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Main article: Structural failure

A list of structural failures and collapses, including some aircraft, bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

See also: List of aircraft structural failures, List of bridge failures, Dam failure § List of dam failures, and List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers

More to be added to this list below.

Buildings and other fixed man-made structures

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
226 BC Colossus of Rhodes City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes statue 0
27 Fidenae amphitheatre collapse Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire amphitheatre 20,000+
140 Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus Rome, Italia, Roman Empire amphitheatre ~13,000
558 Dome of Hagia Sophia Constantinople, Byzantine Empire church 0
1284 Choir of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France church 0
1297 Stirling Bridge Stirling, Scotland bridge
1303 Lighthouse of Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt tower 0
1322 Ely Cathedral Tower Collapse Ely, England church 0
1382 Bell tower of St. Mary's church, Stralsund Stralsund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany) church 0
1444 Rialto Bridge Venice, Republic of Venice bridge 0
1500 Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury, England church 0
1529 St. Elisabeth's Church, Breslau Breslau, Silesia church
1549 Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln, England church
1573 Tower of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France church
1577 Martinikerk (Groningen) Groningen, free city; now part of The Netherlands church
1625 Tower of St. Olaf's church, Tallinn Tallinn, Sweden (now in Estonia) church
1647 Tower of St.-Marien-Kirche Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now in Germany) church
1661 Tower of Reinoldikirche Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany) church
1666 Old St Paul's Cathedral London, England church
1666 St. Peter's Church, Riga Riga, Sweden (now in Latvia) church 8 buried in rubble
17th century Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen, France church
1674 Nave of the Dom Church Utrecht, The Netherlands church
1697 Tower of St. Michael's Church, Klausenburg Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania) church
1721 St. Peter's Church, Riga Riga, Sweden/Russia, now in Latvia church
1763 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania) church
1777 Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene Posen, Prussia church
1831 Broughton Suspension Bridge Broughton, UK bridge 0
1845 Yarmouth Bridge Yarmouth, UK bridge 79
1847 Dee bridge disaster Chester, UK bridge 5
1850 Angers Bridge Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France bridge 226
1860 Pemberton Mill Lawrence, Massachusetts, US
1860 Wooton Bridge Collapse Wootton, UK bridge 2
1860 Bull bridge accident Ambergate, UK bridge 0
1861 Chichester Cathedral Spire Collapse Chichester, UK church
1864 Dale Dike Reservoir South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom dam
1875 Portage Bridge Town of Portage, New York, US bridge 0
1876 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster Ashtabula, Ohio, US 92
1879 Tay Bridge disaster Dundee, Scotland, UK bridge 75
1887 Bussey bridge disaster Boston, US bridge 24-30
1889 South Fork Dam Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US dam
1890 Walnut Grove Dam Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US dam
1891 Munchenstein rail disaster Munchenstein, Switzerland bridge
1896 Point Ellice Bridge Victoria, British Columbia, Canada bridge
1902 St. Mark's Campanile Venice, Italy
1902 Ibrox disaster Glasgow, United Kingdom Stadium
1904 Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse Eden, Colorado, US bridge
1905 Egyptian Bridge Saint Petersburg, Russia bridge 0
1907 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Canada bridge 75
1908 Görlitz City Hall Görlitz, Germany hall
1912 Mast of Großfunkstelle Nauen Nauen, Germany radio tower
1915 Division Street Bridge Spokane, Washington, US bridge 5
1916 Desse Dam Dessendorf, Austria-Hungary dam
1916 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Canada bridge 11
1919 Molasses Tank Boston, US Tank
1925 Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station Norddeich, Germany radio tower
1925 Llyn Eigiau dam, Coedty reservoir dam Dolgarrog, North Wales, UK dam
1927 Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen Zeesen, Germany Guyed Mast
1928 St. Francis Dam Valencia, California, US dam
1930 Towers of Sender Stadelheim Munich, Germany radio tower
