r/CatastrophicFailure • • 23h ago

Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 oil rig sinks off the coast of Gabon, October 24, 2026

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r/CatastrophicFailure • • 15h ago

Fire/Explosion The Kehlsteinhaus in Bavaria, built by the Nazi regime as a reception building and used as a museum/memorial in recent decades, burned down on the 23rd of October 2026

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The building at Berchtesgarden, Germany, known as the "Eagle's Nest" (not to be confused with Hitler's "Berghof" residence nearby), burned down on the 23rd of October 2026. The police suspect arson and have arrested a suspect who was moved to a psychiatric facility. The building will be rebuilt. Most of it had been used as a memorial/museum, a small part served as a restaurant.


r/CatastrophicFailure • • 4h ago

Natural Disaster Tornado in Rengo, Chile, October 26th 2026

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r/CatastrophicFailure • • 11h ago

NYTimes story on building collapes in Venezuela's devastating earthquake of 26 June 2026

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r/CatastrophicFailure • • 14h ago

Fatalities Tenerife airport disaster, 27 March 1977: KLM 4805 took off without clearance and collided with Pan Am 1736

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When Las Palmas reopened, Pan Am 1736 tried to taxi and found the way blocked by KLM 4805, which stood between it and the entrance to the runway. The KLM had just decided to refuel, 55,500 litres, which took about half an hour. By the time both jumbos moved, low cloud was rolling across Los Rodeos. "We can hold clear here, if he'd let us," the Pan Am captain said in his cockpit; they were sent down the runway behind the KLM.

From the Spanish accident report and ALPA's 1978 study. Full documentary from the record: https://youtu.be/SFEFUGNRy2g