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AV-8-Harrier jump jet Ford Explorer-Firestone tire rollovers offshore oil-rig fire derailment of a high-speed train computer errors almost set off nuclear war.
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A misplaced oil rig spells disaster in Louisiana West Virginia flood Exxon Valdez oil spill collapsing radio and TV antenna towers freeways and earthquakes.
2025-12-06 18:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 19:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.
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Chaos in Guadalajara, Mexico, when the city streets explode an airplane crash outside of Paris that ranks as one of the worst in history two mining dams in Italy collapse engulfing a village in a tidal wave of sludge.
2025-12-06 17:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 17:52:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Buried within the wreckage of engineering disasters lie lessons which point the way to a safer future.
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A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y. software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate the collapse of 7 World Trade Center the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
2025-12-06 10:12:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 11:03:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Sinkholes use of asbestos Chang River flood liquid natural-gas explosions Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
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Grain-elevator explosion freighter crashes into mall collapse of Rosemont Horizon Schoharie Bridge collapse airship crash.
2025-12-06 08:29:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 09:20:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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AV-8-Harrier jump jet Ford Explorer-Firestone tire rollovers offshore oil-rig fire derailment of a high-speed train computer errors almost set off nuclear war.
2025-12-06 07:37:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 08:29:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
A misplaced oil rig spells disaster in Louisiana West Virginia flood Exxon Valdez oil spill collapsing radio and TV antenna towers freeways and earthquakes.
2025-12-06 06:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 07:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.
2025-12-06 05:52:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 06:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Chaos in Guadalajara, Mexico, when the city streets explode an airplane crash outside of Paris that ranks as one of the worst in history two mining dams in Italy collapse engulfing a village in a tidal wave of sludge.
2025-12-06 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 05:52:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Food trucks are hitting the big time across much of America, they're changing the way people eat from humble beginnings as chuck wagons and hot dog carts, they've taken off as ethnic eateries, gourmet specialists, and even high-tech mega trucks.
2025-12-06 04:11:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
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Complex engineering failures include Sun Valley's 200-foot sinkhole, Laguna Beach landslide destroying 11 homes, Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E roof collapse killing four, Fokker F-10 crash with Knute Rockne, and Marine Electric sinking disasters.
2025-12-06 03:20:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-06 04:11:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Throughout history the same builders and engineers that paved man's path out of the caves and into the modern world also caused some of mankind's worst disasters often a huge calamity is traced back to a tiny cause, but triggering a domino effect.
2025-12-05 22:07:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 22:59:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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A steam pipe explosion rocks New Yorkers on a summer day in Midtown Manhattan Boston's Big Dig highway project suffers a major setback when sections of a tunnel ceiling fall onto the roadway.
2025-12-05 21:14:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 22:07:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Sinking of Ocean Ranger offshore oil rig plane carrying golfer Payne Stewart malfunctions Connecticut Turnpike collapse South Fork Dam failure PEPCON jet fuel plant explosion.
2025-12-05 20:24:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 21:14:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles a wing separates from a passenger plane a freighter slams into a Florida bridge the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
2025-12-05 19:32:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 20:24:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Examine mysterious maritime tragedies including Edmund Fitzgerald's 1975 sinking, Boeing 737 rudder crashes in 1991 and 1994, secret 1959 government nuclear facility meltdown, 4-million gallon diesel storage tank failure, and more.
2025-12-05 18:42:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 19:32:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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From a massive oil spill to refinery blaze to a downed plane, find out what went wrong and how to prevent the next engineering disaster.
2025-12-05 17:52:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-05 18:42:00 +0000 UTC(50m)