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Back to SearchEastern Airlines Flight 212 Chatty Cockpit Crash
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A DC-9 lifting off for a 35-minute hop shouldn’t end in a cornfield, but Eastern Airlines Flight 212 becomes a brutal lesson in how f…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The HMS Thetis Sinking
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A submarine is already a coffin-shaped idea, but HMS Thetis proves how fast “routine” can become irreversible. We’re telling the stor…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Buffalo Creek Flood
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A river valley can feel like the safest place in the world until the water comes with a roar. We’re telling the story of the Buffalo …
5 months ago
Imperial Sugar Refinery Explosion
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Sugar is supposed to be comfort. At an industrial scale, it can be an accelerant powerful enough to tear a building apart. We walk th…
5 months, 1 week ago
Vestal Train Wreck
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A freight train running late, a quick stop for water, and a split-second assumption turn into an explosion that people feel eight mil…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
US Bangla Flight 211
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You trust a stranger with your life every time you board a plane, but you almost never see the person in the left seat. That uneasy t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Missing: SS Waratah
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A passenger ship the size of a city block leaves port, gets seen one last time off the South African coast, and then seems to erase i…
6 months ago
The 1936 Black Forest Hiking Disaster
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A hike sounds harmless until the weather stops cooperating and the person in charge refuses to admit they’re wrong. We’re telling the…
6 months, 1 week ago
1844 USS Princeton Explosion
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A champagne cruise, a gleaming warship, and a crowd of Washington power brokers waiting for the thunder of a new supergun. Moments la…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The 1918 Dutchman’s Curve Disaster
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A clear signal, a crowded morning, and a single stretch of track set the stage for one of America’s deadliest rail disasters. We take…
6 months, 3 weeks ago