Concorde Air Crash – 2000

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The iconic, supersonic aircraft Concorde was a remarkable engineering feat. Although no longer in service, no other passenger aircraft has…

Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash – 1999

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The Ladbroke Grove rail crash, sometimes known as the Paddington train crash, occurred at 08.08 on October 5 1999. The…

Pile-up on Highway 401 – 1999

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The Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, or Highway 401, is the busiest freeway in North America. Starting just outside Windsor, Ontario, it ends…

The Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire – 1954

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In 1954 a national charter was ratified by the French and Italian governments for the construction of a tunnel running…

Lenin Stadium Disaster – 1982

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The last 32 UEFA cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem was hardly one to capture the imagination of the…

Karaiskakis Stadium Disaster – 1981

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Named after George Karaiskakis, a hero in the 19th century Greek War of Independence, the Karaiskakis Stadium was the velodrome…

Stella Maris College Rugby Team Airplane Crash – 1972

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It is usual to describe the survivors of accidents as ‘lucky’, but in the case of the ill-fated Uruguayan college…

Gillingham Bus Disaster – 1951

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On a dark winter’s evening in 1951 a 52-strong company of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps set out to…

Empire State Building B-24 Crash – 1945

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If a pilot heading into the lofty urban jungle of New York City on a foggy morning rejects the chance…

MV Wilhelm Gustloff Disaster – 1945

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‘Strength through joy’ was the slogan of the state-controlled leisure organization in Nazi Germany. The Kraft durch Freude (KdF) was…