1934 Seta river railroad bridge Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan bridge
1935 Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany radio tower
1937 Kasai River Bridge Collapse Kasai, Belgian Congo (now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) bridge
1938 Upper Steel Arch Bridge Niagara Falls, New York, US bridge 0
1938 Liechtenstein-Haberfeld transmitter Haberfeld, Liechtenstein radio tower
1939 Sandö Bridge Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden bridge 18
1939 Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower Bremen, Germany
1940 First Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tacoma, Washington, US bridge 0
1940 Theodor Heuss Bridge Ludwigshafen, Germany bridge
1940 Collapse of Tower West of Fécamp Radio Normandie Transmitter Fécamp, France radio tower
1942 Chesapeake City Bridge Chesapeake, US bridge
1945 Ludendorffbrücke Remagen, Germany bridge 28
1949 2 masts of Sender Langenberg Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany
1949 Schwerin Möwenburgstraße transmitter Schwerin, Germany radio tower
1949 Inotani wire bridge Toyama, Toyama, Japan bridge 29
1949 Collapse of Hamburg-Billstadt Radio Mast Hamburg, Germany radio tower
1951 Duplessis bridge collapse Quebec, Canada bridge 4
1952 Footbridge at Harrow & Wealdstone station Wealdstone, UK bridge 112
1953 Tangiwai Bridge, Tangiwai_disaster Tangiwai, New Zealand bridge 151
1953 Augusta Radio Mast Augusta, Michigan, US Guyed Mast
1957 Rail bridge near St Johns station London-Lewisham, UK bridge 90
1958 Second Narrows Bridge Vancouver, Canada bridge 19
1958 Collapse of Sender Ochsenkopf Ochsenkopf, Germany Guyed Mast
1959 Vega de Tera Ribadelago, Spain dam 144
1959 Malpasset Côte d'Azur, France dam
1960 KOBR-TV Tower Caprock, New Mexico, US Guyed Mast
1961 LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach Carolina Beach, US radio tower
1962 LORAN-C transmitter Ejde Ejde, Faroe Islands radio tower
1962 King Street Bridge (Melbourne) Melbourne, Australia bridge 0
1962 KGW Tower Portland, Oregon, US radio tower
1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir Los Angeles, US Dam
1964 Tower of Pfarrkirche St. Johann Baptist Ichenhausen, Germany church
1964 General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge Maracaibo, Venezuela bridge
1965 SES8 Tower Mount Burr, South Australia radio tower
1965 Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse Iwo Jima, Japan radio tower
1966 Heron Road Bridge Ottawa, Canada bridge 9
1966 Heiligenstedten Bascule Bridge Heiligenstedten, Germany bridge 0
1966 WLBT TV Tower Raymond, Mississippi, US TV mast / tower
1967 Queen Juliana Bridge Willemstad, Curaçao bridge
1967 WNBC/WCBS-Tower High Island, New York, US
1967 Waltham mast Waltham, UK Guyed Mast
1967 Silver Bridge Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US bridge 46
1968 KXJB-TV mast collapse Traill County, North Dakota, US Guyed Mast
1968 Ronan Point collapse London, UK high rise 4
1968 KELO TV Tower Rowena, South Dakota, US Guyed Mast
1968 WAEO Tower Starks, Wisconsin, US Guyed Mast
1969 FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter Marnach, Luxembourg Guyed Mast
1969 Emley Moor TV Mast Collapse Emley, West Yorkshire, UK Guyed Mast
1970 Orlunda transmitter, central radio mast collapse Orlunda, Sweden Guyed Mast
1970 West Gate Bridge Melbourne, Australia Bridge 35
1970 Britannia Bridge Menai Strait, Wales, UK Bridge 0
1970 Cleddau Bridge Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK Bridge 4
1971 KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers Portland, Oregon, US Guyed Mast
1971 Südbrücke (South Bridge) Koblenz, Germany Bridge under construction 13
1972 Buffalo Creek Flood West Virginia, US dam 125
1972 Mittelturm Königs Wusterhausen, Germany Lattice tower
1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge Brunswick, Georgia, US bridge 10
1973 Bithlo TV Mast Collapse Bithlo, Florida, US Guyed Mast
1973 Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center New York, NY, US Hotel and theaters
1974 Makahali River bridge Baitadi, Nepal bridge 140
1975 Tasman Bridge Hobart, Australia bridge 12
1975 KELO TV Tower Rowena, South Dakota, US Guyed Mast
1975 Banqiao and Shimantan Dams Zhumadian, Henan, China Dam
1976 Teton Dam Idaho, US Mud dam
1976 Sendeanlage Burg SL-3 Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany Guyed Mast
1976 Reichsbrücke Vienna, Austria Bridge 1
1976 Pic de Nore transmitter Pic de Nore, France Guyed Mast
1977 Granville Railway Bridge Sydney, Australia bridge 83
1977 KSLA-TV Tower Mooringsport, Louisiana, US Guyed Mast
1977 Pushkino Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Puskino, Russia bridge
