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Back to SearchThorpe Rail Diaster
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One rushed decision. One contradictory telegraph message. One single-track stretch of rail where only one train can be allowed to exi…
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French Pass Drift Dive Disaster
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The most dangerous water often looks the calmest from the surface. French Pass sits like a postcard at the top of New Zealand’s South…
1 week, 2 days ago
Collision of the Andrea Doria and The Stockholm
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A luxury Italian ocean liner glides toward New York with art on the walls, pools on deck, and new radar that’s supposed to make fog i…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
SwissAir Flight 111 Fire
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A modern airliner. A premium cabin upgrade. A faint smell that doesn’t seem urgent until it’s far too late. We’re diving into Swissai…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Malbone Street Wreck
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A packed train, a brand-new tunnel, and a curve that demanded six miles per hour. Now add a labor strike, a rushed staffing decision,…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Union Oil 1984 Explosion Romeoville
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A hairline crack doesn’t sound like much until it’s hissing flammable vapor at the base of a pressurized refinery tower. We’re tellin…
1 month ago
The White Ship Disaster
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A royal party boat packed with nobles, wine, and bad decisions sets off from Barfleur and hits rock within minutes, and England never…
1 month, 1 week ago
Air Midwest Flight 5481
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A plane can be perfectly flyable and still be doomed by paperwork and a wrench turn. On Air Midwest Flight 5481, a Beechcraft 1900D l…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
2017 Washington Amtrak Cascades Derailment
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A passenger train on a brand-new route should not end up scattered across a highway, but that’s exactly what happened when Amtrak Cas…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Split Rock Explosion
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A played-out limestone quarry in the hills of New York should have faded into silence, but World War I turned Split Rock into somethi…
2 months ago