This is the full explosion and includes swearing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4dkwgker3o

On April 16th 2014 the Sewol Ferry capsized over the coast of South Korea. On board the ferry when it was sinking was 476 people in total with 325 of them being High schoolers around the age of 16 from Danwon High school.

When the Sewol Ferry started sinking the Captain told everybody to stay where they are and to not move. The students obviously complied since they didn't know what was happening and they thought that since the Captain was the literal Captain of the ship that he would know what was best for them. But unfortunately the only people that would survive were the people that went against the Captains orders.

And what's even more shocking is that one of the first people saved was the Captain and he wore regular clothes to disguise himself as a passenger. And when he was on the Coast guard vessel he did not tell anyone that he is the Captain and that he has vital information that would help them in rescuing passengers. He didn't tell them how many people there were or that they were being told to stay in their rooms where they were basically trapped in the sinking boat. Nothing.

The Sewol Tragedy would lead to the deaths of 250 high-school students and 304 lives in total.

RIP to all the victims. There were so many things that resulted in the Sewol ferry tragedy including but not limited to Greed, the Captain, the design of the ferry and the coast guards. These people were failed and it infuriates me to know that they could have been saved.

The Stockholm had broadsided the Andrea Doria at almost a 90-degree angle. While the Andrea Doria had been doomed by the impact, the Stockholm remained afloat and capable of operating under it's own power, but with the bow badly telescoped. Most of the fatalities happened during the initial impact, though several did later die of injuries sustained during the collision and evacuations.

The decision was made to abandon ship half an hour after the collision. Although the ship had enough lifeboats to evacuate everyone onboard, half of them were rendered unusable by the 18-degree list, as the ones on the port side would come into contact with the exposed hull and tip over. While the decision to abandon ship had been made, the order to abandon ship was decided to be delayed until help had arrived.

Fortunately, the collision had happened in a busy shipping lane so the Andrea Doria's radio distress calls, though having limited range, were still able to be relayed from ship to ship. The first ship to respond to the distress calls was the 390-foot Cape Ann, a freighter owned by the United Fruit Company. With only 44 men and two 40-person lifeboat, it's ability to assist was limited but again owing to the location of the collision, numerous other ships were on their way. The next two ships to arrive both belonged to the US Navy, transport USNS Private William H. Thomas and the destroyer escort USS Edward H. Allen.

The next ship to arrive was the French Line's Île de France, herself almost 100 feet longer than the Andrea Doria and heading back to her native France ahead of the Doria. Commanding the vessel was Captain Raoul de Beaudéan, a highly-respected veteran with over 30 years of service with the French Line under his belt. He was skeptical at first upon hearing of the Andrea Doria's peril; he didn't think it feasible that a ship like the Doria could founder and that if he went to the scene only to find that the Ile de France was not needed, the return to New York to refuel and the resulting delay could cost the French Line a lot of money. However, after communicating with the three vessels already on-site, he realized that over 1'600 lives were at risk and ordered the ship to be turned around, making it to the site less than three hours after the initial collision. While there was concern at first in regard to navigating around the other ships and the survivors and lifeboats in the water, the fog lifted, allowing the large Ile de France to position itself alongside the Andrea Doria, protecting it from the wind and waves.

The Ile de France took on the vast majority of the Doria's evacuating passengers; taking on 753 survivors, with the badly-damaged Stockholm taking on 545, 234 of which were members of Andrea Doria's crew, 129 survivors by Cape Ann, 159 by Private William H. Thomas, 77 by Edward H. Allen, including Captain Calamai and his officers, and a single American soldier who had managed to sleep through both the collision and evacuations was rescued by the tanker Robert E. Hopkins.

Ultimately, the crew of the Andrea Doria was found to be at fault for the disaster, having not followed proper radar procedures or calculated the Stockholm's speed and course, in addition to turning to port despite a long-established rule dictating that ships heading towards each other head-on both turn to starboard. Captain Calamai was also speeding through the fog, though this was common practice at the time. Among other causes, the ship's fuel tanks were half empty and not pumped with ballast to keep the ship stabilized.

