Examine individual changes

'{{See also|List of aircraft structural failures|List of bridge failures|List of dam failures|List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers|}} {{Main|Structural failure}} {{cleanup|reason=No differentiation between each type of structural failure, extremely hard to navigate. Transportation failures should be placed in their relevant accident lists.|date=February 2018}} {{Split portions |date=February 2018 |List of bridge failures |Dam failure | List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers |List of aircraft structural failures}} This is a '''list of structural failures and collapses''', including some [[aircraft]], bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. {{Expand list|date=September 2009}} ==Buildings and other fixed man-made structures== ===Antiquity – Middle Ages=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 226 BC || [[Colossus of Rhodes]] || [[Rhodes (city)|City of Rhodes]], [[Rhodes|Island of Rhodes]] | statue || 0 |- | 27 || [[Fidenae amphitheatre collapse]] || [[Fidenae]], [[Italia]], [[Roman Empire]] | [[:Category:Amphitheaters|amphitheatre]] || 20,000+ |- | ca. 27–30 || [[Tower of Siloam]] || [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]] | [[:Category:Towers|tower]] || 18 |- | 140 || Upper tier collapse of the [[Circus Maximus]] || Rome, Italia, Roman Empire | amphitheatre<!--WIKIPEDIA CATEGORIZES "Coliseum" AS Category:Amphitheares in Rome--> || ≈13,000 |- | 558 || Dome of [[Hagia Sophia]] || [[Constantinople]], [[Byzantine Empire]] | [[Church (building)]]<!-- {{illm|Church (building)|Category|Lists of church buildings}} WIKIPEDIA CATEGORIZES cathedrals AS CHURCHES--> || 0 |- |1275 |[[Sint Servaasbrug|St. Servatius Bridge]] |[[Maastricht]], [[Netherlands]] |Bridge |≈400 |- | 1284 || Choir of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] || Beauvais, France | Church (building) || 0 |- |1297 || [[Stirling Bridge]] || Stirling, Scotland | [[List of bridge failures|bridge]] || |- | 1303 || [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]] || [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] | [[:Category:Towers|tower]] || 0 |- | 1322 || [[Ely Cathedral]] Tower Collapse || Ely, England | Church (building) || 0 |- | 1382 || Bell tower of [[St. Mary's church, Stralsund]] || Stralsund, [[Hanseatic League]] (now in Germany) | Church (building) || 0 |- | 1444 || [[Rialto Bridge]] || Venice, [[Republic of Venice]] | bridge || 0 |- | 1500 || [[Malmesbury Abbey]] || Malmesbury, England | Church (building) || 0 |- | 1529 || St. Elisabeth's Church, Breslau || Breslau, Silesia | Church (building) || |- | 1549 || [[Lincoln Cathedral]] || Lincoln, England | Church (building) || |- | 1573 || Tower of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] || Beauvais, France | Church (building) || |- | 1577 || [[Martinikerk (Groningen)]] || Groningen, free city; now part of The Netherlands | Church (building) || |} ===17th century – 19th century=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 1625 || Tower of [[St. Olaf's church, Tallinn]] || Tallinn, Sweden (now in Estonia) | Church (building) || |- | 1647 || Tower of [[St. Mary's church, Stralsund|St.-Marien-Kirche]] || Stralsund, [[Duchy of Pomerania]] (now in Germany) | Church (building) || |- | 1661 || Tower of [[Reinoldikirche]] || Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany) | Church (building) || |- | 1666 || [[St. Peter's Church, Riga]] || Riga, Sweden (now in Latvia) | Church (building) || 8 buried in rubble |- | 17th century || [[Abbaye-aux-Hommes]] || Caen, France | Church (building) || |- | 1674 || Nave of the [[St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht|Dom Church]] || Utrecht, The Netherlands | Church (building) || |- | 1697 || Tower of St. Michael's Church, Klausenburg || Klausenburg, [[Habsburg Monarchy]] (now in Romania) | Church (building) || |- | c. 1715 || [[Marsalforn Tower]] || [[Xagħra]], [[Gozo]], [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]] | tower || 0 |- | 1721 || [[St. Peter's Church, Riga]] || Riga, [[Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia|Sweden/Russia]], now in Latvia | Church (building) || |- | 1763 || Tower of St. Michael's Church || Klausenburg, [[Habsburg Monarchy]] (now in Romania) | Church (building) || |- | 1777 || Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene || Posen, Prussia | Church (building) || |- | 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 || [[Wootton bridge collapse]] || Wootton, UK | bridge || 2 |- | 1860 || [[Bull bridge accident]] || Ambergate, UK || bridge || 0 |- | 1861 || [[Chichester Cathedral]] Spire Collapse || Chichester, UK | Church (building) || |- | 1864 || [[Dale Dike Reservoir]] || South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom | dam || 244 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/research-guides/sheffield-flood.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-12-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030065452/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/research-guides/sheffield-flood.html |archivedate=2013-10-30 |df= }}</ref> |- | 1875 || [http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/bridge.html Portage Bridge] || [[Portage (town), New York|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 || [[Forest Hills disaster|Bussey bridge disaster]] || [[Boston]], Massachusetts, US | bridge || 24–30 |- | 1889 || [[South Fork Dam]] || [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], US | dam || 2,209 |- | 1890 || [https://archive.is/20130410174859/http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48987 Walnut Grove Dam] || Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US | dam || |- | 1891 || [[Munchenstein rail disaster]] || Munchenstein, Switzerland || bridge || |- | 1896 || [[Point Ellice Bridge]] || Victoria, British Columbia, Canada || bridge || 55 |} ===1900s–1950s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 1901 || Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts || Poldhu, UK | guyed masts || 0 |- | 1901 || Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts || South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, US | guyed masts || 0 |- | 1902 || [[St. Mark's Campanile]] || [[Venice]], Italy || || |- | 1902 || [[1902 Ibrox disaster|Ibrox disaster]] || Glasgow, United Kingdom || Stadium ||25 Dead, 517 Injured |- | 1904 || [[Eden train wreck|Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse]] || Eden, Colorado, US | bridge || |- | 1905 || [[Egyptian Bridge]] || Saint Petersburg, Russia | bridge || 0 |- | 1906 || [[National Electric Signaling Company]] mast || Machrihanish, Scotland | guyed mast || 0 |- | 1907 || [[Quebec Bridge]] || [[Quebec City]], Canada | bridge || 75 |- | 1908 || Görlitz City Hall || [[Görlitz]], Germany | hall || |- | 1912 || Mast of [[Nauen Transmitter Station|Großfunkstelle Nauen]] || Nauen, Germany || radio tower || |- | 1915 || [[Division Street Bridge (Spokane)|Division Street Bridge]] || Spokane, Washington, US | bridge || 5 |- | 1916 || Desse Dam || Dessendorf, [[Austria-Hungary]] | dam || |- | 1916 || [[Quebec Bridge]] || [[Quebec City]], Canada | bridge || 11 |- | 1919 || [[Boston Molasses Disaster|Molasses Tank]] || Boston, Massachusetts, US ||Tank || 21 |- | 1925 || Three masts of [[Norddeich radio station|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]] || Santa Clarita, California, US | dam || 600<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pollack|first=Alan|url=http://www.scvhs.org/news/dispatch36-2.pdf|title=President's Message|journal=The Heritage Junction Dispatch|publisher=Santa Clara Valley Historical Society|date=March–April 2010}}</ref> |- | 1930 || Towers of [[Stadelheim Transmitter|Sender Stadelheim]] || Munich, Germany || radio tower || |- | 1933 || Original 760AM WJR tower || Riverview, Michigan || Radio Tower || |- | 1934 || Seta river railroad bridge || [[Ōtsu, Shiga]], Japan | bridge || |- | 1935 || [[Langenberg transmission tower|Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg]] || [[Langenberg (Rhineland)|Langenberg (Rheinland)]], Germany || radio tower || |- | 1937 || Kasai River Bridge Collapse || Kasai, [[Belgian Congo]] (now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) | bridge || |- | 1938 || Kugaiza Cinema || [[Tokamachi, Niigata]], Japan | Cinema building || 69 (Roof collapse due to the weight of snow)<ref>[https://www.[[:ja:十日町映画館崩壊事故&#93;(]]'''Japanese''')</ref> |- | 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 || radio tower || |- | 1940 || [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)|First Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]], US | bridge || 0 |- | 1940 || [[Theodor Heuss Bridge (Frankenthal)|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, Maryland, US | bridge || |- | 1945 || [[Deutz Suspension Bridge|Hindenburgbrücke]] || Cologne, Germany | bridge || unknown |- | 1945 || [[Ludendorff Bridge|Ludendorffbrücke]] || Remagen, Germany | bridge || 28 |- | 1949 || 2 masts of [[Sender Langenberg]] || [[Langenberg (Rhineland)|Langenberg (Rheinland)]], Germany || radio tower || |- | 1949 || Schwerin Möwenburgstraße transmitter || Schwerin, Germany || radio tower || |- | 1949 || Inotani wire bridge || [[Toyama, Toyama]], Japan | bridge || 29 |- | 1949 || Collapse of [[Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt|Hamburg-Billstadt Radio Mast]] || Hamburg, Germany || radio tower || |- | 1951 || Duplessis bridge collapse || Quebec, Canada | bridge || 4 |- | 1953 || Tangiwai Bridge, [[Tangiwai disaster]] || Tangiwai, New Zealand | bridge || 151 |- | 1953 || Augusta Radio Mast || Augusta, Michigan, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1957 || [[Lewisham rail crash|Rail bridge near St Johns station]] || London-Lewisham, UK || bridge || 90 |- | 1958 || [[Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing|Second Narrows Bridge]] || Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada || bridge || 19 |- | 1958 || Collapse of [[Ochsenkopf TV Tower|Sender Ochsenkopf]] || [[Ochsenkopf (Fichtelgebirge)|Ochsenkopf]], Germany || Guyed Mast || |- | 1959 || Vega de Tera || Ribadelago, Spain || dam || 144 |- | 1959 || [[Malpasset]] || Côte d'Azur, France || dam || 423 |} ===1960s–1970s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 1960 || [[KOBR-TV Tower]] || Caprock, New Mexico, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1961 || [[LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach]] || Carolina Beach, North Carolina, 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 || [[Beaver Dam Bridge]] || York River, Quebec, Canada || bridge || 6 |- | 1963 || [[Vajont Dam]] || Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy || Dam || 1,900–2,500 |- | 1963 || [[Baldwin Hills Reservoir]] || Los Angeles, California, US || Dam || |- | 1964 || Tower of Pfarrkirche St. Johann Baptist || Ichenhausen, Germany || Church (building) || |- | 1964 || [[General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge]] || Maracaibo, Venezuela || bridge || |- | 1965 || SES8 Tower || Mount Burr, South Australia || radio tower || |- | 1965 || [[Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter|Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse]] || [[Iwo Jima]], Japan || radio tower || 6 |- | 1966 || [[Heron Road Bridge]] || Ottawa, Ontario, 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 transmitting station]] || Waltham, UK || Guyed Mast || |- | 1967 || [[Silver Bridge]] || [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]], US || bridge || 46 |- | 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 transmitting station|Emley Moor TV Mast Collapse]] || [[Emley, West Yorkshire]], UK || Guyed Mast || |- | 1970 || [[Orlunda radio transmitter|Orlunda transmitter, central radio