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'{{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.This won’t happen again if we all just try to help. Poop btw Lol {{Expand list|date=September 2009}} ==Buildings and other fixed man-made structures== ===Antiquity to Middle Ages=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 226 BC || [[Colossus of Rhodes]] || [[Rhodes (city)|City of Rhodes]], [[Rhodes|Island of Rhodes]] (now part of [[Greece]]) | Statue || |- | 27 || [[Fidenae amphitheatre collapse]] || [[Fidenae]], [[Italia]], [[Roman Empire]] | [[:Category:Amphitheaters|Amphitheatre]] || +20,000 killed |- | ca. 27–30 || [[Tower of Siloam]] || [[Jerusalem]], [[Judea (Roman province)|Judea]], Roman Empire (now part of [[Israel]]) | [[:Category:Towers|tower]] || 18 killed |- | 140 || Upper tier collapse of the [[Circus Maximus]] ||[[Rome]], Italia, Roman Empire | Amphitheatre<!--WA CATEGORIZES "Coliseum" AS Category:Amphitheares in Rome--> || ~13,000 killed |- | 558 || Dome of [[Hagia Sophia]] || [[Constantinople]], [[Byzantine Empire]] (now part of [[Turkey]]) | [[Church (building)|Church]]<!-- {{illm|Church (building)|Category|Lists of church buildings}} WIKIPEDIA CATEGORIZES cathedrals AS CHURCHES--> || |- |1275 |[[Sint Servaasbrug|St. Servatius Bridge]] |[[Maastricht]], [[Netherlands]] |Bridge |~400 killed |- | 1284 || Choir of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] ||[[Beauvais]], [[Kingdom of France|France]] | Church || |- | 1303 || [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]] || [[Alexandria]], [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate]] (now part of [[Egypt]]) | [[:Category:Towers|Tower]] || |- | 1322 || [[Ely Cathedral]] Tower Collapse ||[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Kingdom of England|England]] | Church || |- | 1382 || Bell tower of [[St. Mary's church, Stralsund]] ||[[Stralsund]], [[Duchy of Pomerania]], [[Hanseatic League]] (now part of [[Germany]]) | Church || |- | 1444 || [[Rialto Bridge]] ||[[Venice]], [[Republic of Venice]] | Bridge || |- | 1500 || [[Malmesbury Abbey]] ||[[Malmesbury]], [[Wiltshire]], England | Church || |- | 1529 || St. Elisabeth's Church, Breslau ||[[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Silesia]], [[Habsburg Monarchy|Hapsburg lands]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] | Church || |- | 1549 || [[Lincoln Cathedral]] ||[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], [[Lincolnshire]], England | Church || |- | 1573 || Tower of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] || Beauvais, France | Church || |- | 1577 || [[Martinikerk (Groningen)]] ||[[Groningen]], free city; now part of The Netherlands | Church || |} ===17th–19th centuries=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 1625 || Tower of [[St. Olaf's church, Tallinn]] ||[[Tallinn]], [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] (now in Estonia) | Church || |- | 1647 || Tower of [[St. Mary's church, Stralsund|St.-Marien-Kirche]] || Stralsund, [[Duchy of Pomerania]] (now in Germany) | Church || |- | 1661 || Tower of [[Reinoldikirche]] ||[[Dortmund]], Hanseatic League (now in Germany) | 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 [[St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht|Dom Church]] ||[[Utrecht]], The Netherlands | Church || |- | 1697 || Tower of St. Michael's Church, Klausenburg ||[[Cluj-Napoca|Klausenburg]], [[Habsburg Monarchy]] (now in Romania) | Church || |- | c. 1715 || [[Marsalforn Tower]] || [[Xagħra]], [[Gozo]], [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]] | Tower || |- | 1721 || [[St. Peter's Church, Riga]] || Riga, [[Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia|Sweden/Russia]], now in Latvia | Church || |- | 1754 || Church tower ||[[Willstätt]], [[Margraviate of Baden|Baden]], (now part of Baden, Germany) | Church || |- | 1763 || Tower of St. Michael's Church || Klausenburg, [[Habsburg Monarchy]] (now in Romania) | Church || |- | 1777 || Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene ||[[Poznań|Posen]], [[Prussia]] | Church || |- | 1831 || [[Broughton Suspension Bridge]] ||[[Broughton, Salford|Broughton]], [[Greater Manchester]], England, [[United Kingdom]] | Bridge || 0 killed, 20 injured |- | 1845 || Yarmouth Bridge ||[[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]], England, UK | Bridge || 79 killed |- | 1847 || [[Dee bridge disaster]] || [[Chester]], England, UK | Bridge || 5 killed, 9 injured |- | 1850 || [[Angers Bridge]] ||[[Angers]], Maine-et-Loire, France | Bridge || 226 killed |- | 1860 || [[Pemberton