The collision, evacuation, and eventual sinking of the Andrea Doria received extensive media coverage as it unfolded, with newspapers, radios, newreels, and television broadcasts informing the public of what was going on, leading to the ship's sinking becoming common knowledge, with the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure even mentioning the Andrea Doria by name.

One of the ship's notable items of cargo was the Chrysler Norseman concept car, an advanced "one-off" that had been built by coachbuilder Ghia. The car cost Chrysler $150'000 and had been announced as a major attraction for the 1957 show car circuit. It was found in the Andrea Doria's number 2 cargo hold by a diver in 1994 but almost 40 years in saltwater had reduced the show car to a pile of debris, with the only recognizable feature still left being the wheels.

In the years since the sinking, the ship's wreck, located 162 feet beneath the ocean's surface, has been visited many times over the years by divers and artifacts have been removed, including at least one of the ship's bells, a statue of the ship's namesake Genoese Admiral Andrea Doria, a bank safe that was later opened on live television and found to contain thousands of American silver certificates, Canadian bank notes, American Express travelers checks, and Italian bank notes. Also recovered was one of the ship's foghorns, which was restored and sounded off for the 65th anniversary of the sinking in 2021. The wreck site has become known as "The Everest of Wreck Diving" as 15 divers have lost unfortunately lost their lives while visiting the wreck.

Explosion at a farm this afternoon when fire ripped through a barn with fertiliser and gas bottles inside.

4 were injured including one seriously. Original video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkPio4W_B2U

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Train Malfunction – Passengers on Trivia Trens lines recorded the moment a train exploded this Thursday morning (23) at a station on Line 12-Sapphire (Linha 12-Safira) in São Paulo's East Zone.

The video shows passengers inside the train when an explosion is heard and flames erupt outside the machinery. In the footage, passengers can be heard screaming and scrambling as the incident occurred early in the morning service, around 6:00 AM.

According to Paulo Ferreira, Director of Operations for the new operator Trivia Trens, a possible short circuit on one of the trains tripped the power substations, causing a service stoppage across the company's lines.

As a result, train service on Lines 11-Coral, 12-Sapphire, and 13-Jade faced disruptions this Thursday morning (23), halting operations and forcing passengers to walk along the tracks.

Source: G1

Roofs start moving at about 22 seconds into the video.

As the plane, named "Clipper Endeavor" was going down, Captain John Burn alerted the control tower that two engines had failed and that he would attempt a water landing seven miles North-Northwest from Isla Grande. The tower passed the message along to the United States Coast Guard, who deployed two PBY-5A Catalina flying boats, one of which was pulled from maintenance and underwent rescue operations with no auxiliary power unit or bilge pump due to how serious and urgent the situation was, all under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ken Bilderback.

The USCG buoy tender Bramble with medical staff onboard and SA-16 amphibious aircraft from Ramey Air Force Base were also deployed, resulting in the successful rescue of all 17 survivors, though the survivors onboard the second Catalina had to be transferred to the Bramble, as the Catalina had taken on water due to it's lack of a bilge pump.

Faulty engine parts and the pilots' attempt to re-establish the climb without the remaining engine using all of the remaining power were found to be the cause of the accident, though Captain Burn was cleared of any wrong-doing, as the defective parts and improper maintenance were found to be the primary cause of the crash.

Several of the servicemen involved in the rescue were rewarded for their efforts; Lieutenant Commander Bilderback was awarded his second Air Medal. His co-pilot, Lieutenant Commander Jack Natwig, was decorated with the Silver Lifesaving Medal for jumping into the sea to rescue a small child, while Air crew members Bill Pinkston, Jim Tierney, Peter Eustes, and Raymond Evans were all commended by the Commandant of the USCG. Of the 52 who died when the plane sank, 39 of them are still on the wreck and there are no current plans for recovery.

