/r/CatastrophicFailure

Catastrophic Failure

Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.

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3.65M+

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Recent posts

Karma Comments Title
10,804 251 A section of concrete eave falls off a residential building - 17 August 2019
7,280 305 London, Canada - 2019/08/14: impaired driver crashes into house, results in ruptured gas line explosion that turned the house into a crater. Felt the shock wave from my house 1.3km away.
695 100 Car heater core explodes after engine seizes, 2018.
5,971 445 Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012
6,860 137 Water main exploded and lifted asphalt up above the curb 8/12/219. Baltimore county, MD
8,370 204 Sprint Car axle snaps on corner entry November 2014
21,072 1,179 Car carrying trailer stalls on train tracks yesterday in El Paso, 8-12-2019
13,422 1,392 (Aug 12, 2019) Tesla Model 3 crashes into parked truck. Shortly after, car explodes twice.
10,779 266 (10.8.2019) Roof of the AZ Alkmaar Stadium collapsed due to heavy wind
13,936 420 Piece of parking garage collapses directly under fire truck, August 6 2019
5,635 401 Forklift driver collapses almost every stack in warehouse (Shropshire, UK 2018)
10,506 274 A whole city goes up in flames due to a punctured gas line left by oil thieves. Texmelucan, Mexico. Dec 19 ,2010

Agreeable posts

Ratio Karma Title
98% 6,929 Massive sinkhole in Corum, Turkey. Date unknown
98% 5,484 Fire at power substation in Madison WI today
98% 8,211 The "Fortuna" moldavian ship sinking in the Black Sea.
98% 7,221 Wheat silo falls apart - 13/7/2019
98% 10,506 A whole city goes up in flames due to a punctured gas line left by oil thieves. Texmelucan, Mexico. Dec 19 ,2010

Controversial posts

Ratio Karma Title
83% 1,369 This is why you don't give people fire works. This happened behind a Harkins theatre last night on 7/4/2019
85% 695 Car heater core explodes after engine seizes, 2018.
91% 13,422 (Aug 12, 2019) Tesla Model 3 crashes into parked truck. Shortly after, car explodes twice.
93% 2,955 A failure in the speed controller of a kids ride makes it spin uncontrollably
93% 12,692 (2018) Engine jumps out of semi truck