mast collapse]] || Orlunda, Sweden || Guyed Mast || |- | 1970 || [[West Gate Bridge#History|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 || [[2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse]] || Boston, Massachusetts, US || Condominium building under construction || 4 |- | 1971 || KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers || Portland, Oregon, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1971 || Südbrücke (South Bridge) || Koblenz, Germany || Bridge under construction || 13 |- | 1971 || [[1971 Certej dam failure]] || Certeju de Sus, Romania || dam || 89 |- | 1972 || [[Buffalo Creek Flood]] || West Virginia, US || dam || 125 |- | 1972 || [[Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)|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 Dam|Banqiao]] and Shimantan Dams || [[Zhumadian]], Henan, China || Dam || 200,000 |- | 1976 || [[Teton Dam]] || Idaho, US || Mud dam || 11 |- | 1976 || [[Burg AM transmitter|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 rail disaster|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 || 39 |- | 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 disaster|Willow Island Cooling Tower]] || Willow Island, West Virginia, US || Cooling tower under construction || 51 |- | 1979 || [[Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]], US || Stadium || |- | 1979 || [[Bouchain Power Plant]], Cooling Tower East || Bouchain, France || Cooling tower|| |- | 1979 || [[Vysílač Krašov|Sender Krasch]] || Bernklau, Bohemia || Guyed Mast || |- | 1979 || [[Blåbärskullen transmitter]] || Sunne, Sweden || Pinnacle of guyed Mast || |} ===1980s–1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 1980 || [[Corralejas stadium collapse]] || [[Sincelejo]], Sucre, Colombia || Stadium || |- | 1980 || [[Almö Bridge]] || [[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.|| [[Harbor Cay Condominium Collapse]] || Cocoa Beach, Florida, US || Building || |- | 1981 || [[Dudelange Radio Tower|Dudelange Radio Tower Collapse]] || [[Dudelange]], Luxembourg || Lattice tower || |- | 1982 || [[Aviamotornaya (Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line)|Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse]] || Moscow, USSR || Escalator || 8 |- | 1982 || [[Lawn Lake Dam]] || Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US || Dam || 3 |- | 1982 || [[Tous, Valencia|Tous Dam]] || Valencia, Spain || Dam || +30 |- | 1982 || [[Senior Road Tower|Senior Road Tower Collapse]] || [[Missouri City, Texas]], US || Guyed Mast || 5 |- | 1982 || Chimney of [[Matla Power Station]] || Mpumalanga, South Africa || Chimney || |- | 1982 || [[Sophia Gardens Pavilion]] || Cardiff, Wales, UK || Concert hall || |- | 1982 || WCIQ Tower || Mount Cheaha, Alabama, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1983 || [[Mianus River Bridge]] || Greenwich, Connecticut, US || Bridge || 3 |- | 1983 || [[CKX-TV Craig Television Tower]] || Souris, Manitoba, Canada || Guyed Mast || |- | 1983 || [[Transmitter Wavre|Wavre TV Mast]] || Wavre, Belgium || Guyed Mast || |- | 1983 || KWWL-TV Mast || Rowley, Iowa, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1985 || [[Istra Dome]] || Russia || Dome || [http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_lear/02files/Strange_Towers_in_a_Russian_Forest.html] |- | 1985 || [[Val di Stava Dam collapse]] || Italy || Dam || |- | 1985 || [[Sender Bielstein]] || Bielstein, Germany || Guyed Mast || |- | 1986 || [[Hotel New World Disaster]] || [[Little India, Singapore|Little India]] near [[Serangoon Road]], Singapore || Hotel || 33 |- | 1987 || [[L'Ambiance Plaza]] collapse || [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], US || Residential Tower || 28 |- | 1987 || Turów Power Plant || [[Bogatynia]], Poland || Cooling tower || |- | 1987 || [[Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse]] || Fort Hunter, New York, US || Bridge || 10 |- | 1988 || [[1988 Armenian earthquake|Dzhrashen School]] (earthquake) || [[Spitak]], [[Armenia]] || Elementary School || 400 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/picture/show/120|title=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG-Natural Hazards Images|first=|last=Heather.McCullough|date=|website=www.ngdc.noaa.gov|access-date=2017-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703094247/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/picture/show/120|archive-date=2017-07-03|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> |- | 1988 || [[Multrå transmitter]] || Sollefteå, Sweden || Pinnacle of guyed Mast || |- | 1988 || Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) || Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany || Bridge under construction || 1 |- | 1988 || [[Station Square collapse]] (Save-On-Foods collapse)|| Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada|| Rooftop parking structure || |- | 1988 || Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge || Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia | Bridge || |- | 1988 || [[Green Bank Telescope]] || Green Bank, West Virginia, USA | Parabolic dish ( diameter: 90.44 metres) || |- | 1989 || Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge || Tennessee, US || bridge || 8 |- | 1989 || [[Civic Tower (Pavia)|Civic Tower]] || Italy || Tower || 4 |- | 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 || [[Warsaw Radio Mast|Warsaw Radio Mast collapse]] || [[Gąbin]], Poland || guyed mast ( 646 m) || |- | 1992 || [[Armand Césari Stadium disaster]] || Bastia, France || Stadium || 18 |- | 1992 || WCIX TV Tower || Homestead (Miami), Florida, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1993 || [[Claiborne Avenue Bridge]] || New Orleans, Louisiana, US || bridge || 1 |- | 1993 || LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan || Kargaburan, Turkey || Guyed Mast || |- | 1993 || [[Big Bayou Canot train disaster|CSXT Big Bayou Canot rail