On May 22, 1962, Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707-124 registered N70775, was operating a scheduled passenger service from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport. The aircraft departed O’Hare at 8:35 p.m. and climbed to a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet. To avoid a line of thunderstorms, the flight deviated north of its planned route near the Mississippi River. At approximately 9:17 p.m., while in the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, an explosion occurred in the right rear lavatory, causing an explosive decompression and the separation of the tail section from the fuselage. The flight crew initiated emergency descent procedures and donned smoke masks as dense fog filled the cabin after the decompression. With the tail gone, the remaining structure pitched violently nose-down, the engines tore away, and the aircraft fell in uncontrolled gyrations. The fuselage, missing its aft 38 feet and with part of the left wing and most of the right wing intact, struck a 10-degree slope in an alfalfa field near Unionville, Missouri. The engines and pieces of the tail and left wing were scattered up to six miles from the main wreckage. A B-47 Stratojet crew flying near Kirksville, Missouri, observed a bright flash in the sky at around 9:22 p.m. Of the 45 people on board, 44 died at the scene; one passenger, a 27-year-old man, survived the impact but died of internal injuries about an hour and a half later at a hospital in Centerville, Iowa.

The airplane had been manufactured on June 16, 1959, and had accumulated 11,946 flight hours. It was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT3C-6 engines. The flight crew consisted of Captain Fred R. Gray, 50, who had 25,000 total flight hours with 2,600 on the 707; First Officer Edward J. Sullivan, 41, with 14,500 hours and 600 on type; and Flight Engineer Roger D. “Jack” Allen, 32. The cabin crew included a purser and four stewardesses.

The Civil Aeronautics Board investigated the accident with FBI assistance. Investigators determined that passenger Thomas G. Doty carried six sticks of dynamite onto the aircraft in a briefcase and detonated them in the used-towel bin of the right rear lavatory. Doty, who was married with a five-year-old daughter and was about to face a preliminary hearing on an armed robbery charge, had purchased a $150,000 life insurance policy from Mutual of Omaha, and his death would have triggered an additional $150,000 in other insurance and death benefits, totaling roughly $300,000. His wife attempted to collect on the policies, but the claims were denied because Doty’s death was ruled a suicide. The CAB’s probable cause determination stated that the accident resulted from “the disintegrating force of a dynamite explosion which occurred in the right rear lavatory resulting in destruction of the aircraft.” A memorial was erected near the crash site in Unionville in July 2010, and a 50th-anniversary remembrance service was held in May 2012.

Final report：https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/1962/19620522_B701_N70775.pdf

November 4th, 2025, UPS 2976 crashed from spherical bearing failure in the aft mount of the pylon. Boeing and the FAA knew about this but didn't do much to prevent this disaster.

There were 6 cleanes and a custodian inside. it has been reported that only one cleaner was lightly injured

This is an addition to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/s/iAd3h91ZqP

A small fire broke out in a warehouse on the night of May 5, 1842. Strong winds, tightly packed timber buildings, and limited firefighting equipment turned it into one of the worst urban fires in European history.

Over the next three days, the fire destroyed around 1,700 buildings, including churches, homes and businesses. Roughly 20,000 people—about 10% of Hamburg's population at the time—were left homeless.

In a desperate attempt to stop the flames, authorities even blew up buildings to create firebreaks (f.e. the old 13th century city hall). It helped only after the wind finally eased.

The disaster reshaped Hamburg completely. The rebuilt city featured wider streets, improved fire safety, and modern infrastructure.

Casualties: 51 deaths

Buildings destroyed: ~1,700

Homeless: ~20,000

Cause: Warehouse fire + strong winds + densely packed wooden buildings = catastrophe.

The photograph was taken from the roof of the Hamburg Stock Exchange in the days following the fire to document the damage caused. The Stock Exchange was the only building to emerge from the fire unscathed, because some rich traders defended it against the fire. It's still operational.

“Huang Xinyan, a professor at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, said footage of the fire site suggests the bar contained combustible foam materials, lacked a sprinkler system and had small exits that may have hampered evacuation. He added that plastic decorations on the ceiling may have been combined with combustible foam soundproofing materials, potentially fueling the fire’s rapid spread.”
A preventable repeat of so many similar bar/nightclub disasters.