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Explosions

This list does not include bombings, aviation incidents, and mine disasters.

1,950 – Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, Canada 1917)^[1]
1,500 – Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
1,200 – Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship "Kuang Yuang", near Kiukiang, China, October 16, 1926^[2]
1,200 – Ammunition trucks explode near a train station (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
1,121 – Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbour, 1943 due to magazine explosion.
1,000 – Ammunition transporter exploded in Hamont, Belgium, November 18, 1918
1,000 – Ammunition dump fire, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic
843 – British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard (1909), propellant explosion, 1917
800 – Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
738 – British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark (1899), magazine explosion, 1914
700 – Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988.
620+ – Explosion of a dynamite depot, Brazil, February 27, 1925^[3]
600+ – Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Naples, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured.
590 – Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, November 3, 1893, with over 2000 injured.^[4]
575 – Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Russia, 1989)
568 – Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
565 – BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
500+ – San Juanico Disaster, (Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 1984)
376 – Gas explosions occurred in a coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1917)
372 – Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11), 372 killed and 371 injured (Seeadler Harbor, 1944)
322 – Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
~300 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté, September 25, 1911
296+ – New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
243 – Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1909)
234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, December 2003
233 – Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion, 1916
230 – 2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
217 – Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
207 – Tank car explosion at BASF, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, also 3818 injured, 28 July 1948.^[5]
206 – Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
200+ – Gotera ammunition dump exploded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 6, 1991.
200 – 1984 Tbilisi gas explosion
171 – A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
163 – West Loch Disaster, 1944, On May 21, 1944, the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch while handling ammunition
160 – Voorbode, (Norway, 1944)
154 – Ryongchon disaster, (North Korea, 2004)
153+ – Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
151 – Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, The Netherlands, 1807)
147 – Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
140 – Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion Kenya 31 January, 2009
134 – Chilwell Munitions factory, Nottingham, England, 1918
133 – Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
130 – Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
126 – Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
118 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Iéna, March 12, 1907
117 – 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique on March 22, 2007. ^{[citation needed]}
116 – Electrical transformer explosion, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 3, 2010.
116 – Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England, 1916.
110 – A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
105 – 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kinkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
103 – USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
103 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
100+ – Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
100 – Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
100+ – T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).^[6]
100 – Explosion of an ammunitions dump (Chuchow, China, June 10, 1930)^[7]
100 – Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
100 – NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
98 – 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
94 – Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
94 – Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
90 – Five-story apartment building with huge dynamite stored in the basement explode at Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31, 1996)
90 – A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
79 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
75 – Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld^{[disambiguation needed]}, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
73 – Silvertown explosion, (London, 1917)
73 – Arzamas railroad station exploded disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
70 – Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
63 – A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
60 – Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936) ^{[citation needed]}
60 – Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
60 – Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
57 – Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)Mt.st.Helens erupted,57 dead(May.18,1980)
51 – 297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, USA on September 12, 1940^[8]
50 – Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland, (8 January 1979)
50 – Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
49 – Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
49 – Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
47 – USS Iowa turret explosion, 1989
45 – Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
41 – Richmond, Indiana explosion ^[9] on April 6, 1968 – More than 150 injured.
41 – Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
40 – Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands, 12 July 1646
40 – Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
39 – Hekimbasi gabage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 1993
36 – Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
35 – Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
33+ – Explosion at a naval laboratory, Brazil, April 30, 1931^[10]
33 – Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical) , Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
29 – Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
28 – Viareggio train explosion, Italy, 2009
28 – Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England, June 1, 1974
28 – Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, 11 August 1871.
27 – LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria. 19 January 2004.
24 – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium, July 30, 2004
23 – Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, January 10, 1976
23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
22 – Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk Poland, 1995)
22 – Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
21 – Boston Molasses Disaster, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA. January 15, 1919)
21 – Fireworks explosion ([Hallet, OK]) June 25, 1985
21 – Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
21 – Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
19 – McKee refinery fire, Sunray, Texas
18 – Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France, January 4, 1966
18 – Mihăileşti explosion (Romania, 2004)
16 – Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England, May 23, 1984
15 – BP Refinery, Isomerization Unit Explosion (killed 15 injured 180), Texas City, Texas USA March 23, 2005
15 – Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
14 – 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States, 2008)
14 – Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA, February 3, 1973
11 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill, (Gulf of Mexico, near the Missipippi River Delta, United States Of America, May 2010)
10 – Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, ON, Canada, October 25, 1960

Structural fires

2000+ – Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, December 8, 1863)
2000 – Theater fire (Kamli^{[disambiguation needed]}, China, 1893)^[11]
1670 – Theater fire (Canton, China, May 25, 1845)
900 – Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
800 – Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
694 – Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
658 – Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, February 13, 1937)
650 – Korean National Theater fire (Kyoeng, Korea, April 1888)
602 – Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903)
600 – Theater fire (Tientsin, China, May 1872)
538 – Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, India, December 23, 1995)
530 – Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, March 17, 2000)
492 – Coconut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
448 – Ring Theater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, December 8, 1881)
430 – Circus Ferroni fire (Berdichev, Russia, January 13, 1883)
422 – Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, August 20, 1978)
396 – Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, August 1, 2004)
324 – Karamay theater fire (Karamay, China, December 10, 1994)
323 – Gran Circus Norte-Americano arson (Niterói, Brazil, 1961)
322 – Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, April 21, 1930)
322 – L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
309 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, December 25, 2000)
278+ – Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, December 5, 1876)
250 – Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909)
225 – Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 14, 1960)
209 – Rhythm Night Club fire (Natchez, Mississippi, April 23, 1940)
208 – Hoteiza theater fire (Kucchan, Japan, March 6, 1943)
198 – Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
194 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire (Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2004)
188 – Joelma Building fire (São Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 1974)
186 – Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, September 5, 1887
175 – Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, March 4, 1908)
171 – Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
168 – Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944)
167 – Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
165 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, May 28, 1977)
163 – Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, November 13, 1960)
162 – 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)^[12]
162 – Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
153 – Perm Lame Horse club fire, (Perm, Russia, December 4, 2009)
148 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York City, New York, March 25, 1911)
146 – 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)^[12]
144 – Church fire in Costeşti, Romania, April 18, 1930^[13]
130 – Cinema fire in Kirin, China, March 18, 1930^[14]
119 – Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 1946)
118 – Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, May 13, 1972)
104 – Cinema fire at the Chinkai Guard District, March 10, 1930^[15]
104 – Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, November 29, 1973)
100 – The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
99 – Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire, (Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 1955)
97 – Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
95 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, ( Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1958)
87 – Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
87 – MGM Grand fire, (Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 1980)
82 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, December 17, 1983)
64 – Cinema Statuto fire, Turin,Italy
63 – Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
59 (to 61) – Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2009)^[16]
56 – Bradford City Football Club stadium fire, 11 May 1985. Bradford City stadium fire, Bradford, UK
48 – Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 1981)
44 – Myojo 56 building fire, (Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2001)
42 – Dromcolliher Cinema Fire, (County Limerick, Ireland, 5 September 1926)
41 – Ballantynes Fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 November 1947.
40 – The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
37 or 39 Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire. near Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 December 1942.
35 – Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
34 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30, 1971.^[17]^[18]
33 – Hotel Polen Fire, possibly after a burglary below the hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 9, 1977
33 – Hotel New Japan Fire, (Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 1982)
31 – King's Cross Fire underground Tube Train station fire, London UK. 18 November 1987
29 – Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)^[19]
24 – 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
21 – Hostel fire, Kamień Pomorski, Poland, April 13, 2009
21 – Andorinha Building fire (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 17, 1986)
21 – St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28, 1915
19 – Calderón Guardia Hospital fire, San José, Costa Rica, July 12, 2005
19 – Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968 ^[20]
17 – A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on April 20, 1937.
17 – Top One Karaoke Fire, fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25, 1997)^[21]

