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…

Karaiskakis Stadium Disaster – 1981

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

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