1977 Kelly Barnes Dam Georgia, US Dam
1978 Nebraska Education Tower Angora Angora, Nebraska, US Guyed Mast
1978 WJJY TV Mast Bluffs, Illinois, US Guyed Mast
1978 WAND-TV Tower Decatur, Illinois, US Guyed Mast
1978 CKVR Television Tower Barrie, Ontario, Canada Guyed Mast
1978 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut, US arena 0
1978 Sender Zehlendorf Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Germany Guyed Mast
1978 Willow Island Cooling Tower Willow Island, West Virginia, US Cooling tower under construction
1979 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri, US Stadium
1979 Sender Krasch Bernklau, Bohemia Guyed Mast
1979 Blåbärskullen transmitter Sunne, Sweden Pinnacle of guyed Mast
1980 Corralejas stadium collapse Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia Stadium
1980 Tjörnbron (Almöbron) Stenungsund, Sweden Bridge 8
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Saint Petersburg, Florida, US Bridge 35
1980 Hayakawa wire bridge Saito, Kyūshū, Japan Bridge (Suspension) 7
1980 LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen Jan Mayen, Norway Guyed Mast
1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse Kansas City, Missouri, US Walkway 114
1981 Dudelange Radio Tower Collapse Dudelange, Luxembourg Lattice tower
1982 Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse Moscow, USSR Escalator
1982 Lawn Lake Dam Rocky Mountain National Park, US Dam
1982 Tous Dam Valencia, Spain Dam
1982 Senior Road Tower Collapse Missouri City, Texas, US Guyed Mast
1982 WCIQ Tower Mount Cheaha, Alabama, US Guyed Mast
1983 Mianus River Bridge Greenwich, Connecticut, US Bridge 3
1983 Wavre TV Mast Wavre, Belgium Guyed Mast
1983 KWWL-TV Mast Rowley, Iowa, US Guyed Mast
1985 Val di Stava Dam collapse Italy Dam
1985 Sender Bielstein Bielstein, Germany Guyed Mast
1986 Hotel New World Disaster Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore Hotel
1987 L'Ambiance Plaza collapse Bridgeport, Connecticut, US Residential Tower 28
1987 Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse Fort Hunter, New York, US Bridge 10
1988 Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany Bridge under construction 1
1988 Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia Stadium
1989 Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge Tennessee, US bridge 8
1989 WRAL-TV & WPTF-TV towers Auburn, North Carolina, US Guyed Mast
1989 Cypress Street Viaduct Oakland, California, US Bridge 42
1991 Astram Line steel bridge Hiroshima, Japan Bridge 15
1991-08-08 Warsaw Radio Mast collapse Gąbin, Poland guyed mast ( 646 m)
1992 Armand Césari Stadium disaster Bastia, France Stadium
1992 WCIX TV Tower Homestead (Miami), Florida, US Guyed Mast
1993 Claiborne Avenue Bridge New Orleans, US bridge 1
1993 LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan Kargaburan, Turkey Guyed Mast
1993 CSXT Big Bayou Canot rail bridge Mobile, Alabama, US bridge 47
1993 Cape Race LORAN-C Mast Collapse Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Mast
1993 Highland Towers collapse (Block 1) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Residential Tower 48
1994 Marja store collapse Tallinn, Estonia commercial building 5
1994 Seongsu Bridge Seoul, South Korea bridge 32
1995 Cave Creek disaster Paparoa National Park, New Zealand Viewing Platform 14
1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse Seoul, South Korea Commercial Building 502
1996 WCOV-TV Tower Montgomery, Alabama, US TV mast / tower
1996 Baikong Railway bridge Ruyuan County, Guangdong, China bridge 29
1996 Koror-Babeldaob Bridge Koror and Babeldaob, Palau bridge 2
1996 Walnut Street Bridge collapse Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US bridge 0
1997 Opuha Dam New Zealand dam
1997 2 masts of Grigoriopol transmitter Grigoriopol, Moldova Guyed Mast
1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse Tel Aviv, Israel bridge 4
1997 KNOE-TV Tower Louisiana, US Guyed Mast
1997 KXJB-TV mast collapse Traill County, North Dakota, US Guyed Mast
1997 WLBT Tower collapse Raymond, Mississippi, US Tower
1997 Knick-Ei Halstenbek, Germany Sports Hall 0
1998 Knick-Ei Halstenbek, Germany Sports Hall 0
1999 Gdingen Shipyard Crane Crash Gdingen, Poland Crane 0
2000 Pier Number 34 (Club Heat) Philadelphia, US Pier
2000 Highway 15 Overpass Collapse Montréal, Canada Overpass 1
2000 WRMD-Tower St. Petersburg, Florida, US Mast
2000 KXEO/KWWR-Tower Mexico, Missouri, US Mast
2000 Hoan Bridge Milwaukee, US bridge 0
2001 Hintze Ribeiro bridge Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal bridge 59
2001 Asagiri footbridge Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan bridge 11