bridge]] || Mobile, Alabama, US || bridge || 47 |- | 1993 || Tower of St. Maria Magdalena Church || Goch, Germany || church || |- | 1993 || [[Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter|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 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|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|KXJB-TV mast collapse]] || [[Traill County, North Dakota]], US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1997 || [[WLBT Tower|WLBT Tower collapse]] || [[Raymond, Mississippi]], US || Tower || |- | 1997 || [[Knick-Ei]] || [[Halstenbek]], Germany || Sports Hall || 0 |- | 1998 || [[Palace II (building)|Palace II collapse]] || [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil || Residential Tower || 8 |- | 1998 || [[Knick-Ei]] || [[Halstenbek]], Germany || Sports Hall || 0 |- | 1999 || [[Stocznia Gdynia|Gdynia Shipyard]] Crane Crash || [[Gdynia]], Poland || Crane || 0 |- | 1999 || [[Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse]] || [[Foggia]], Italy || Building || 67 |} ===2000–2009=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type ! style="width: 300pt;" | Casualties |- | 2000 || [[2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill]] || Baia Mare, Romania || [[Embankment dam]] || none |- | 2000 || [[Philadelphia Pier 34 Collapse|Pier Number 34 (Club Heat)]] || [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, US || Pier || 3 |- | 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]], Wisconsin, US || bridge || 0 |- | 2001 || Schouwburg Het Park || [[Hoorn]], Netherlands || Theater || 0 |- | 2001 || [[Hintze Ribeiro disaster|Hintze Ribeiro bridge]] || Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal || bridge || 59 |- | 2001 || [[Queen Isabella Causeway]] || Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, US || bridge || 8 |- | 2001 || Angara transmitter, Northern Mast || Angara, Russia || Guyed Mast || |- | 2001 || [[Krasny Bor transmitter]] || [[Krasny Bor, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast|Krasny Bor]], Russia || Guyed Mast || |- | 2001 || Kadalundi River rail bridge || India || bridge || 57 |- | 2001 || [[Versailles wedding hall disaster|Versailles wedding hall collapse]] || [[Jerusalem]], Israel || Wedding Hall ||23 killed, 380 injured |- | 2001 || [[Collapse of the World Trade Center]] (''[[September 11 attacks|details]]'') || [[New York City]], US || Three skyscrapers || Terror attack. '''2,743 killed and 6,000+ injured''' in Towers 1, 2 (Twin Towers) and 7 (WTC 7 had been evacuated; collapsed on its own at 5:21 pm) includes those killed in the two planes: [[American Airlines Flight 11]] and [[United Airlines Flight 175]]. The casualty count continues to rise, however, with the number of deaths and illnesses occurring in survivors and Ground Zero rescue and cleanup workers.<ref>{{cite web|title=content top 9/11 Death Statistics|url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/911-death-statistics/|publisher=statisticbrain.com|accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref> |- | 2002 || Římov flood || [[Soběnov]], Bohemia || || |- | 2002 || Ellenstedt Wind Turbine Collapse || Ellenstedt, Germany || Wind Turbine || |- | 2002 || [[Buran (spacecraft)|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 || Rockford, Illinois, US || 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 || [[Silver Lake Dam (Michigan)|Silver Lake Dam]] failure || Marquette County, Michigan, US || [[Embankment dam]] || none |- | 2003 || [[Kinzua Bridge]] || Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, US || bridge || 0, 0 |- | 2003 || Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge || Latchford, Ontario, Canada || bridge || |- | 2003 || [[2003 Chicago balcony collapse]] || [[Chicago]], Illinois, US || balcony || 13 dead, 57 injured |- | 2003 || Schneebergerhof Vestas V80 Wind Turbine collapse || Gerbach, Germany || Wind Turbine || |- | 2004 || [[Big Bay Dam]] || Mississippi, US | dam || 0<ref name="yochum">{{cite journal|author1=Yochum, S.E. |author2=Goertz, L.A. |author3=Jones, P.H. |year=2008|title=The Big Bay Dam Failure: Accuracy and Comparison of Breach Predictions|journal=ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering|volume=134|number=9|pages=1285–1293|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:9(1285)}}</ref> |- | 2004 || [[Camará Dam]] || Brazil | dam || |- | 2004 || [[Charles de Gaulle Airport#Collapse of Terminal 2E|Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport]] || [[Roissy-en-France]], Val-d'Oise, France || || 4 dead, 3 injured |- | 2004 || Loncomilla Bridge || San Javier, Chile || bridge || |- | 2004 || [[Transvaal Park]] || Moscow, Russia || Water park || 28 killed |- | 2004 || [[Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge]] crane collapse || Connecticut, US || bridge-deconstruction crane || 1 killed |- | 2004 || Big Nickel Road Bridge || Sudbury, Ontario, Canada || bridge || |- | 2004 || Mungo Bridge || Cameroon || bridge || |- | 2004 || [[Peterborough Transmitter|Peterborough radio mast]] || Peterborough, Great Britain || || |- | 2004 || KFI Mast || Los Angeles, California, US || || |- | 2005 || [[Shakidor Dam]] || Pakistan | dam || 70 killed |- | 2005 || Margalla Towers || [[Islamabad]], Pakistan | Residential building || 78 killed, 100+ injured |- | 2005 || [[Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station#Upper reservoir breached|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 || [[Gerrards Cross Tunnel]] || Gerrards Cross, Great Britain || || |- | 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 || 5 killed, 6 injured |- | 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 || |- | 2006 || [[Big Dig ceiling collapse]] || [[South Boston]], Massachusetts, US || Ceiling Tile || 1 killed, 1 injured |- | 2007 || [[Collapse of Jiujiang Bridge|Foshan bridge disaster]] || [[Foshan]], Guangdong, China || bridge || 8+ killed |- | 2007 || Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water || [[Wildwood Crest, New Jersey]], US || || 9 injured |- | 2007 || Sherman County Wind Turbine collapse [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/5324308] || Sherman County, Oregon, US || Wind Turbine || |- | 2007 || WACS-TV tower || Americus, Georgia, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 2007 || WSKY-DT Tower || Camden County, North Carolina, 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 || [[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#Analog broadcast tower collapse|WNEP-TV Tower]]|| [[Penobscot Knob]], Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 2007 || [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge|I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse]] || [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, US || bridge || 13 dead, 145 injured |- | 2007 || Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction || [[Hunan]], China || bridge || 50+ dead, ≈90+ injured |- | 2008 || [[Hornslet Wind Turbine Collapse]] || [[Hornslet]], Denmark || Wind turbine || |- | 2008 || [[303 East 51st Street#Crane collapse|303 East 51st Street crane collapse]] || [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[United States]] || Crane || 7 killed, 24 injured |- | 2007 || [[Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge]] || [[Cần Thơ]], [[Vietnam]] || bridge || |- | 2008 || Cedar Rapids Railway Bridge Collapse || Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US || bridge || |- | 2007 || Stobart Mill Wind Turbine Collapse [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7168275.stml]|| Stobart Mill, UK || Wind Turbine || |- | 2008 || [[KATV Tower]] || Redfield, Arkansas, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 2008 || Searsburg Wind Turbine Collapse [http://www.windaction.org/releases/18394] || Searsburg, New Hampshire, US || Wind Turbine || |- | 2008 || [[n:Stage collapse at Christian rock concert|Christian rock concert stage collapse]] || [[Abbotsford, British Columbia]], Canada ||Stage || |- | 2009 || Emmis Television Wichita Tower || Wichita, Kansas, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 2009 || Alona Wind Turbine Collapse [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926234335/http://www.windbyte.co.uk/safety.html] || Alona, New York, US || Wind Turbine || |- | 2009 || Fenner wind turbine collapse [http://www.windaction.org/pictures/24818] || Fenner, New York, US || Wind Turbine || |- | 2009 || [[Historical Archive of the City of Cologne#Collapse of the archive in 2009|Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse]] || [[Cologne]], Germany || || 2 killed |- | 2009 || Situ Gintung Dam || Tangerang, Indonesia || dam || |- | 2009 || [[Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7]] || [[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 || || At least 45 killed |- | 2009 || [[Big Valley Jamboree]] stage collapse || [[Camrose, Alberta]], Canada || Stage || 1 killed, 15+ injured |- | 2009 || Palma de Mallorca House Collapse || Palma de Mallorca, Spain || || |- | 2009 || [[Jaya Supermarket]] || [[Petaling Jaya]], Malaysia || || 7+ killed |- | 2009 || Kota Chambal Bridge Collapse || [[Kota District|Kota]], India || bridge || |} ===2010–present=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 2010 || Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road || [[Hong Kong]] || building || 4 dead |- | 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, Minnesota, US || Stadium roof || 0, 0 |- | 2010 || [[Ikeja City Mall]] || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || || |- | 2010 || Blacksburg High School Gymnasium || Blacksburg, VA, US || Gymnasium<ref>{{cite web|title=Blacksburg VA High School - Gymnasium Collapse | url=https://failures.wikispaces.com/Blacksburg+VA+High+School+-+Gymnasium+Collapse | date=13 February 2010}}</ref> || 0,0 |- | 2011 || [[Lift bridge]] Waddinxveen || [[Waddinxveen]], [[Netherlands]] || || |- | 2011 || [[WEAU]]-TV, [[WAXX]]-FM Tower || Fairchild, Wisconsin, US || Guyed mast || |- | 2011 || Kirtorf Wind Turbine collapse [http://nachrichten.t-online.de/hessen-spitze-von-windkraftanlage-abgebrochen/id_47307236/index] || [[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#2011|Ottawa Bluesfest]] stage collapse || [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada || Stage || 3 injured |- | 2011 || [[Indiana State Fair stage collapse]] || [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, US || Stage || 7 dead, 58 injured |- | 2011 || Pukkelpop stage collapse || Hasselt, Belgium || Stage || |- | 2011 || [[QAL]] scaffold collapse || [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia || scaffold || |- | 2011 || [[CTV Building|Canterbury Television building]] collapse || [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] || Commercial building || 115 dead, collapsed during [[2011 Christchurch earthquake|earthquake]] |- | 2012 || [[2012 Rio de Janeiro building collapses|Vieira Fazenda Office Block Collapses]] || [[Praça Floriano Peixoto|Praça Floriano]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] || Office Buildings ||17 dead |- | 2012 || [[Radiohead stage collapse]] || [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada || Stage || 1 dead, 3 injured |- | 2012 || [[Algo Centre Mall]] || [[Elliot Lake]], [[Ontario]], Canada || shopping mall || 2 dead, 22 injured |- | 2012 || [[Longwave transmitter Europe 1]], Mast 2 || [[Felsberg-Berus]], Germany || guyed radio mast || |- | 2013 || [[2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse|Building]] || [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania || Building under construction <ref>http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=858987</ref> || 3+ killed |- | 2013 || [[2013 Thane building collapse|Building]] || Thane, Mumbai || Building under construction <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/04/over-2-dozen-people-die-after-building-collapses-in-india | work=Fox News | title=45 dead, 50 injured in India building collapse | date=5 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/world-news/at-least-27-killed-in-mumbai-building-collapse-in-india/story-fndir2ev-1226613313218 | work=AP | title=India building collapse kills 72, survivor search called off | date=7 April 2013}}</ref> || 45 killed, 50 injured |- | 2013 || [[Rana Plaza]] || Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh || Commercial building<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/world/asia/bangladeshi-collapse-kills-many-garment-workers.html | work=The New York Times | title=Outrage Builds After Collapse in Bangladesh | date=25 April 2013}}</ref> || '''1100+ killed, 2500+ injured''' |- | 2013 || [[22nd and Market Building Collapse]] || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. || Building || 6 dead, 13 injured<ref>{{cite news | first = Chris | last = Boyette |author2=Lear, Justin | title = 6 dead in Philadelphia building collapse, 13 injured | date = June 5, 2013 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/us/pennsylvania-philadelphia-building-collapse/index.html | work = CNN | accessdate = 2013-06-06}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge#Penang Second Bridge ramp at Batu Maung interchange collapse|Penang Second Bridge]] || Penang Island, Malaysia || Bridge || 1 dead, 3 injured |- | 2013 || [[Row house]]s collapse 400 block of Daly Street || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] || Row houses || 8 injured<ref>{{cite web|title=8 Hurt, 1 Critically, After South Philly Row Homes Collapse|url=http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/22956400/building-collapse-reported-in-south-philly|publisher=myfoxphilly.com|accessdate=29 July 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801043638/http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/22956400/building-collapse-reported-in-south-philly|archivedate=1 August 2013|df=}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse]] || [[Skagit County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. || Bridge || 3 injured<ref>'Cars, people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses' by KOMO Staff & news services Pub: May 23, 2013; KOMOnews.com; http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Cars-bodies-in-Skagit-River-after-I-5-Bridge-collapse--208760201.html retvd 12 29 14</ref> |- | 2013 || Building under construction || [[Sao Paulo, Brazil]] || Building || At least 6 dead and 20 injured<ref>{{cite news|title=Six dead in Brazil building collapse|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/world/americas/brazil-building-collapse/index.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=27 August 2013|date=27 August 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[2013 Mumbai building collapse|Residential building]] || [[Mumbai, India]] || Building || At least 61 dead, 32 injured when a five-storey building [[pancake collapse]]d in the financial district.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-building-collapse-Death-toll-rises-to-61-rescue-operations-over/articleshow/23244883.cms | title=Mumbai building collapse: Death toll rises to 61; rescue operations 'over' | publisher=Times of India | date=29 September 2013 | accessdate=29 September 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || 22-storey residential building || [[Medellín|Medellin, Colombia]] || Residential building || 8 missing<ref>{{cite web|title=8 missing after Colombia building collapse|url=http://www.wesh.com/news/national-news/8-missing-after-Colombia-building-collapse/-/11788232/22415642/-/aqggq4z/-/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131013122439/http://www.wesh.com/news/national-news/8-missing-after-Colombia-building-collapse/-/11788232/22415642/-/aqggq4z/-/index.html?absolute=true|dead-url=yes|archive-date=13 October 2013|publisher=CNN|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[Riga supermarket roof collapse|Maxima superstore]] || [[Riga|Riga, Latvia]] || Commercial building || 54 dead<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25044427|title=Riga roof collapse: Six dead and others feared trapped|date=21 November 2013|work=BBC News|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || Apollo Theatre || [[London|London, UK]] || Theatre || 76 injured<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26689705|title=Apollo theatre collapse due to 'old' materials|date=24 March 2014|work=BBC News}}</ref> |- | 2014 || Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium || [[Gyeongju|Gyeongju, South Korea]] || Gymnasium || 10 dead, 124 injured<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26231628|title=S Korea building collapse: President calls for inquiry|date=18 February 2014|work=BBC News|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |- | 2014 || Croce de Papa Collapse || [[Cevo]], Italy || Guyed mast (inclined) || 1 dead |- | 2014 || Vilémov Bridge Collapse || [[Vilémov (Havlíčkův Brod District)|Vilémov]], Czechia || Bridge || 4 dead ([[:cs:Zřícení silničního mostu ve Vilémově|cs]]) |- | 2014 || [[2014 Synagogue Church building collapse]] || [[Lagos]], Nigeria ||building||At least 44 dead, and 130 rescued from the wreckage<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/14/world/africa/nigeria-church-collapse/index.html|title=At least 44 dead in Nigeria church building collapse – CNN.com|last=CNN|first=By Aminu Abubakar|website=CNN|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> |- | 2015 || Rekowo Radio Mast || Rekowo || guyed mast || [http://radiopolska.pl/blog/2015/01/rekowo-48-godzin-po-katastrofie#lightbox&#91;art&#93;/3/] |- | 2015 || Apartment building || New York || Building || 12 injured{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} |- | 