Mill]] ||[[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] | || ~145 killed, ~166 injured |- | 1860 || [[Wootton bridge collapse]] ||[[Wootton, Isle of Wight|Wootton]], Isle of Wight, England, UK | Bridge || 2 killed |- | 1860 || [[Bull bridge accident]] ||[[Ambergate]], [[Derbyshire]], England UK || Bridge || |- | 1861 || [[Chichester Cathedral]] Spire Collapse ||[[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], UK | Church || |- | 1864 || [[Dale Dike Reservoir]] ||[[South Yorkshire]], England, United Kingdom | Dam || +240 killed<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 |url-status=dead |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}}</ref> |- | 1868 || [[Saint Peter's Church, Fritzlar]] Spire Collapse ||[[Fritzlar]], [[Hesse]], Prussia, [[North German Confederation]] | Church || 21 killed, 31 injured |- | 1875 || [http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/bridge.html Portage Bridge] || [[Portage (town), New York|Town of Portage, New York]], US | Bridge || |- | 1876 || [[Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster]] ||[[Ashtabula, Ohio|Ashtabula]], [[Ohio]], US || || 92 killed, 64 injured |- | 1879 || [[Tay Bridge disaster]] || [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]], UK | Bridge || ~75 killed, With 60 Known |- | 1887 || [[Forest Hills disaster|Bussey bridge disaster]] || [[Boston]], Massachusetts, US | Bridge || 38 killed, 40 injured |- | 1889 || [[South Fork Dam]] || [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], US | Dam || 2,209 killed |- | 1890 || [https://archive.is/20130410174859/http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48987 Walnut Grove Dam] ||[[Wickenburg, Arizona|Wickenburg]], [[Arizona Territory]], US | Dam || 100–150 killed |- | 1891 || [[Munchenstein rail disaster]] ||[[Münchenstein|Munchenstein]], [[Canton of Basel-Landschaft|Basel-Landschaft]], [[Switzerland]]|| Bridge || 73 killed, 171 injured |- | 1896 || [[Point Ellice Bridge]] ||[[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]|| Bridge || 55 killed |} ===1900s–1950s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 1901 || Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts ||[[Poldhu]], [[Cornwall]], England, UK | Guyed masts || |- | 1901 || Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts ||[[Wellfleet, Massachusetts|South Wellfleet]], [[Massachusetts]], US | Guyed masts || |- | 1902 || [[St. Mark's Campanile]] || [[Venice]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]|| || |- | 1902 || [[1902 Ibrox disaster|Ibrox disaster]] ||[[Glasgow]], Scotland, United Kingdom || Stadium ||25 killed, 500+ injured |- | 1904 || [[Eden train wreck|Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse]] || Eden, Colorado, US | Bridge || 111 killed |- | 1905 || [[Egyptian Bridge]] ||[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] | Bridge || |- | 1905 || [[Grover Shoe Factory disaster|Grover Shoe Factory]] ||[[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]], [[Massachusetts]], US | Factory || 58 killed, 150 injured |- | 1906 || [[National Electric Signaling Company]] mast ||[[Machrihanish]], Scotland | Guyed mast || |- | 1907 || [[Quebec Bridge]] || [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], Canada | Bridge || 75 killed, 11 injured |- | 1908 || Görlitz City Hall || [[Görlitz]], [[German Empire|Germany]] | hall || |- | 1912 || Mast of [[Nauen Transmitter Station|Großfunkstelle Nauen]] ||[[Nauen]], Germany || Radio tower || |- | 1915 || [[Division Street Bridge (Spokane)|Division Street Bridge]] ||[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], US | Bridge || 5 killed, 12 injured |- | 1916 || Desse Dam || Dessendorf, [[Austria-Hungary]] | Dam || |- | 1916 || [[Quebec Bridge]] || [[Quebec City]], Canada | Bridge || 13 killed |- | 1919 || [[Boston Molasses Disaster|Molasses Tank]] ||[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], US ||Tank || 21 killed, 150 injured |- | 1925 || Three masts of [[Norddeich radio station|Norddeich Transmitting Station]] ||[[Norddeich (Norden)|Norddeich]], Germany || Radio tower || |- | 1925 || Llyn Eigiau dam, Coedty reservoir dam ||[[Dolgarrog]], [[North Wales]], UK | Dam || |- | 1927 || Western mast of [[Deutschlandsender Zeesen]] ||[[Zeesen]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]|| Guyed mast || |- | 1928 || [[St. Francis Dam]] ||[[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]], [[California]], US | Dam || ~600 killed<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|Riverview]], [[Michigan]], U.S.