Sinking of the Ferry Nasrin – 2003

10 years ago

Southern Bangladesh and West Bengal occupy the world’s largest delta, where a heavily indented coastline - the Mouths of the…

Le Joola Ferry Disaster – 2002

10 years ago

The south of Senegal is almost completely cut off from the north by the enclave of Gambia, and farmers of…

Igandu Train Disaster – 2002

10 years ago

In 2002 the government of Tanzania was looking for a private buyer to take over the run-down state railway system.…

Al Ayyat Train Fire – 2002

10 years ago

The night train from Cairo to Luxor was packed with people, many of them families with children, travelling from the…

Flight 587 Crash – 2001

10 years ago

On November 12 2001 most of the passengers flying to the Dominican Republic from JFK Airport were of Dominican descent;…

Concorde Air Crash – 2000

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

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

Lenin Stadium Disaster – 1982

10 years ago

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