Flood disasters

Excluding natural disasters i.e. floods caused by natural forces such as tsunami or high rainfall and dam failure caused by natural disaster such as earthquake or exceptional rainfall

2,209 – Johnstown flood (dam break in Johnstown, Pennsylvania), 1889
2,000 ca. – Vajont Dam collapse, Italy, 1963
1,464 – New Orleans Flooding (New Orleans, Louisiana, Levee Failure due to Hurricane Katrina, August 29, 2005.)
941 – Iruka pond collapsed in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan, on May 14, 1868.
488 – Mir Placalnizza dam failure and collapsed in Sgorigrad, Bulgaria on May 1, 1966.
421 – Malpasset dam collapse, France, 1959
375 – Levee of pond failure at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, 1936
373–400 {600 estimated}- St. Francis Dam failure, United States, 1928
356 – Gleno's dam collapse, Italy, 1923; some estimates put death toll as high as 500
318 – North Sea flood of 1962,Heavy Storm pushed Water into the Elbe-River, Dykes broke 1962
270 – Great Sheffield Flood, Dale Dike Dam collapse, England, 1864
268 – Val di Stava Dam collapse, Italy, 1985
243 – Gouhou Dam burst disaster, Gonghe, Qinghai, China on 27 August 1993
175 – Mont Blanc glacier flood, Mont Blanc, France in 1892
135 – Santa Catarina floods (Santa Catarina state, Brazil, 2008)
125 – Buffalo Creek Flood, dam collapse, United States, 1972
118 – Belci hydro electric dam failure, Romania, 1991
99 – Situ Gintung dam failure, Indonesia, 2009
75 – 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident
60 – Horonai dam failure with apartment house collapse, Oumu, northeastern Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
39 – Kelly Barnes Dam failure, United States, 1977
17 - Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, South Africa, 1994
14 – Teton Dam collapse, United States, 1976

Coal mine disasters

1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
1,099 – Courrières mine disaster (Courrières, France, 1903)
687 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Hojo, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 December 1914)
682 – coal mine Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion, (Datong China, 9 May 1960)
472 – coal mine (Wankie, Rhodesia, 1972)^[22] Apart from the one hundred and seventy-six Rhodesians who died, there were ninety-one Zambians, fifty-two from Mozambique, thirty-seven from Malawi, thirty Tanzanians, fourteen Britons, twelve South Africans, nine from South West Africa, four from the Caprivi Strip, and one from Botswana.^[23]
458 – coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 November 1963)
439 – Senghenydd Colliery Disaster (Senghenydd, Wales, 1913)
437 – coal mine (Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960)
422 – coal mine (New Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 28 November 1914)
405 – coal mine (Bergkamen, West Germany, 1946)
388 – Oaks Colliery, (Barnsley, England, 1866)
376 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 21 December 1917)
375 – coal mine (Bihar, India, 1965)
372 – Chasnala mining disaster,Sudamdih Colliery (Dhanbad, India, 1975)
365 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 20 July 1907)
362 – coal mine (Monongah, West Virginia, 1907)
344 – Pretoria Pit Disaster, (Westhoughton, England, 1910)
298 – coal mine (Saarland, West Germany, 1962)
266 – Gresford Disaster (Gresford, Wales, 1934)
263 – coal mine (Dawson, New Mexico, 1913)
263 – coal mine (Incirharmani, Kozlu^{[disambiguation needed]}, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992)
262 – coal mine (Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956)
259 – coal mine (Cherry, Illinois, 1909)
257 – coal mine (Grundy, Virginia, 1937)
243 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 5 August 1909)
239 – coal mine (Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907)
236 – coal mine (Chikuho Yamano^{[disambiguation needed]}, Kyūshū, Japan, 1 June 1965)
235 – coal mine (Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka), Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894)
214 – coal mine (Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China, 15 February 2005)
210 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 June 1899)
200 – coal mine (Scofield, Utah, 1900)
200 – coal mine (Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908)
189 – coal mine (Hillcrest mine, Canada, 1914)
183 – coal mine (Chosei, Ube, Japan, 3 February 1942)
181 – coal mine with flooding (Huayuan^{[disambiguation needed]}, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007)
180 – coal mine (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990)
177 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan,1941)
169 - coal mine (Hanna, Wyoming, 1903)
166 – coal mine (Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China, 28 November 2004)
159 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000)
155 – coal mine (Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK, 12 January 1918)
153 – coal mine (Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31, 1969)
151 – coal mine (Hausdorf, Germany currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930)
150 – Nanaimo mine explosion (Canada, 1887)
148 – coal mine (Daping, Tongchuan^{[disambiguation needed]}, Henan, China, 20 October 2004)
147 – coal mine (Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991)
142 – coal mine (Nelson, Osek^{[disambiguation needed]}, Czech Republic, January 3, 1934)
134 – coal mine (Uchigo, Iwaki^{[disambiguation needed]}, Japan, March 27, 1927)
134 – coal mine (Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, 27 November 2005)
125 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 February 1891)
125 – coal mine (Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977)
124 – coal mine (Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, 20 June 2002)
123 – coal mine (Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, 6 August 2005)
119 – coal mine (Orient #2 Mine, West Frankfort, IL, December 25, 1951)
111 – coal mine (Centralia Mine Disaster, Centralia, IL, March 25, 1947)
109 – coal mine (Everettville, WV, April 30, 1927)
108 – coal mine (Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007)
108 – coal mine (Dukla, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 14, 1961)
108 – coal mine (Jan, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885)
105 – coal mine (Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, 5 December 2007)
101 – coal mine (methane explosion) (Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, 18 November 2007)
100 – coal mine (Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983)
94 – coal mine (Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984)
93 – coal mine (Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 16 October 1981)
92 - coal mine (Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czech Republic, May 20, 1919)
92 – coal mine (Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia, November 18, 1989)
92 – coal mine (Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001)
91 – coal mine (Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, 27 November 1996)
89 – coal mine (Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997)
86 – coal mine (Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, 13 May 2003)
83 – coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 18 January 1984)
83 – coal mine (Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 13 July 2005)
82 – coal mine (Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, 11 March 2000)
74 – coal mine (Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23 October 1958)
73 – coal mine (San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia, 17 June 2010) ^{[citation needed]}
71 – coal mine (Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 March 1961)
71 – coal mine (Trimdon Grange], Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England 16 February 1882}[4]
68 – coal mine (Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997)
65 - coal mine (Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand, 26 March 1896)
65 – coal mine (Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981)[5]
64 – coal mine (Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983)
63 – coal mine (Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, 4 April 1998)
62 – coal mine (Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 29, 1867)
61 – coal mine (Trojice, Ostrava, Czech Republic, January 3, 1891)
60 – coal mine (Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997)
59 – coal mine (Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, 20 March 2005)
59 – coal mine (Bettina, Orlová, Czech Republic, March 26, 1885)
54 – coal mine (Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 22, 1960)
54 – coal mine (Františka, Záluží, Czech Republic, , 1860)
53 – coal mine (Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993)
52 – coal mine (Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 August 2001)
47 – coal mine (Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 18 September 1959)
45 – coal mine (Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, 28 June 1960)
43 – coal mine (Staříč, Czech Republic, December 30, 1976)
43 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 24 February 2003)
39 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1 November 1956)
36 – coal mine (Michálka, Ostrava, Czech Republic, October 4, 1950)
36 – coal mine (Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 July 2004)
34 – coal mine (Dukla, Šardice, Czech Republic, June 9, 1970)
33 – coal mine (Anna, Souš, Czech Republic, , 1890)
31 – coal mine (ČSA, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 22, 1977)
30 – coal mine (Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK, 2 July 1937)
30 – coal mine (Barbora, Karviná, Czech Republic, October 18, 1990)
30 – coal mine (Abaiskaya, Abai^{[disambiguation needed]}, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008)
29 - coal mine Pike River Mine disaster (Greymouth, New Zealand, November 19 2010)
29 – Upper Big Branch mine explosion (Montcoal, West Virginia, 5 April 2010)
29 – coal mine (Nordegg, Alberta, 31 October 1941)
26 – coal mine (Paskov, Paskov, Czech Republic, April 4, 1970)
26 – coal mine (Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 9, 1992)
25 – coal mine (Doubrava, Czech Republic, May 7, 1985)
24 – Nanshan Colliery disaster (Shanxi Province, China, 13 November 2006)
24 – coal mine (Doubrava, Czech Republic, February 12, 1949)
23 – methane explosion in Halemba coal mine (Ruda Śląska Poland 21 November 2006)
21 – coal mine (Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway, November 5, 1962)no:Kings Bay-saken
20 – 2009 Handlová mine blast (Handlová, Slovakia, August 10, 2009)
17 – coal mine (Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky), 8, June 1925
16 – coal mine (Ningxia Hui, China, 16 October 2008)