2001 Queen Isabella Causeway Port Isabel, Texas, US bridge 8
2001 Angara transmitter, Northern Mast Angara, Russia Guyed Mast
2001 Krasny Bor transmitter Krasny Bor[disambiguation needed], Russia Guyed Mast
2001 Kadalundi River rail bridge India bridge 57
2001 Versailles wedding hall collapse Jerusalem, Israel Wedding Hall
2001 Collapse of the World Trade Center New York City, US Skyscraper 2,996
2002 Oemau flood Oemau, Bohemia
2002 Ellenstedt Wind Turbine Collapse Ellenstedt, Germany Wind Turbine
2002 Buran Hangar Collapse Baikonur, Kazakhstan/Russia Hangar
2002 I-40 bridge disaster Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, US bridge 14 killed, 11 injured
2002 Rafiganj rail bridge India bridge
2002 Interstate 95 Howard Avenue Overpass Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
2003 WVAH Tower West Virginia, US Guyed Mast
2003 WPAY (AM)-Tower Portsmouth, Ohio, US Guyed Mast
2003 WTNV-FM Tower Jackson, Tennessee, US Free-standing tower
2003 WMBD Tower Peoria, Illinois, US Free-standing tower
2003 WIFR TV Tower Guyed Mast
2003 KETV TV Tower Omaha, Nebraska, US Guyed Mast
2003 WAAY TV Tower Huntsville, Alabama, US Guyed Mast
2003 Utrecht radio mast collapse Utrecht, Netherlands
2003 Kinzua Bridge Kinzua Bridge State Park, US bridge 0 , 0
2003 Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge Latchford, Ontario, Canada bridge
2003 2003 Chicago balcony collapse Chicago, US balcony
2003 Schneebergerhof Vestas V80 Wind Turbine collapse Gerbach, Germany Wind Turbine
2004 Big Bay Dam Mississippi, US dam
2004 Camará Dam Brazil dam
2004 Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France
2004 Loncomilla Bridge San Javier, Chile bridge
2004 Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge Connecticut, US bridge 1 killed
2004 Big Nickel Road Bridge Sudbury, Ontario, Canada bridge
2004 Mungo Bridge Cameroon bridge
2004 Peterborough radio mast Peterborough, Great Britain
2004 KFI Mast Los Angeles, US
2005 Shakidor Dam Pakistan dam 70 killed
2005 Taum Sauk Reservoir Lesterville, Missouri, US Dam
2005 Almuñécar Motorway bridge Almuñécar, Province of Granada, Spain bridge
2005 Caracas-La Guaira highway, Viaduct #1 Tacagua, Venezuela bridge
2005 Veligonda Railway Bridge India bridge
2005 WLGA Transmitter Tower (formerly WSWS-TV Transmitter Tower) Cusseta, Georgia, US Guyed Mast
2005 Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta Atlanta, Nebraska, US
2006 2006 Lagos building collapses Lagos, Nigeria
2006 De la Concorde Overpass collapse Montréal, Canada Overpass
2006 Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse Bad Reichenhall, Germany Stadium roof 15 killed, 32 injured
2006 Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse Katowice, Poland 65 killed, 170 injured
2006 Run Pathani Bridge Collapse Pakistan bridge
2006 Torre VIP de Rádio & TV São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil Guyed Mast
2006 Yekaterinburg bridge collapse Yekaterinburg, Russia bridge
2006 Nimule bridge collapse Nimule, Kenya bridge
2006 Bhagalpur Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Bhagalpur, Bihar, India bridge
2006 Eziama Bridge Collapse Eziama, Nigeria bridge
2006 KSPS-TV tower Spokane, Washington TV mast / tower
2007 Foshan bridge disaster Foshan, Guangdong, China bridge 8+ killed
2007 Crab House - Floor collapsed into the water injuring nine Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US
2007 Sherman County Wind Turbine collapse [1], [2] Sherman County, Oregon, US Wind Turbine
2007 WACS-TV tower Americus, Georgia, US Guyed Mast
2007 WSKY-DT Tower Camden County, NC, US Guyed Mast
2007 Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower Browns Summit, Texas, US
2007 Punjagutta Flyover Bridge Collapse Punjagutta, India bridge
2007 Tuo River bridge Fenguan, Sichuan, China bridge
2007 Harp Road bridge Oakville, Washington, US bridge
2007 MacArthur Maze Oakland, California, US
2007 Shershah Bridge - Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi Karachi, Pakistan bridge
2007 Can Tho Bridge Can Tho, Vietnam bridge
2007 Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany power station under construction 3 killed, 6 injured
2007 Guinea Bridge Collapse Guinea bridge
2007 Chhinchu suspension bridge Nepalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal bridge
2007 WNEP-TV Tower Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US Guyed Mast
2007 I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse Minneapolis, US bridge
2007 Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction Hunan, China bridge
2008 Hornslet Wind Turbine Collapse Hornslet, Denmark Wind turbine
2007 Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge Tây Nam Bộ, Vietnam bridge