Top posts from /r/CatastrophicFailure

Karma Comments Title
34,952 819 The view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse from atop the suspension cabling, 1940
submitted 2 months, 1 week ago
28,890 479 On June 1, 2011, the Los Angeles Fire Department was responding to a fire in South Central LA that contained a large amount of scrap titanium. When an explosion went off, the titanium rained down around the firefighters in a flurry of sparks
submitted 1 month ago
28,730 1,264 Chernobyl Helicopter Crash
submitted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
28,025 929 July 8, 2019. A truckload of apples is now evenly distributed on the pavement.
submitted 1 month, 1 week ago
25,392 1,070 Jos Verstappen at Hockenheim 1994
submitted 3 weeks, 1 day ago
25,244 885 Firefighters attempt to put out a magnesium fire
submitted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
25,140 731 Wind storm topples 40-ton a giant kannon bodhisattva in Okinawa, Japan
submitted 2 months ago
22,451 623 Unsecured load on Highway 30.
submitted 2 months ago
22,198 797 Firework Balloon Disaster in Myanmar
submitted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
21,631 920 Burned up wind turbine in the Midwest. July 2019.
submitted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
21,111 1,089 Sewage explosion that ruptured a street in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 30, 2017
submitted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
21,072 1,179 Car carrying trailer stalls on train tracks yesterday in El Paso, 8-12-2019
submitted 4 days, 8 hours ago
20,690 768 Tree grew too close to the power lines, Nuevo Laredo 2019
submitted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
18,481 706 Explosion from Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia at approximately 4:25 am est this morning. I believe it was at an oil/jet fuel refinery.
submitted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
17,752 453 Excavator brand new first day on the job gets dropped down
submitted 3 months ago
17,218 688 Tires from the United flight that declared emergency during takeoff yesterday. No injuries.
submitted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
16,958 480 Rocket explodes in Russia and the shockwave breaks the windows
submitted 2 months ago
16,722 465 Cracked road collapses into a construction site in China
submitted 2 months, 1 week ago
16,660 901 3/15/2016 - Employees at a marijuana dispensary ignite a massive fire while attempting to make concentrated hash without the proper safety cautions. Both employees were badly burned but survived
submitted 1 month ago
16,214 378 Flooding during heavy rains at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
submitted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
15,935 639 Fireworks show goes up in flames. 06/29/2019
submitted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
15,296 380 Stunt car gets propelled far beyond its intended landing spot during a movie shoot and nearly crushed several crew members in August, 2014
submitted 1 month, 1 week ago
15,038 502 Propane tank explosion
submitted 2 months, 1 week ago
13,936 420 Piece of parking garage collapses directly under fire truck, August 6 2019
submitted 1 week, 3 days ago
13,635 724 Break problem cause a RV to jump a ramp and land on a boat
submitted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
13,422 1,392 (Aug 12, 2019) Tesla Model 3 crashes into parked truck. Shortly after, car explodes twice.
submitted 5 days, 8 hours ago
13,141 614 In 1984 NASA and the FAA deliberately crashed a Boeing 720 in the California desert to test a new ignition-resistant fuel
submitted 2 months ago
12,853 487 Tower crane collapse Dalian, China July 16, 2019
submitted 1 month ago
12,692 401 (2018) Engine jumps out of semi truck
submitted 1 month, 1 week ago
12,215 512 After Dallas crane collapse
submitted 2 months, 1 week ago
11,923 658 Carnival ride accident
submitted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
11,904 554 Ship out of control in Venice today, another angle
submitted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
11,716 650 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash.
submitted 3 weeks ago
11,178 367 Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two test failure, Sadly the pilot died.
submitted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
10,874 179 A hotel collapses after typhoon floodwaters undermined its foundations - Taiwan August 8, 2009
submitted 3 weeks, 5 days ago
10,804 251 A section of concrete eave falls off a residential building - 17 August 2019
submitted 12 hours, 33 minutes ago
10,779 266 (10.8.2019) Roof of the AZ Alkmaar Stadium collapsed due to heavy wind
submitted 1 week ago
10,506 274 A whole city goes up in flames due to a punctured gas line left by oil thieves. Texmelucan, Mexico. Dec 19 ,2010
submitted 1 week, 5 days ago
9,675 625 Hotel elevator fails just as a cleaning lady is exiting
submitted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
9,158 264 July 27, 2019, a light sea plane attempted to take off from Littlefield Lake, Michigan and clipped a tree with its wing, sending it spiraling back into the water. The two occupants survived, but were hospitalized from their injuries
submitted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
9,100 181 Factory explosion in Malaysia 05/07/2019
submitted 1 month, 1 week ago
8,557 126 A fuel truck exploding in Sudan in May 2016
submitted 3 weeks, 2 days ago
8,448 361 Ferry crashes into a loading dock in Barcelona causing a fire
submitted 2 months ago
8,370 204 Sprint Car axle snaps on corner entry November 2014
submitted 3 days, 14 hours ago
8,211 156 The "Fortuna" moldavian ship sinking in the Black Sea.
submitted 2 months ago
8,156 193 Thai homemade rocket crash into car windshield
submitted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
7,827 219 Dude cuts a gas cylinder without first checking if it’s empty, which then burns down a excavator. Unknown date
submitted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
7,791 378 Two German Eurofighters crashing on 24 June 2019
submitted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
7,756 419 Cabin footage of the crash of Air Niugini flight 73 (28/9/2018)
submitted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
7,512 327 Crane colapses while lifting a billboard
submitted 2 months, 4 weeks ago