Aviation

583 – Tenerife airport disaster (Tenerife, 1977)
520 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
349 – 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
346 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Paris, 1974)
329 – Air India Flight 182 (Atlantic Ocean, 1985)
302 – 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash (Iran, 2003)
301 – Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
~300 – Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996)
290 – Iran Air Flight 655 (Persian Gulf, 1988)
273 – American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
270 – Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988)
269 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (Sea of Japan, 1983)
265 – American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
264 – China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
261 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
257 – Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
256 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
235 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
230 – TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
229 – Swissair Flight 111 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998)
228 – Air France Flight 447 (Atlantic Ocean, 1 June 2009)
228 – Korean Air Flight 801 (Guam, 1997)
225 – China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
223 – Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
217 – EgyptAir Flight 990 (Cape Cod, 1999)
213 – Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
202 – China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
200 – Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbekistan, USSR, 1985)
199 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
191 – Martinair Flight 138 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
189 – Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
188 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
184 – Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
183 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
181 – Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
180 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
178 – Aeroflot Flight 3352, (Omsk, Russia, October 1984) ^{[citation needed]}
176 – Surinam Airways Flight PY764 (Surinam, 1989)
176 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
176 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Nigeria, 1973)
174 – Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
170 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
170 – Cubana de Aviación flight 1281 (Havana, 3 September 1989). An Ilyushin Il-62 was departing from José Martí International Airport in La Havana, Cuba to Malpensa Airport. Despite the control tower had stated that the weather conditions were too bad to take off, the pilot of Cubana flight decided to depart, fearing the weather conditions would have been even worse later. Just as the plane took off, the strong winds brought the aircraft down into a residential complex, killing everybody aboard (115 passengers and 11 crews) and even 44 people in the houses. Most of the passengers were Italian (113/115). Ironically, only 30 minutes after the crash, the weather started to clear up and the wind's intensity to decrease.
170 – UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
169 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d'Ivoire, 2000)
168 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (Tehran, Iran, 2009)
167 – PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
167 – Mexicana Flight 940 (Mexico, 1986)
162 – All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, 30 July 1971)
160 – China Northwest Airlines flight 2303 (Near Xian, China, 6 June 1994)
160 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (Venezuela, 2005)
159 – American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
159 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, (Tripoli, Libya, December 1992)
159 – South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
158 – Air India Express Flight 812 (India, 2010)
156 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
156 – PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
156 – Interflug Flight DM-SEA (East Germany, 14 August 1972)
155 – Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, 3 December 1972). A Convair 990 was departing from Tenerife North Airport for a charter flight to Munich-Riem airport at about 6.45 a.m. The pilot lost control during take off in almost zero visibility due to thick fog, and the plane crashed 325 meters after the runway, killing all aboard (148 passengers and 7 crews).
155 – Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident (Saigon, 4 April 1975)
155 – Viasa Flight 742, (Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 1969)
154 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
154 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
154 – Spanair Flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain, 2008)
153 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
152 – Airblue Flight 202 (Pakistan, 2010)
152 – Yemenia Flight 626 (Indian Ocean, 30 June 2009)
148 – Iberia Airlines Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
148 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
146 – Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
145 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (Budarovka, Russia, 4 July 2001)
144 – PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, CA, 25 September 1978)
144 – Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
143 – Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
143 – Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
143 – ADC Airlines Flight 086, (outskirt of Lagos, Nigeria, November 1996)
141 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guilin, China) (24 November 1992)
141 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (Svalbard, Norway, August 29, 1996)
141 – UTA Flight 141 (Cotonou, Benin, December 2003) ^{[citation needed]}
137 – Vasp Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
136 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (Dallas, TX, 1985)
134 - 1960 New York air disaster (New York City, 1960)
133 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, 4 February 1966)
132 – USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1994)
132 – SAM Colombia Flight 505, (Medelin, Colombia, May 1993)
132 – Aeroflot Flight 8641 (Mozyc, Belarus, June, 1982) ^{[citation needed]}
131 – Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
131 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
130 – Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India
130 – Chateau de Sully charter flight, (Paris, France, June 3, 1962)
129 – US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, June 1953)
128 – Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
128 – 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727 airplane crash (Alborz Mountains, Iran, 21 January 1980)
128 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
128 – 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (Arizona, June 1956) ^{[citation needed]}
127 – Tan-Sahsa Flight 414 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1989)
126 – Czech Airlines Flight 542, (Damascus, Syria, August, 1975)
125 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
124 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
124 – BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
124 – Baikal Air Flight 130, (Irkutsk, Russia, January 1994)
123 – Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
123 – Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
121 – Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
119 – South African Airways Flight 228, (Windhoek, Namibia, April, 1968) 　
119 – PIA Flight 705, (Cairo, Egypt, May 1965)
119 – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 (Khorramabad, Iran, February, 2002) ^{[citation needed]}
118 – Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
118 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November 1963)
118 – British European Airways Flight 548, (Staines, England, June, 1972)
117 – Air India Flight 101 (Mont Blanc, January 1966) ^{[citation needed]}
116 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, (Port Sudan, Sudan, July 2003) ^{[citation needed]}
116 – 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash (Tehran, Iran, 6 December 2005)^[24]
115 – Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
115 – Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, 5 May 1972)
113 – Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
113 – Armavia Flight 967 (Black Sea, 3 May 2006)
113 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 (Langtang National Park, Nepal, 31 July 1992)
113 – Air France Flight 117 (Guadeloupe, West Indies, June 1962) ^{[citation needed]}
112 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
112 – CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April, 1982)
112 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (New York, 24 June 1975)
112 – Gulf Air Flight 771, (Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, September, 1983)
112 – Sterling Airways Flight 296, (outskirts of Kalba, UAE, March 1972)
111 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