2015 || Ivanovo Power Plant, Cooling Tower 4 || Ivanovo, Russia || Cooling tower || [http://operby.com/na-ivanovskoj-tec-3-obrushilas-gradirnya.html] |- | 2015 || Thumper Pond Resort || Ottertail, Minnesota || Indoor waterpark || 0 injured<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.startribune.com/entire-roof-collapses-at-ottertail-minn-water-park-no-one-injured/299897831/|title='Entire roof' collapses at Ottertail, Minn. water park; no one injured|date=15 April 2015|work=Star Tribune|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 2015 || [[2015 Omsk building collapse|Military training center barracks]] || [[Omsk]], [[Russia]] || building || 23 dead <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11735349/18-killed-in-Russian-military-barrack-collapse-in-Siberia.html|title='23 killed in Russian military barracks collapse in Siberia'|date=13 July 2015|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 July 2015}}</ref> |- | 2015 || I-10 bridge collapse || [[Desert Center, California]] || bridge || 1 injury<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-freeway-bridge-collapses-during-heavy-rains_55ac919de4b0d2ded39f4bc7|title=California Freeway Bridge Collapses During Heavy Rains|date=July 20, 2015|first1=Andrew|last1=Dalton|first2=Tami|last2=Abdollah|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> |- | 2015 || [[Mecca crane collapse]] || [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]] || Crane || 118 killed, 394 injured |- | 2015 || Queen Juliana bridge crane collapse|| [[Alphen aan den Rijn]], [[Netherlands]] || 2 Cranes on pontoons || No injuries <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2050224-kraanongeluk-alphen-een-reconstructie-in-beeld.html|title=Kraanongeluk Alphen een reconstructie in beeld|date=3 August 2015|work=NOS|accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref> |- | 2015 || [[Dharahara]] (earthquake, 25 May))|| [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] || 19th century Tower || 200 fatalities |- | 2015 || Vestas V112 Wind turbine || [[Lemnhult]], [[Sweden]] || Wind turbine || |- | 2016 || Altenbeken-Buke E66 Wind turbine machine house fall || [[Altenbeken]], [[Germany]] || Wind turbine || |- | 2016 || [[Weiguan Jinlong]] (earthquake, Feb 6))|| [[Tainan]], [[Taiwan]] || Residential Building || 114 fatalities<ref>[[2016 Taiwan earthquake]]</ref> |- | 2016 || [[2016 Lagos building collapse]] || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || Building under construction || |- | 2016 || [[Kolkata flyover collapse|Vivekananda Flyover Bridge]] || [[Kolkata]], India || Flyover Bridge ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-highway-overpass-collapse-in-kolkata-leaves-dead-injured/|title=Frantic search for missing after India overpass collapse|publisher=|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> |- | 2016 || Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre, [[City University of Hong Kong]] || [[Kowloon Tong]], [[Hong Kong]] || Roof collapse || 3 injured<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cheng|first1=Kris|last2=Cheung|first2=Karen|title=Roof collapses at City University sports centre, three injured|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/20/breaking-roof-collapses-at-cityu-at-least-three-injured/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=20 May 2016}}</ref> |- | 2016 || [[Fengcheng power station collapse]] || [[Fengcheng, Jiangxi|Fengcheng]], [[Jiangxi]], [[China]] || Cooling tower under construction || 74 deaths, 2 injuries<ref name="WSJ1">{{cite web|last1=Wong|first1=Chun Han|title=Scaffolding Collapse at China Power Plant Kills Dozens|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/scaffolding-collapse-at-china-power-plant-kills-more-than-40-1479972155|website=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref> |- |2016 |[[Uyo church collapse|Uyo Church collapse]] |[[Uyo]], [[Nigeria]] |Church |60 deaths <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/church-collapses-nigeria-uyo-killing-scores-161211041437146.html|title=Church collapses in Uyo, killing dozens of Nigerians|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref> |- | 2017 || Česká Třebová Sport Hall Collapse || [[Česká Třebová]], Czechia || Hall || |- | 2017 || [[Plasco Building|Plasco Building collapse]] || [[Tehran]], Iran || shopping mall || 21 deaths, 16 firefighters and 5 civilians |- | 2017 || Troja Pedestrian Bridge collapse || [[Prague]], Czechia || bridge || |- | 2017 || [[Eindhoven Airport]] parking garage collapse <ref>{{cite web |title=Deel nieuwe parkeergarage Eindhoven Airport ingestort, geen gewonden |language=nl |trans-title=Share new parking garage Eindhoven Airport collapsed, no injuries |url=https://www.ed.nl/binnenland/deel-nieuwe-parkeergarage-eindhoven-airport-ingestort-geen-gewonden~a831ba49/ |website=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=27 May 2017 |accessdate=12 January 2018}}</ref>|| [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands || Building under construction | |- |2017 |Highway overpass collapse during maintenance works<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_agosto_02/crollo-cavalcavia-a14-operai-avevano-segnalato-crepe-4a9f5754-770f-11e7-891a-91d906aac00b.shtml|title=Corriere.it – Crollo del cavalcavia sulla A14, gli operai avevano segnalato le crepe|access-date=2018-06-21}}</ref> |[[Camerano]], [[Italy]] |Highway overpass |2 deaths, 3 injuries <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/03/09/news/crolla_ponte_castelfidardo_autostrada-160138898|title=Repubblica.it - A14, crolla ponte a Camerano: 2 morti e 3 feriti. Sindaco Castelfidardo: Lavori con autostrada aperta|access-date=2018-06-21}}</ref> |- | 2018 || Merriweather Post Pavilion collapse || [[Columbia, Maryland]], USA || pavilion || [https://archpaper.com/2018/01/roof-frank-gehry-concert-venue-collapses-maryland/] |- |2018 |[[Indonesia Stock Exchange]] floor collapse<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f49_1516035699|title=LiveLeak.com – Nearly 80 injured in floor collapse at Indonesia stock exchange.