Tenerife Aircraft Collision – 1977

9 years ago

The holiday island of Tenerife was the scene of the world’s worst aviation disaster in March 1977, as a result…

Granville Train Disaster – 1977

9 years ago

It was a morning much like any Tuesday in New South Wales - until disaster struck a packed eight-car commuter…

Moorgate Tube Crash – 1975

9 years ago

The London Underground system - not altogether affectionately known as ‘The Tube’ - had seen assorted accidents since the first…

Japanese Air Crashes – 1966

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It’s said that bad luck always comes in threes, and so it proved in 1966 when Japan experienced three catastrophic…

Qinghe Special Steel Corporation Disaster – 2007

9 years ago

Once a Chinese state enterprise, the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation had been transferred to the private sector before its plant…

Abule Egba Pipeline Explosion – 2006

9 years ago

Black gold has proved both a boon and a curse to the West African republic of Nigeria. The world’s eighth…

Halemba Mine Accident – 2006

9 years ago

Silesia is Poland’s industrial heartland and the region’s coal mines - employing more people than any other sector and fueling…

Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions – 2005

9 years ago

Anywhere in or around the Number 101 Petrochemical Plant in Jilin was definitely not the place to be on November…

Petrobras 36 Oil Platform – 2001

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In March 2001 the Petrobras 36 Oil Platform (P-36) was the world’s largest floating oil production platform, operating 130 km…

Los Frailes Mine Pollution – 1998

9 years ago

A vast area in the marshy lowlands of Las Marismas, around southwestern Spain’s Guadalquivir River, was designated as a wildlife…