111 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153 (Douala, Cameroon, March 1962) ^{[citation needed]}
110 – ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
110 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (near Taipei, Taiwan, 22 August 1981)
109 – Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July 1970)
108 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, (Sinai Peninsula, 1973)
108 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 222, (Chongqing, China, January 1988)
108 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 (Basel, Switzerland, April 1973) ^{[citation needed]}
107 – Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December 1978)
104 – Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
104 – SilkAir Flight 185 (Sumatra, Indonesia, 1997)
104 – Iberia Flight 602 (Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain, January 1972)
103 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, (Libya, 12 May 2010)
102 – Adam Air flight 574, (Indonesia, 2007)
101 – Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (Everglades, 1972)
101 – Thai Airways Flight 261 (Surat Thani, Thailand, December 1998)
100 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (Malaysia,1977)
99 – LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
99 – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
99 – KLM Flight 607-E (Atlantic Ocean, August 1958) ^{[citation needed]}
98 – Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130 crashed into mountain during approach to Zahedan Airport, Iran (2 November 1986)^[25]
98 – Britania Flight 105, (Slovenia, September 1966)
97 – Varig Flight 810 (outskirt of Lima, Peru, November 1962)
96 – 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash (Smolensk, Russia, April 10, 2010)
95 – American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, 1 March 1962)
95 – Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean Sea, 1968)
94 – Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, 7 July 1962)
94 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, (Abuja, Nigeria, October 2006)
93 – Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
92 – TAME Flight 120, (Cumbal, Colombia, January 2002)
92 – American Airlines Flight 11, (New York City, September 11, 2001 attacks)
92 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, (Bangalore, India, February 1990)
92 – TWA Flight 514, (Virginia, December 1974) ^{[citation needed]}
91 – LANSA Flight 508, (Puerto Inca, Peru, December 1971)
90 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, (Mediterranean Sea, 25 January 2010)
90 – Aeroflot Flight 411, (Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, July 1982)
89+ – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, (Phuket, Thailand, September 2007)
89 – Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E take-off crash, Medina Saudi Arabia ( 14 September 1980)^[26]
89 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (Logan Airport, Massachusetts, July 1973) ^{[citation needed]}
88 – Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pacific Ocean,2000
88 – Aeroflot Flight 821 (Perm, Russia, 2008)
88 – TWA Flight 841 (Mediterranean Sea, September 1974) ^{[citation needed]}
87 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
87 – Air Inter Flight 148, (outskirt of Strasbourg, France, January 1992)
86 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, (Delhi, India, June, 1972)
85 – Braniff Flight 352 (Dawson, Texas, May 1968) ^{[citation needed]}
84 – Sknyliv airshow disaster (Lviv, Ukraine, 2002)
83 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
83 – Thai Airways Flight 365, (Phuket, Thailand, August 1987)
83 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, (Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1969)
82 – Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
82 – TABSO Flight 101, (Bratislava, Slovakia, November 1966)
81 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (near Sicily, Italy, June 1980)
81 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
81 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438 (Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, January 1976)
81 – Pan Am Flight 214, (Elkton, Maryland, December, 1963)
80 – Llandow air disaster, (Sigginstone, Wales, March 1950)
79 – Korean Air Flight 803, (Tripoli, Libya, July 1989)
78 – Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, DC, 1982)
77 – Avensa Flight 358, (Maturin, Venezuela, December 1974)
77 – Spantax Flight 5995 (Torremolinos Airport, Malaga, Spain, 1977)
77 – Iran Air Flight 277, (Urmia Airport, Urmia, Iran January 2011)
76 – ČSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
75 – Southern Airways Flight 932, (Ceredo, West Virginia, 1970
75 – Aeroflot Flight 593, Russia 1994
75 – Avianca Flight 52, Cove Neck, 1990
75 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
75 – Turkish Airlines Flight 634, (Diyarbakir Airport, Turkey, January 2003)
74 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553, (Fray Bentos, Uruguay, 1997)
74 – Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
73 – United States Navy airship USS Akron, (1933)^[27]
73 – Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134, (Gabare, Bulgaria, 1978)
72 – Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
72 – Southern Airways Flight 242 1977
72 – Stockport air disaster, (Stockport, United Kingdom, 1967)
71 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611, (Uberlingen, Germany, 2002)
70 – Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
70 – Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
69 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India
68 – American Eagle flight 4184, Chicago, 1994
68 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, 24 August 2008
68 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733, (Mokpo Airport, South Korea, July 1993)
68 - Aero Caribbean Flight 883, 5 November 2010
65 - LAPA Flight 3142, (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999)
65 – United Airlines Flight 175, (New York City, September 11, 2001 attacks)
64 – American Airlines Flight 77, (Virginia, September 11, 2001 attacks)
64 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
64 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, (Hakodate, Japan, 1971)
61 – Aer Lingus Flight 712 ORK-LHR Crashed off Tuskar Rock Co. Wexford, Ireland 24 March 1968
61 – Freckleton Air Disaster, (Freckleton, Lancashire, England, 23 August 1944)
60 – TAROM Flight 371 (Balotesti, Romania, 1995)
59 – Lufthansa Flight 540 (Nairobi, Kenya, 1974)
58 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, Lake Michigan (1950)
57 – Atlasjet Flight 4203, Turkey (30 November 2007)
56 – British Airtours Flight 28M, (Manchester Airport, England, 1985)
56 – Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad, India
55 – Eastern Airlines Flight 537, on approach to Washington National Airport, (1949)
55 – Partnair Flight 394 1989 Convair 580
55 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
53 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, near Zawoja, Poland, (1969)
52 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash, Munich, 1960
52 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, British Columbia, 1965
51 – Alliance Air Flight 7412, Patna, India
51 – 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
50 – Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
50 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, (Gatwick Airport, England, January 1969)
50 – Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134. (Sofia, Bulgaria 1984)
50 – Continental Airlines Flight 3407 (Buffalo, 2009)
49 – Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
47 – British Midland Flight 092 (Kegworth, England, 1989)
46 – TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru. 2003)
46 – R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
45 – PIA Flight 688 (Multan, 2006)
45 – Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
44 – Pamir Airways Flight 112 (Afghanistan, 2010)
44 – Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown (Nagorny Karabakh, 1992)
44 – United Airlines Flight 93, (Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001 attacks)
43 – 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru. 1987)
43 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (Cayucos, 1987)
43 – El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, 1992)
42 – 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (Hejce, Hungary, near Slovak border, 2006, 1 survived)
42 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 (Cranbrook, British Columbia 1978)
42 - Henan Airlines Flight 8387, Lindu Airport, China, 24 August 2010
41 – JAT Yugoslav Airlines Maganik Crash, Titograd, SR Montenegro, 1973
40 – TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
36 – Widerøe Flight 710 (Brønnøysund, Norway. 1998)
35 – Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
35 – US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
35 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (Shenzhen, China) (8 May 1997)
34 – Alitalia flight (Shannon, Ireland, 1960)
34 – Derby Aviation C47 crash into Canigou mountain en-route London - Perpigan, 1961
34 – Olympic Aviation flight 545 (Isle of Samos, Greece,1989)
25 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Andes flight disaster (now Cerro Seler, Andes, 1972)