|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref> |[[Jakarta, Indonesia]] |Suspended walkway |72 injuries<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-15/indonesia-stock-exchange-floor-collapses/9330672|title=72 people injured after floor collapses at Indonesia Stock Exchange|date=2018-01-15|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-01-15|language=en-AU}}</ref> |- |2018 |[[Chirajara bridge collapse]] |[[Chirajara]], [[Colombia]]<br>{{small|(100 km southeast of [[Bogotá]])}} |Partially constructed motorway Bridge |At least 9 deaths, 5 injuries<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42701262|title=Colombia motorway bridge collapses|date=2018-01-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |2018 |[[Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse]] |[[Miami, Florida]], USA |Walkway |At least 6 deaths, 9 injuries<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/miami-bridge-collapse/index.html|title=At least four dead in pedestrian bridge collapse at university in Miami, authorities say|last=CNN|first=Dakin Andone and Steve Almasy,|work=CNN|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> |- |2018 |[[Kundal Shahi bridge collapse]] |[[Kundal Shahi (village)|Kundal Shahi]], [[Azad Kashmir]], Pakistan |Walkway |At least 12 deaths, 11 injured, missing unknown.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://khybernews.tv/neelum-valley-bridge-collapse-incident-death-toll-reaches-12/|title=Neelum Valley bridge collapse incident death toll reaches 12 – Khyber News -Official Website|date=2018-05-14|work=Khyber News -Official Website|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5723863/At-five-students-killed-bridge-collapses-Kashmir.html|title=At least five students killed as bridge collapses in Kashmir|work=Mail Online|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref> |- |2018 |Zhejiang bridge collapse |[[Zhejiang]], China |Bridge |8 dead, 3 injured.<ref>[http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/28/c_137352764.htm 8 dead, 3 injured in lounge bridge collapse]</ref> |- |2018 |[[Ponte Morandi]] collapse |[[Genoa]], Italy |Highway bridge |43 |- |2018 |[[San Giuseppe dei Falegnami]] collapse |[[Rome]], Italy |Church |0 |- |2018 |[[Marseille Building Collapse]] |[[Marseille]], France |Commercial Building |8 |- |2018 |[[2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse]] |[[Magnitogorsk]], Russia |Apartment building |39 deaths, 5 injured |} ==Transportation== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Casualties |- | 1865 || [[Sultana (steamboat)|Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion]] || [[Memphis, Tennessee]], US || (estimated) 1192 dead |- | 1882 || [[Inverythan rail accident]] || [[Fyvie]], Aberdeenshire, UK || 8 dead |- | 1891 || [[Norwood junction rail accident]] || London, UK || 0 |- | 1954 || [[BOAC Flight 781]], [[de Havilland Comet]] || [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Elba]] || 35 dead (all) |- | 1954 || [[South African Airways Flight 201]], [[de Havilland Comet]] || Mediterranean between [[Naples]]/[[Stromboli]] || 21 dead (all) |- | 1966 || [[BOAC Flight 911]], [[Boeing 707]] || Near [[Mount Fuji]], Japan || 124 dead (all) |- | 1970 || [[Apollo 13]], [[Apollo Command/Service Module#Service Module (SM)|Apollo Service Module]] || [[Trans Lunar Injection|Lunar transfer orbit]], about 321,860&nbsp;km Earth altitude, [[Outer Space Treaty|in international territory]] || 0 |- | 1979 || [[American Airlines Flight 191]], [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] || [[O'Hare International Airport]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], US || 273 dead (all on board, 2 on the ground) |- | 1985 || [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Mount Takamagahara]] in [[Gunma Prefecture]], Japan || 520 dead, 4 injured |- | 1986 || [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]] || [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]], US || 7 dead (all) |- | 1988 || [[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]], [[Boeing 737]] || [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Kahului, Hawaii]], US || 1 dead, 65 injured |- | 1989 || [[United Airlines Flight 811]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Pacific Ocean]] off Honolulu, Hawaii, US || 9 dead, 38 injured |- | 1996 || [[TWA Flight 800]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Atlantic Ocean]] near [[East Moriches, New York]], US || 230 dead (all) |- | 2002 || [[China Airlines Flight 611]], [[Boeing 747]] || over the [[Penghu Islands]], Taiwan || 225 dead (all) |- || | 2003 || [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]] || over [[Texas]], US || 7 dead (all) |- | 2011 || Sinking of the Russian ship [[Bulgaria (ship)|Bulgaria]] || [[Kuybyshev Reservoir]], Russia || 122 dead |- | 2014 || [[Sinking of MV Sewol]] || near [[Jindo County]], South Korea || 306 dead |} ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://io9.com/these-are-some-of-the-worst-architectural-disasters-in-512561209 These Are Some Of The Worst Architectural Disasters in History] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226113402/http://www.bradyheywood.com.au/uploads/138.pdf Near-misses and failure part 1] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226113901/http://www.bradyheywood.com.au/uploads/140.pdf Near-misses and failure part 2] *[http://courses.washington.edu/msim589/sp12/readings/How%20to%20Avoid%20Catastrophe.pdf How to Avoid Catastrophe] {{Disasters}} [[Category:Collapsed buildings and structures|*]] [[Category:Building collapses|*]] [[Category:Engineering failures]] [[Category:History of structural engineering]] [[Category:Lists of disasters]]'