2008 Cedar Rapids Railway Bridge Collapse Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US bridge
2007 Stobart Mill Wind Turbine Collapse [3] Stobart Mill, UK Wind Turbine
2008 KATV Tower Redfield, Arkansas, US Guyed Mast
2008 Searsburg Wind Turbine Collapse [4] Searsburg, New Hampshire, US Wind Turbine
2008 Christian rock concert stage collapse Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Stage
2009 Emmis Television Wichita Tower Wichita, US Guyed Mast
2009 Alona Wind Turbine Collapse [5] Alona, New York, US Wind Turbine
2009 Fenner wind turbine collapse [6] Fenner, New York, US Wind Turbine
2009 Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse Cologne, Germany 2 killed
2009 Situ Gintung Dam Tangerang, Indonesia dam
2009 Collapse of the Block 7 of Lotus Riverside Shanghai, China
2009 Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide, Ireland bridge 0, 0
2009 Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Terengganu, Malaysia Stadium
2009 2009 Korba chimney collapse Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
2009 Big Valley Jamboree stage collapse Camrose, Alberta, Canada Stage
2009 Palma de Mallorca House Collapse Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009 Jaya Supermarket Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 7+ killed
2009 Kota Chambal Bridge Collapse Kota, India bridge
2010 Bab Berdieyinne mosque minaret collapse Meknes, Morocco
2010 Myllysilta (Mill Bridge) Turku, Finland bridge
2010 Lalita Park building collapse New Delhi, India
2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse Minneapolis, US Stadium roof 0, 0
2011 Hefbrug Waddinxveen Waddinxveen, Netherlands
2011 WEAU-TV, WAAX-FM Tower Fairchild, Wisconsin, US Guyed mast
2011 Kirtorf Wind Turbine collapse [7] Kirtorf, Germany Wind turbine
2011 Enschede Stadium Roof Collapse Enschede, Netherlands Stadium roof
2011 Antenna mast of tower of Zendstation Smilde Hoogersmilde, Netherlands Partially guyed tower
2011 Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapse Ottawa, Canada Stage
2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse Indianapolis, US Stage
2011 Pukkelpop stage collapse Hasselt, Belgium Stage
2011 QAL scaffold collapse Gladstone, Queensland, Australia scaffold
2012 Rio de Janeiro buildings collapse Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Building construction
2012 Downsview Park stage collapse Toronto, Canada Stage
2012 Algo Centre Mall Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada shopping mall 2, 20
2012 Longwave transmitter Europe 1 Felsberg-Berus, Germany guyed radio mast
2013 Building Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Building under construction [1] 3+ killed
2013 Building Thane, Mumbai Building under construction [2][3] 45 killed, 50 injured
2013 Rana Plaza Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Commercial building[4] 1100+ killed, 2500+ injured
2013 22nd and Market Building Collapse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Building 6 dead, 13 injured[5] 
== Transportation ==
Year Structure Location
1947 BOAC, Douglas C-47 Stowting, Kent
1956 BOAC, Canadair C-4 Argonaut Kano Airport, Nigeria
1865 Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion Memphis, Tennessee, US
1968 BOAC Flight 712, Boeing 707 Heathrow Airport
1882 Inverythan rail accident Inverness, UK
1891 Norwood junction rail accident London, UK
1954 BOAC Flight 781, de Havilland Comet Mediterranean Sea off Elba
1966 BOAC Flight 911, Boeing 707 Near Mount Fuji, Japan
1970 Apollo 13, Apollo Service Module Lunar transfer orbit, about 321,860 km Earth altitude, in international territory
1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123, Boeing 747 Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
1996 TWA Flight 800, Boeing 747 Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, US
2002 China Airlines Flight 611 over the Penghu Islands, Taiwan
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster over Texas, US

References

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  2. ^ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/04/over-2-dozen-people-die-after-building-collapses-in-india
  3. ^ http://www.news.com.au/world-news/at-least-27-killed-in-mumbai-building-collapse-in-india/story-fndir2ev-1226613313218
  4. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/world/asia/bangladeshi-collapse-kills-many-garment-workers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  5. ^ Boyette, Chris (June 5, 2013). "6 dead in Philadelphia building collapse, 13 injured". CNN. Retrieved 2013-06-06. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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