Maritime

This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only. For wartime shipping disasters, see List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

1,565–4,400 – MV Doña Paz (Philippines, 1987). Estimates of casualties vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers; the official death toll was 1,565, with only 21 survivors.
2,750–3,920 – SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board.
1,863 – MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
1,547 – SS Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
1,517 – RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
1,198 - RMS Lusitania (Atlantic Ocean, off the south coast of Ireland, 1915)
1,159 – Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
1,021 – SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
1,018 – MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
1,012 – RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
c.1,000 – SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
894 – MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
852 – MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
844 – SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
832 – MV Princess of Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, June 21, 2008.
737 – SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
c.640 – SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
627 – SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
625 – 1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
608 – Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
600 – Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
587 – Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
580 – Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
558 – SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
550 – Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
546 – RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
528 – MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
500 – Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
497 – Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
496 – Saint-Philibert (off Île de Noirmoutier, France, 1931)
464 – Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
461 – MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
438 – Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
423 – Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
400 – Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
400 – PS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
400 – Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
397 – Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
392 – SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
361 – KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
358 – HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
357 – 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
353 – SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
350 – Annie James (off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, 1853)
340 – MV Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
338 – Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
325 – Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
314 – Principessa Mafalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
308 – Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
304 – Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy condition off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.
300+ – Steamer "Hsinwah" sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China (January 15, 1929)^[28]
300 – Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized (Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981)
300 – Turkish ferry Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
300 – Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, October 11, 1968.
297 – RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
292 – A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993^[29]
289 – An boat of clandestine immigrant sank near Portopalo, Italy,1996
288 – SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
280 – Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
280 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280 – Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by collided with Japanese vassel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279 – Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
272 – Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
260 – USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
260 – Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
260 – Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
259 – Portuguese passenger ship Save^{[disambiguation needed]} ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
254 – Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, November 22, 1978
250+ – Powhattan (1854) sunk off New Jersey, April 16, 1854 [6]
250+ – Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
250 – Russian liner "Ogoza" sank in the Black Sea, 1928^[30]
250 – Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
250 – Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
~250 – Chinese steamer "Lee Cheong" sank in a storm off Swabue (December 21, 1929)^[31]
249 – Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
240+ – MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 11, 2009)
230 – Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized (Amazon River, Pará, Brazil, 1981)
230 – Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
224 – Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) May 13, 1835
226 – Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
220 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
215 – Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
210 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
211 – SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, July, 1909
209 – Naval transport ship "Angamos" sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, July 7, 1928^[32]^[33]
209 – Seven Japanese fishing boat sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
206 – Egyptian ferry boat Adel^{[disambiguation needed]} capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May, 1963
205 – HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
205 – S.S. Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Feb. 20, 1860
200+ – Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer "Pa Shi", 1931^[34]
200 – SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
200 – Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
200 – Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December, 1988.
193 – Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
192 – Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
189 – MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
189 – HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
185 – Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
182 – Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
180 – Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31, 1998
177 – Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
171 – Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
170 – Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
168 – Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
167 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
167 – Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
165 – Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
161 – Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galatzi, Romania, September 10, 1989
158 – Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
158 – Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
150 – Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Maranon River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
150 – Overloaded motorrized canoe capsized off Tasso^{[disambiguation needed]}, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
150 – A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965
150 – Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September, 1961
148 – Méduse (off Senegal, 1816)
147 – Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
140 – SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
140 – Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June, 1948
140 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 1991
140 – Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007
140 – Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, December 2, 1994.
136 – Finnish steamer SS Kuru capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, September 7, 1929
134 – SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
134 – Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
134 – RMS Quetta struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890.
131 – Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
131 – Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
130 – Princess Victoria (Scotland, 1953)
130 – Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September, 1997
130 – Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
129 – USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
128 – Ferry SS Berlin struck the pier near Hook of Holland (the Netherlands), February 21, 1907.
128 – HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
128 – Greek cruise ship Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
125 – SS Bokhara (Formosa, 1892)
124+ – SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
124 – Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
120 – Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
118 – Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
117 – Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi^{[disambiguation needed]}, Japan, 1946)
113 – Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
105 – Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 14, 1970.
102 – SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
100 – Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
99 – USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
92 – Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, October 1, 1933.
89 – SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, August 6, 1859
85 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
84 – Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
82 – STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
81 – MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
80 – Pamir (1957)
80 – Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, August 17, 1971.
78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
70 – Ming 361 (2003)
58 – Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57 – Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
54 – MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
53 – Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
53 – TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
51 – SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
51 – Marchioness ( River Thames, London 1989). 131 people onboard leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger “Bowbelle”.
48 – Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
46 – PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette (Baengnyeong-do island, South Korea, March 26, 2010)
45 – SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
44 – British bulk carrier Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
42 – Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on November 4, 2008.^[35]^[36]
36 – FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
35 – HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
32 – River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster (Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1876)
31 – SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
29 – SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
28 – Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
20 – Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October 2005)
17 – 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
16 – MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
13 – Essex (South Pacific, 1819)

Space exploration

7 – Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (over United States, 2003)
7 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (over Florida, 1986)
3 – Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
3 – Apollo 1 (Florida, 1967) - occurred on ground before launch
1 – Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)
1 – X-15 Flight 191 (suborbital, crashed ~50 miles NE of Edwards AFB, 1967)

Sporting events

1,112 – Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus, (Ancient Rome, c.140 AD)^[37]
200–700 – Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.^[38]^[39]
590 – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, February 26, 1918)
328 – Lima National Stadium tragedy, (Lima, May 24, 1964).^[40]
96 – Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
80+ – 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
71 – Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968) ^[41]
67 – Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, USSR, 1982)
66 – Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
56 – Bradford City football stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
43 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster. There was already a 60,000 capacity crowd in the stadium, but reports suggest a further 30,000 fans were still trying to gain entry to the stadium. Reports also suggest that 120,000 fans were admitted into the stadium. An Orlando Pirates equaliser sparked a further surge by the fans trying to gain entry as they scrambled to see what had happened. 43 fans were crushed to death. (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
40 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1967)
39 – Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
33 – Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)
28 – Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
26 – First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
24 – Drunken soccer fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and America de Cali, Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982 ^[42]
21 – Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece, February 8, 1981)^[43]
18 – Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semifinal match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, May 5, 1992.)^[44]
17 – 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
15 – 1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 1961).
13 – Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and ten spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators, killing the pair, plus 9 spectators. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia, Florence and Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, May 12, 1957)^[45]^[46]
13 – 1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 18, 1953.
13 – Democratic Republic of Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 14, 2008.
13 – Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; August 31, 1952.
12 – Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, 1969)
12 – Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1903
11 – Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad soccer match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, January 11, 1999.
11 – auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, 1911)
8+ – 1903 Paris-Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.^[47]^[48]
6 – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire
6 – Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.^[49]

Industrial accidents

16,000 – Bhopal Disaster (India, 1984)
1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
568 – Texas City Disaster (Texas City, Texas, April 16 & 17, 1947)
512 – Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine erea where landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, 1899
500+ – San Juanico Disaster (Mexico City, November 19, 1984)^[50]
319 – Marie iron mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
254 – Illegal Tashan mine collapsed with mud-rock flow at Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China (September 2008)
245 – Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, 2003
220 – El Cobre talling dam and cooper mine failure by earthquake in Chile on March 28, 1965.
202 – Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Plzeň, Czech Republic, May 25, 1917.
200+ – Vila Socó oil spill fire (Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil, 1984)
177 – General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa, on September 16, 1986.
167 – Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, July 6, 1988)
146 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
144 – Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales, 1966)
125 – Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, (West Virginia, United States, 1972)
123 – Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway, 1980
105 – Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa, May 11, 1995
84 – Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, 15 February 1982
68 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea, March 2, 1960
65 – KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 24 February 2006.
63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
60 – Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China, November 22, 2004
56 – Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, 1991
55 – Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco on April 25, 2008
40 – Lapua ammunition factory explosion (Finland, 1976)
35 - Westgate Bridge collapse (during construction), Melbourne, Australia. October 15th, 1970.
31 – Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain on August 16, 1968^{[citation needed]}
29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical) , Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
28 – Flixborough disaster, (England, June 1, 1974)
23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, October 23, 1989)
22 – Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire – 14-Sep-1997, Vishakapatnam, Andhra pradesh, India, [7]
21 – Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)
17 – Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., gas leak (Hebei, China, December 24, 2008)
15 – BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion (Texas City, Texas, USA, March 23, 2005)
11 – Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion (Davenport, Iowa, USA, 1975)
11 – BP Deepwater Horizon explosion (Gulf of Mexico, April 20, 2010)

Smogs

4,000 – The Great Smog (London, December 5-9, 1952)
2,200 – Coal smog (London, 1880)^[51]
160 – Smog (London, December 12-15, 1991)^[52]
60 – Meuse Valley Fog (Belgium, 1930)^[51]
50 – The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, October 27-31, 1948)^[51]

