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  • Thumbnail for Chernobyl disaster
    the worst nuclear disaster in history, and the costliest disaster in human history, costing an estimated US$700 billion. The accident occurred during a...
    272 KB (29,501 words) - 11:01, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fukushima nuclear accident
    The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11...
    192 KB (18,327 words) - 02:49, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
    Normalization of deviance Engineering disasters List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents PEPCON disaster The RS-25 engines had several improvements...
    117 KB (11,617 words) - 21:00, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
    power. Fifty-seven accidents or severe incidents have occurred since the Chernobyl disaster, and about 60% of all nuclear-related accidents/severe incidents...
    120 KB (11,804 words) - 18:28, 11 June 2024
  • not practiced as fully. A mining disaster is an incident where there are five or more fatalities. Mining accidents can occur from a variety of causes...
    82 KB (10,004 words) - 02:40, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
    tank. About ninety minutes after the disaster, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe called to convene the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) to determine...
    108 KB (10,663 words) - 16:00, 19 June 2024
  • of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal...
    123 KB (3,896 words) - 18:41, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aviation accidents and incidents
    Airlines Flight 123 accident. The largest loss of life in a single aviation accident is the 583 fatalities of the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster, in which two...
    87 KB (9,154 words) - 15:13, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kyshtym disaster
    Kyshtym disaster, sometimes referred to as the Mayak disaster or Ozyorsk disaster in newer sources, was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred...
    29 KB (3,003 words) - 19:46, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Three Mile Island accident
    this accident General: List of civilian nuclear accidents Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents...
    139 KB (16,831 words) - 16:32, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maritime incident
    Marine accident, maritime disaster or maritime incident refers to a transport accident involving watercrafts. List of maritime disasters Maritime safety...
    522 bytes (45 words) - 16:01, 12 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of disasters in the United States by death toll
    This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States...
    189 KB (1,823 words) - 15:11, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Granville rail disaster
    (United Kingdom) Eschede train disaster (Germany) Railway accidents in New South Wales Lists of rail accidents "The rail disaster that changed Australia". BBC...
    14 KB (1,361 words) - 00:22, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Emergency management
    "Emergency management" or "disaster management" is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability...
    94 KB (10,002 words) - 05:42, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
    accidents during spaceflights, 11 astronauts, test pilots, and other personnel have been killed during training or tests. Apart from actual disasters...
    96 KB (3,118 words) - 12:44, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tokaimura nuclear accidents
    was the worst civilian nuclear radiation accident in Japan prior to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011. The incident exposed the surrounding...
    38 KB (4,355 words) - 19:31, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bhopal disaster
    The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide...
    132 KB (14,375 words) - 12:53, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of industrial disasters
    disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence. They are a form of industrial accident...
    84 KB (9,484 words) - 01:28, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
    confederation in 1867. The last Canadian rail accident to have a higher death toll was the St-Hilaire train disaster in 1864, which killed 99. The railway passing...
    201 KB (19,872 words) - 02:52, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tenerife airport disaster
    section of the aircraft. With a total of 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history. A bomb set off by the Canary Islands...
    68 KB (6,893 words) - 19:00, 19 June 2024
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