

01-12-2023

How NASA Blew up a Boeing to Study a Plane Crash from the ...

In 1984, NASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration staged a controlled crash of a Boeing 720 aircraft to test new ...

How a diver solved the case of the disappearance of young lovers 20 years ago

30-11-2023

How a diver solved the case of the disappearance of young ...

Rivers and lakes hide traces of unsolved crimes and tragic mysteries that have remained unsolved. Scuba diver Jeremy Beau Sides ...

Why are sunflowers planted in places of nuclear disasters

07-11-2023

Why are sunflowers planted in places of nuclear disasters

The disaster that occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 shocked the whole world. Its consequences affected the ...