Stampedes and panics

4,000 – mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
1,426 – stampede by pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
1,400 – 2,000 – Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
953 – Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)
800 – 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, India, 1954)
357 – Phnom Penh stampede (Phnom Penh Cambodia, 2010)
362 - stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
340 – Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, 1982)
270 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
258 – crowd crush at religious festival (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 2005)
251 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
224 – 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster, in Chamunda Devi temple, Rajasthan, India, September 30, 2008
200 – stampede in the central place of Nagpur ( Maharashtra, India,1992 )
183 – Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush (Sunderland, 1883)
173 – Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
162 – Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India on August 3, 2008.
130 – 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building, Nagpur, India on November 23, 1994.
124 – Progressing new year event that panic and stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, (January 1, 1956)
123 – Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
118 – pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
105 – Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (October 10, 1991)
100 – 2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage at Sabarimala, Kerala, India on January 14, 2011.
96 – Hillsborough disaster crush (England, 1989)
84 – Guatemala and Costa Rica soccer match crush (Guatemala City, October 16, 1996)
78 – PhilSports Arena stampede, Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2006 [8]
77 – stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station, Japan, (January 8, 1934)
73 – Italian Hall Disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)
72 – River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)
70 – Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema, Paisley, 31 December 1929
67 – 1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster, Busan, South Korea, July 17, 1959. ^{[citation needed]}
66 – Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, 1971)
64 – a Hindu Temple stampede disaster at Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on February 18, 1992.
60 – Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, Yaunde, Cameroon, December 6, 1988
60 – a tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade at Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on March 3, 1989
56 – Los Angeles de San Rafael square stampede disaster, during contest event, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain, June 15, 1969
53 – Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 1999)
52 – Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China, February 14, 1994
51 – Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster, Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, September 13, 2006.
45 – Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure, Delhi, India, December 4, 1981
44 – Kayseri Ataturk Stadium disaster, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968
42 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 11, 2001
39 – Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, May 29, 1985)
37 – Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster, Miyun, Beijing, China, February 5, 2004.
33 – Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, August 26, 2003.
29 – Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006) [9]
27 – Granadilla Civil Governor Office stapede disaster, during waiting to apply for local identify card in Granadilla^{[disambiguation needed]}, Tenerife Island, Spain on February 2, 1963. ^{[citation needed]}
25 – a stampede by building collapse, during Shiuratri festival at Patna, Bihar, India on March 6, 1989.
24 – Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982
23 – al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony at Omdurman, Sudan on July 13, 2008.
21 – Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster, Hong Kong, December 31, 1992
21 – Love Parade stampede, Duisburg, Germany, July 24, 2010.
20 – Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster, Maseru, Lesotho, August 29, 1980.
20 – Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster, Guadarajara, Mexico, January 31, 1965.
19 – Synagogue stampede during the feast of Yom Kippur (Ostrów Wielkopolski, 10 October 1872)
13 – News Divine nightclub stampede disaster, Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, June 20, 2008.
13 – Throb Nightclub stampede disaster, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, March 24, 2000.
12 – Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York, May 30, 1883) [10]
11 – Crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (3 December 1979)
11 – Progressing firework festival that stampede and panics at Akashi Footbridge, Japan, (21 July 2001)
11 – Alexandria Stadium soccer match stampede disaster, northern Egypt, January, 1999.
10 – All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, February 10, 2008.
9 – Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival, Denmark, June 30, 2000.

Animal attacks

436 – Champawat Tiger (India)
400+ – Panar Leopard (India)
200+ – Gustave (crocodile) (Burundi)
135 – Tsavo maneaters (Kenya)
125+ – Leopard of Rudraprayag (India)
50+ – Tigers of Chowgarh (India)
dubious – Burmese saltwater crocodiles (Ramree, Burma, February 19, 1945)

Nuclear and radiation accidents

4,056^[53]^[54] – Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine, April 26, 1986. 56 direct deaths (47 accident workers, and nine children with thyroid cancer), and it is estimated that there were 4,000 extra cancer deaths among the approximately 600,000 most highly exposed people.^[55]
200+ – Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), figure is a conservative estimate, 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.^[56]
33^[57]^[58] – Windscale, United Kingdom, October 8, 1957. Fire ignites plutonium piles and contaminates surrounding dairy farms.^[57]^[58]
13 – Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica, 1996. (114 patients received an overdose of radiation).^[59]
11 – Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain, December 1990. (27 patients were injured).^[60]
10 – Soviet submarine K-431 accident, August 10, 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries).^[61]
10 - Columbus radiotherapy accident, 1974-1976, 88 injuries.^[62]^[63]
9 - Soviet submarine K-27 accident, 24 May 1968. (83 people were injured).^[63]
8 – Soviet submarine K-19 accident, July 4, 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).^[60]
8 – Radiation accident in Morocco, March 1984.^[64]
7 - Houston radiotherapy accident, 1980.^[62]^[63]
5 – Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident, August 9, 2004. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe. The accident is the worst nuclear disaster of Japan, excluding Hiroshima and Nagasaki.^[65]
5 - Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaidjan, USSR. 13 injuries.^[63]
4 – Goiânia accident, September 13, 1987 (249 people received serious radiation contamination).^[66]
4 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962.
3 – SL-1 accident (US Army) 1961.
3 – Three deaths and ten injuries resulted in Samut Prakarn, Thailand when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled, February 2000.^[67]
2 – Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, September 30, 1999).^[65]
1 – Mayapuri radiological accident, India, April 2010.^[67]
1 – Daigo Fukuryū Maru March 1, 1954
1 – Louis Slotin May 21, 1946
1 – Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., August 21, 1945 at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Train accidents and disasters

Train accidents with 90+ deaths.

800–1000 – Modane train disaster (France, 1917)
600–1000 – Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 1917)
500-800 – Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)^[68]
600+ – Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 1915)^[69]
575 – Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
521-600+ – Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
200-500+ – Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 1944)
428 – Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
383 – Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
358 – Firozabad rail disaster (India, 1995)
320 – Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
307 – Sukkur rail disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
~300 – Montemorelas, (Mexico, 1915)^[70]
300 – Tolunda (Angola, 1994)^[71]
289 – Baku Metro fire (Azerbaijan, 1995)
285 – Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
281 – Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
250 – Montgomery, (Pakistan, 1957)^[72]
248 – El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)^[73]
230 – Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 1933)
227 – Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
212 – Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
208 – Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
200 – Dwor train disaster (Poland, 1949)
192 – Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
186 – Genthin train disaster (Genthin, Germany, December 22, 1939)
185 – Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, March 20, 1946)
184 – Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
181 – Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
162 – Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
161 – Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 1963)
155 – Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
154 – Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
154 – Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
153 – Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
151 – Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
150 – 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
148 – Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (India, 2010)
142–236 – Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)^[74]
100–140 – Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
139 – Bintaro train crash, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
135 – Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
132 – Ghotki rail crash (Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
131 – Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 1982)
130+ – Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002)
130 – Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, July 9, 1981)
130 – Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
128 – Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997)
128 – Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
126 – Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
120 – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
120 – Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
119 – Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
118 – Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
118 – Alcafache trains disaster, (Portugal, 1985)
114+ – Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005)
114 – Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
112 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
112 – Nebukawa, derailment caused by Great Kanto Earthquake, (Japan, 1923)^[75]
110 – Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
108 – Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
107 – Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
107 – Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
107 – Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
107 – Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
106 – Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
106 – Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 1987)
106 – Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
105 – Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
103 – Šakvice train disaster, Czechoslovakia, 1953)
102 – Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, July 16, 1945)
102 – Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
101 – Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, December 22, 1939)
101 – Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
101 – The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, TN, United States, 1918)
100+ – Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953
100+ – Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)
99 – St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1864)
97 – Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 1904)
93 – Harmelen train disaster, Netherlands, 1962
90+ – Tay Bridge disaster, Firth of Tay, Scotland, 1879

