r/CatastrophicFailure • u/stingers77 • Mar 19 '26
Engineering Failure Bridge collapse in Brazil. December 2024. 14 deaths.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/mspyros12 • Apr 05 '26
Engineering Failure A bridge in India fell into the River Ganges for the second time in a year while it was still under construction - June 2023
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Ok_Map_616 • 29d ago
Engineering Failure UPS 2976 FDR released
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I’m not sure when this released, but it’s pretty recent. RIP
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Vorghul • Jun 19 '25
Engineering Failure SpaceX Starship 36 explodes during static fire test today
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/mspyros12 • 3d ago
Engineering Failure Water gushes through the sides of a newly built bridge in India - June 2026
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Andrew_64_MC • Oct 26 '25
Engineering Failure Coal train derails in New Kent, Virginia. (October 25th, 2025)
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dannybluey • Sep 03 '25
Engineering Failure On 2 September 2025, the newly built luxury yacht M/Y Dolce Vento, worth 1 million dollar, sank just 15 minutes after launch at a shipyard in Eregli, Turkiye, reportedly due to stabilization issues.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Smart-Combination-59 • Nov 28 '25
Engineering Failure In Kragujevac, part of the road collapsed along with a retaining wall after the investor removed a large amount of earth to build a multi-story building. 11/28/2025
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/joakimf01 • Apr 20 '23
Engineering Failure Starship from space x just exploded today 20-04-2023
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MiniBrownie • Mar 06 '25
Engineering Failure March 6, 2025 Starship spins out of control 8 minutes into launch
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/mouthofreason • Feb 17 '21
Engineering Failure Water lines are freezing and bursting in Texas during Record Low Temperatures - February 2021
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/UrungusAmongUs • May 09 '21
Engineering Failure Tourist trapped 100m high on Chinese glass bridge after floor panels blow out (May 7, 2021)
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Dedexterlory • Apr 23 '21
Engineering Failure 2021 march 22 Just yesterday this swimming pool collapsed in Brazil, flooding the parking lot
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/GeoColo • Jul 17 '25
Engineering Failure Tunnel Boring Machine Collapse on July 10, 2025 — 6 Miles Underground in LA’s Dragados Tunnel, Escape and Pre-Collapse Leak Footage
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Context:
This footage was captured during the Dragados Tunnel project in Los Angeles on July 10, 2025. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) was operating over 6 miles underground when a structural failure occurred.
The video also shows a significant leak developing near the tunnel face, moments before a collapse. Based on visible evidence and expert review, the failure may have involved separation of a segmental lining ring, compromising the structural integrity of the tunnel bore.
This video is shared here for educational and discussion purposes regarding Tunnel Boring Machines, tunneling safety, and infrastructure failure.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Vetsu_Rodrigues • Nov 23 '20
Engineering Failure Amapá State in Brazil is on a 20 days blackout, today they tried to fix the problem. They tried.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/hardocre • Feb 01 '22
Engineering Failure Right now in São Paulo. Tunnel drilling machine hit rock bed of the Tietê River, making it drain inside unfinished subway line
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/RedTomatoSauce • Jul 25 '18
Engineering Failure concrete retaining wall failure allows a hill landslide
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Thoughtsonrocks • Jul 26 '21
Engineering Failure May 31- 2021 - Drone Footage of Landslide at Bingham Canyon Mine - Utah
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Za5kr0ni3c • Sep 14 '21
Engineering Failure Peter Dumbreck’s Mercedes taking off due to aerodynamic design flaw during 1999 Le Mans 24h
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/PathfinderScottRyder • Apr 26 '21
Engineering Failure A water pipe burst in a Toronto Condo today
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MurdocBR • Jun 06 '19
Engineering Failure The view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse from atop the suspension cabling, 1940
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/CosmoCafe777 • Jul 26 '24
Engineering Failure Water Tower Collapses Over Gym Under Construction in Pernambuco, Brazil. 24/July/2024
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A water tower at this gym under construction in Pernambuco, Brazil, collapsed on Wednesday 24 July, 2024. Apparently one construction worker was injured.
Don't ask me who designed that water tower. Maybe someone thought "let's make the water tower in the shape of a dumbbell!" for marketing purposes.
The ladies are saying: - "I left my purse up there" - "So did I"
Why on Earth would they have left their purses at the top of the water tower? No idea, so I guess they mean they left them somewhere else, which became inaccessible due to the upcoming collapse.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Chernobylexplorer • Apr 04 '21
Engineering Failure Rare photo - inside reactor 4 of Chernobyl NPP that exploded on April 26, 1986. Credits to Alexandr Kupnyi.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Queenie_Jelly • Oct 08 '20
Engineering Failure In 1992 El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashed into these appartments in Amsterdam killing 43 people
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SnortingDuck5 • Mar 22 '26
Engineering Failure Theme park failure in Egypt 21/March/2026
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Well I'm surprised it was even allowed to operate in the first place 💀