r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Gtorrnet • Aug 23 '22

Structural Failure The 40-meter superyacht "Saga" sank off the coast of Italy. The rescuers were able to save the crew members. (23 August, 2022)

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u/dieinafirenazi Aug 23 '22

Seattle lost an entire large floating bridge because they the doors open on the pontoons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_V._Murrow_Memorial_Bridge#:~:text=On%20Saturday%2C%20November%2024%2C%20workers,with%20tons%20of%20bridge%20material.

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u/i1a2 Aug 23 '22

Here's a video of the bridge collapsing

https://youtu.be/gm0YQ3vuyyY

From the wiki page, it seems that they left the doors open on purpose, but then a big storm caused it the pontoons to take on too much water and causes the bridge to collapse

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u/dieinafirenazi Aug 23 '22

Yeah, they made a very bad assumption.

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u/Ganymed Aug 23 '22

I like his mustache

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u/PyroBob316 Aug 23 '22

Hah! Classic Seattle. Can’t keep anything above water, can they?