Structural collapses

est. 20,000 dead or wounded – Fidenae amphitheatre collapse, 27AD.
est. 2,700 dead – World Trade Center (New York City, United States, September 11, 2001).
502 – Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 1995).
222 – Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.
153 – Illegally constructed nine-story buildings with Spectrum Sweater and Knitting factory collapse (Palash Bari, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005).
140 – Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on November 19, 1974.
139 – a six-story apartment constructing by block collapsed at Karachi, Pakistan on September 13, 1976.
135 – Hotel Royal Plaza collapse (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 13, 1993).
125 – a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, November 8, 1984.
120 – a nuns school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on February 1, 1963.
114 – Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981).
100 – Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, June 16, 1990.
112– Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on August 20, 1963. ^{[citation needed]}
94 – Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on February 2, 2004.
94 – Pétionville school collapse, (Pétionville, Haiti, November 7, 2008).
84 – Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on December 27, 1938.
75 – Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907).
74 – Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, January 1, 1938).
73 – Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on April 16, 1955.
71 – Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 16, 1985.
70 – 116 year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on March 4, 2001.
70 – a three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashimir, India on May 4, 1992.
69 – Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, February 4, 1971).
67 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
65 – Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006).
64 – Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 1996
60 – Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Can Tho, Vinh Long, Vietnam, on September 26, 2007.
60 – Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Pashtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006. ^{[citation needed]}
60 – Underconstructing Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on August 13, 2007. ^{[citation needed]}
58 – a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on September 15, 1959.^[76]
56 – Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, February 21, 2006).
51 – Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2008.
50 – Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, January 17, 1982.
49 – Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May, 1963
48 – Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 11, 1993.
48 – Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20, 1971).
47 – Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938).
46 – Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967).
45 – Underconstructing Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India on December 2009. ^{[citation needed]}
42 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
42 – Interstate 880 (Oakland, California, Collapsed due to earthquake, October 17, 1989.)
35 – West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970).
35 – Seven-story added illegally five story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, December 24, 2007.
34 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, February 7, 1985
33 – Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March, 1986.
32 – Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, July 31, 1988
32 – Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October, 1994. ^{[citation needed]}
29 – Under constructing Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 1996
28 – L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, April 23, 1987
27 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 17, 1958
26 – Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, July 26, 1985).
24 – Unlicenced construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1984
23 – Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding,May 24, 2001
20 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20 – Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996.
20 – Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, December 25, 2007. another 15 missing.
19 – a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on July 1, 2008.
17 – Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, January 17, 1982.
14 – Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995.
13 – I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
11 – Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)

Other accidents

200+ – Landslide on the road between San Francisco and Mocoa in Colombia, 1989
90 – Frank Slide (Frank, Alberta, 29 April 1903)
67 – Po Shan Road landslide, (Mid-levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972)
64 – Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, April 2, 1979)
48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk spacecenter, Russia, March 18, 1980)
30 – Tram derailment (Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, 13 July 1947)
15 – Tram derailment (Szczecin, Poland, 7 December 1967)
13 – Tram derailment (Gothenburg, Sweden, 12 March 1992)
9 – June 22, 2009 Washington Metro train collision, June 22, 2009
8 – Avalanche, Lewes, Sussex, England, 27 December 1836. Worst British avalanche disaster.
7 – 87-Automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake Saint Clair, September 3 (Labour Day) 1999.

Footnotes

^ Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
^ 1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up, The New York Times (October 17, 1926)
^ 621 dead in dynamite blast, The Madison Lake Times (March 5, 1925)
^ [1]
^ German wikipedia
^ The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey). Bridget Malone and Sue Epstein. For 3 days, the ground shook in South Amboy. October 4, 1998 Sunday.
^ 100 are killed, 300 injured in blast in China, Chicago Daily Tribune (June 16, 1930)
^ "Hercules Factory Explosion, Kenvil, New Jersey 1940". Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Indiana_explosion
^ Brazil mourns victims of arsenal explosion, The New York Times (May 3, 1931)
^ The terrible disaster in Japan, Ellesmere Guardian (August 2, 1893)
^ ^a ^b Morgan, Eric. "Other Infamous and Deadly Fires". Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
^ Church fire dead to rest together, The New York Times (April 20, 1930)
^ Chinese fire deaths 130, The New York Times (March 21, 1930)
^ 104 Die in Film Fire at Japanese Korean Base, The New York Times (March 11, 1930)
^ "More than 50 die in fire at new year celebration". 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-01. ^{[dead link]}
^ NFPA.org. "NFPA.org." Key dates in fire history. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
^ England, Vaudine. [1998] (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong (China). ISBN 962-209-473-2. p 237.
^ Hotel Fire Case.The worst day in Tucson History
^ NFPA :: Research & Reports :: Fire statistics :: Key dates in fire history
^ Emerald: Article Request – Fire safety facilities assessment for karaokes
^ RHODESIA: Disaster at Wankie, TIME, June 19, 1972
^ Clifford Dupont (1978). The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford Dupont, GCLM., ID. Books of Rhodesia Publishing Co. (Pvt) Ltd. p. 222–224. ISBN 0-86920-183-2.
^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20051206-0
^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19861102-0
^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800914-0
^ Vaeth, J. Gordon, "They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2005, ISBN 1-59114-914-2, pages 95–96.
^ 300 die on Chinese ship, The New York Times (January 17, 1929)
^ Xinhua – English
^ 250 perish when gale sinks ship, The Deseret News (January 5, 1928)
^ 250 lose lives when Chinese steamer sinks, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (December 23, 1929)
^ Four tell how 300 drowned in ship disaster, Lewiston Evening Journal (July 9, 1928)
^ Two survivors of ship found, Sarasota Herald (July 10, 1928)
^ Ship blows up; 200 known dead, The Evening Independent (March 12, 1931)
^ ap.google.com, 40 die as Philippine ferry overturns; captain held
^ gmanews.tv/story, Death toll in Masbate sea mishap hits 42 – official
^ Guinness World Records: Worst Sport Disaster
^ De nuevo, las corralejas dejan un balance de sangre y muerte
^ Las corralejas: sangrar por la gloria
^ [2]
^ [3]
^ El fútbol soporta otro golpe
^ Olympiacos Official website for Karaiskaki stadium Gate 7 tragedy of 8/2/1981 (and in Greek). Also in the Greek Wikipedia entry for Olympiacos including the names of the dead.
^ Furiani disaster wiki (and in French).
^ Alfonso de Portago – 1957 season profile | F1 Racing | Crash.Net
^ Motorsport Memorial
^ The Last Great Road Race – Paris-Madrid 1903 – DLM Journal
^ Paris – Madrid – 1903
^ http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/shahalam.html
^ "Recalling the catastrophe of San Juanico". 209.85.135.104. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sanford, Christopher (2004-12-17). "Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities: Air Pollution". Medscape. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ Pearce, Fred (1992-12-05). "Back to the days of deadly smogs". New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, Energy Policy 36 (2008), p. 1806.
^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 396.
^ "IAEA Report". In Focus: Chernobyl. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
^ Samuel Upton Newtan. Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century 2007, pp. 237–240.
^ ^a ^b Perhaps the Worst, Not the First TIME magazine, May 12, 1986.
^ ^a ^b Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 393.
^ Medical management of radiation accidents pp. 299 & 303.
^ ^a ^b Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources p. 15. Cite error: The named reference "rad" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ The Worst Nuclear Disasters
^ ^a ^b Ricks, Robert C.; et al. (2000). "REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States" (PDF). International Radiation Protection Association. p. 6. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.
^ Lost Iridium-192 Source
^ ^a ^b Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 399.
^ The Radiological Accident in Goiania p. 2.
^ ^a ^b Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.
^ Spignesi, Stephen J. (2004). Catastrophe!: the 100 greatest disasters of all time. Citadel Press. p. 182.
^ http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3073-mexico-this-month-january
^ Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, publ 1993, page 175
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3650835.stm World's worst rail disasters
^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/3000-feared-dead-or-injured-in-north-korean-train-crash-756436.html THE WORLD'S WORST TRAIN DISASTERS SINCE 1900
^ The Times March 16, 1926, page 16: 'Costa Rican Train Disaster'
^ Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 144-145, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2
^ http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr33/pdf/f04_sai.pdf
^ Barletta, crollo di via Canosa (Italian)

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Top 100 aviation disasters on AirDisaster.com

[1] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management

[2] 1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up, The New York Times (October 17, 1926)

[3] 621 dead in dynamite blast, The Madison Lake Times (March 5, 1925)

[4] [1]

[5] German wikipedia

[3days-6] The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey). Bridget Malone and Sue Epstein. For 3 days, the ground shook in South Amboy. October 4, 1998 Sunday.

[7] 100 are killed, 300 injured in blast in China, Chicago Daily Tribune (June 16, 1930)

[8] "Hercules Factory Explosion, Kenvil, New Jersey 1940". Retrieved 18 September 2010.

[9] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Indiana_explosion

[10] Brazil mourns victims of arsenal explosion, The New York Times (May 3, 1931)

[11] The terrible disaster in Japan, Ellesmere Guardian (August 2, 1893)

[olafire-12] Morgan, Eric. "Other Infamous and Deadly Fires". Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Retrieved 2008-01-02.

[13] Church fire dead to rest together, The New York Times (April 20, 1930)

[14] Chinese fire deaths 130, The New York Times (March 21, 1930)

[15] 104 Die in Film Fire at Japanese Korean Base, The New York Times (March 11, 1930)

[16] "More than 50 die in fire at new year celebration". 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-01. ^{[dead link]}

[17] NFPA.org. "NFPA.org." Key dates in fire history. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

[18] England, Vaudine. [1998] (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong (China). ISBN 962-209-473-2. p 237.

[19] Hotel Fire Case.The worst day in Tucson History

[20] NFPA :: Research & Reports :: Fire statistics :: Key dates in fire history

[21] Emerald: Article Request – Fire safety facilities assessment for karaokes

[22] RHODESIA: Disaster at Wankie, TIME, June 19, 1972

[dupont-23] Clifford Dupont (1978). The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford Dupont, GCLM., ID. Books of Rhodesia Publishing Co. (Pvt) Ltd. p. 222–224. ISBN 0-86920-183-2.

[24] ttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20051206-0

[25] ttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19861102-0

[26] ttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800914-0

[Vaeth-27] Vaeth, J. Gordon, "They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2005, ISBN 1-59114-914-2, pages 95–96.

[28] 300 die on Chinese ship, The New York Times (January 17, 1929)

[29] Xinhua – English

[30] 250 perish when gale sinks ship, The Deseret News (January 5, 1928)

[31] 250 lose lives when Chinese steamer sinks, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (December 23, 1929)

[32] Four tell how 300 drowned in ship disaster, Lewiston Evening Journal (July 9, 1928)

[33] Two survivors of ship found, Sarasota Herald (July 10, 1928)

[34] Ship blows up; 200 known dead, The Evening Independent (March 12, 1931)

[35] .google.com, 40 die as Philippine ferry overturns; captain held

[36] ws.tv/story, Death toll in Masbate sea mishap hits 42 – official

[37] Guinness World Records: Worst Sport Disaster

[38] De nuevo, las corralejas dejan un balance de sangre y muerte

[39] Las corralejas: sangrar por la gloria

[40] [2]

[41] [3]

[42] El fútbol soporta otro golpe

[43] Olympiacos Official website for Karaiskaki stadium Gate 7 tragedy of 8/2/1981 (and in Greek). Also in the Greek Wikipedia entry for Olympiacos including the names of the dead.

[44] Furiani disaster wiki (and in French).

[45] Alfonso de Portago – 1957 season profile | F1 Racing | Crash.Net

[46] Motorsport Memorial

[47] The Last Great Road Race – Paris-Madrid 1903 – DLM Journal

[48] Paris – Madrid – 1903

[49] ttp://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/shahalam.html

[50] "Recalling the catastrophe of San Juanico". 209.85.135.104. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

[medscape-51] Sanford, Christopher (2004-12-17). "Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities: Air Pollution". Medscape. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

[52] Pearce, Fred (1992-12-05). "Back to the days of deadly smogs". New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

[53] Benjamin K. Sovacool. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, Energy Policy 36 (2008), p. 1806.

[54] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 396.

[iaea-55] "IAEA Report". In Focus: Chernobyl. Retrieved 2008-05-31.

[56] Samuel Upton Newtan. Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century 2007, pp. 237–240.

[ti-57] Perhaps the Worst, Not the First TIME magazine, May 12, 1986.

[wind-58] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 393.

[59] Medical management of radiation accidents pp. 299 & 303.

[rad-60] Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources p. 15. Cite error: The named reference "rad" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[61] The Worst Nuclear Disasters

[ricks2000-62] Ricks, Robert C.; et al. (2000). "REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States" (PDF). International Radiation Protection Association. p. 6. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

[johnston2007-63] Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.

[64] Lost Iridium-192 Source

[bs2010-65] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 399.

[66] The Radiological Accident in Goiania p. 2.

[pall-67] Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.

[spig-68] Spignesi, Stephen J. (2004). Catastrophe!: the 100 greatest disasters of all time. Citadel Press. p. 182.

[69] ttp://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3073-mexico-this-month-january

[70] Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, publ 1993, page 175

[71] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3650835.stm World's worst rail disasters

[72] ttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/3000-feared-dead-or-injured-in-north-korean-train-crash-756436.html THE WORLD'S WORST TRAIN DISASTERS SINCE 1900

[73] The Times March 16, 1926, page 16: 'Costa Rican Train Disaster'

[74] Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 144-145, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2

[75] ttp://www.jrtr.net/jrtr33/pdf/f04_sai.pdf

[76] Barletta, crollo di via Canosa (Italian)

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 # 10 – [[Soviet submarine K-431]] accident, August 10, 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries).<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1887705,00.html The Worst Nuclear Disasters]</ref>
 # 10 - Columbus radiotherapy accident, 1974-1976, 88 injuries.<ref name=ricks2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.irpa.net/irpa10/cdrom/00325.pdf  |title=REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States |author=Ricks, Robert C. et al. |date=2000 |publisher=International Radiation Protection Association |page=6 }}</ref><ref name=johnston2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radevents1.html |title=Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties |author=Johnston, Robert |date=September 23, 2007 |publisher=Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events }}</ref>
+# 9 - [[Soviet submarine K-27]] accident, 24 May 1968. (83 people were injured).<ref name=johnston2007/>
 # 8 – [[Soviet submarine K-19]] accident, July 4, 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).<ref name=rad>[http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull413/article1.pdf Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources] p. 14.</ref>
 # 8 – [[Radiation accident in Morocco]], March 1984.<ref>[http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info-notices/1985/in85057.html Lost Iridium-192 Source]</ref>
 # 7 - Houston radiotherapy accident, 1980.<ref name=ricks2000/><ref name=johnston2007/>
 # 5 – [[Mihama Nuclear Power Plant]] accident, August 9, 2004. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe. The accident is the worst nuclear disaster of Japan, excluding Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<ref name=bs2010/>
+# 5 - Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaidjan, USSR. 13 injuries.<ref name=johnston2007/>
 # 4 – [[Goiânia accident]], September 13, 1987 (249 people received serious radiation contamination).<ref>[http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf The Radiological Accident in Goiania] p. 2.</ref>
 # 4 – [[Radiation accident in Mexico City]], 1962.

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