|| 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-Occidental|Kasai]], [[Belgian Congo]] (now in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) | Bridge || |- | 1938 || Kugaiza Cinema || [[Tokamachi, Niigata]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] | Cinema building || 69 killed (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|Niagara Falls]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US | Bridge || |- | 1938 || Liechtenstein-Haberfeld transmitter || Haberfeld, Liechtenstein || Radio tower || |- | 1939 ||[[Sandö Bridge]]||[[Kramfors]], [[Ångermanland]], [[Sweden]] | Bridge || 18 killed |- | 1939 || Collapse of [[Utbremen Radio Tower]] ||[[Bremen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]|| Radio tower || |- | 1940 || [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)|First Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]], US | Bridge || |- | 1940 || [[Theodor Heuss Bridge (Frankenthal)|Theodor Heuss Bridge]] ||[[Ludwigshafen]], Germany | Bridge || |- | 1940 || Collapse of Tower West of Fécamp Radio Normandie Transmitter ||[[Fécamp]], [[French Third Republic|France]]|| Radio tower || |- | 1942 || Chesapeake City Bridge ||[[Chesapeake City, Maryland|Chesapeake City]], [[Maryland]], US | Bridge || |- | 1945 || [[Deutz Suspension Bridge|Hindenburgbrücke]] ||[[Cologne]], Germany | Bridge || Unknown |- | 1945 || [[Ludendorff Bridge|Ludendorffbrücke]] ||[[Remagen]], Germany | Bridge || ~18–33 killed, ~63–93 injured |- | 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 killed |- | 1949 || Collapse of [[Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt|Hamburg-Billstadt Radio Mast]] ||[[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]]|| Radio tower || |- | 1951 || Duplessis bridge collapse || Quebec, Canada | Bridge || 4 killed |- | 1953 || Tangiwai Bridge, [[Tangiwai disaster]] ||[[Tangiwai]], [[New Zealand]] | Bridge || 151 killed |- | 1953 || Augusta Radio Mast ||[[Augusta, Michigan]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1957 || [[Lewisham rail crash|Rail bridge near St Johns station]] ||[[Lewisham]], [[London]], UK || Bridge || 90 killed, 173 injured |- | 1958 || [[Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing|Second Narrows Bridge]] ||[[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada || Bridge || 19 killed |- | 1958 || [[LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach]] ||[[Carolina Beach, North Carolina|Carolina Beach]], [[North Carolina]], US || Radio tower || |- | 1958 || Collapse of [[Ochsenkopf TV Tower|Sender Ochsenkopf]] || [[Ochsenkopf (Fichtelgebirge)|Ochsenkopf]], Germany || Guyed mast || |- | 1959 || Vega de Tera ||[[Ribadelago]], [[Francoist Spain|Spain]]|| Dam || 144 killed |- | 1959 || [[Malpasset]] ||[[French Riviera|Côte d'Azur]], [[France]]|| Dam || 423 killed |} ===1960s–1970s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 1960 || [[KOBR-TV Tower]] ||[[Caprock, New Mexico|Caprock]], [[New Mexico]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1962 || [[LORAN-C transmitter Ejde]] ||[[Eiði|Ejde]], [[Faroe Islands]], [[Denmark]]|| Radio tower || |- | 1962 || [[King Street Bridge (Melbourne)]] ||[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]|| Bridge || |- | 1962 || KGW Tower ||[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], US || Radio tower || |- | 1963 || [[Beaver Dam Bridge]] ||[[Murdochville, Quebec]], Canada || Bridge || 6 killed |- | 1963 || [[Vajont Dam]] ||[[Friuli Venezia Giulia]], [[Italy]]|| Dam || ~1,900–2,500 killed |- | 1963 || [[Baldwin Hills Reservoir]] ||[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], US || Dam || 5 killed |- | 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|Mount Burr]], [[South Australia]]|| Radio tower || |- | 1965 || [[Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter|Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse]] || [[Iwo Jima]], [[Ogasawara Subprefecture]] Japan || Radio tower || 6 killed |- | 1966 || [[Heron Road Bridge]] ||[[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada || Bridge || 9 killed, 60+ injured |- | 1966 || Heiligenstedten Bascule Bridge ||[[Heiligenstedten]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]], West Germany || Bridge || |- | 1966 || WLBT TV Tower ||[[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]], [[Mississippi]], US || TV mast / tower || |- | 1967 || [[Queen Juliana Bridge]] ||[[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]|| Bridge || 15 killed |- | 1967 || [[Waltham transmitting station]] ||[[Walthamstow|Waltham]], UK || Guyed mast || |- | 1967 || [[Silver Bridge]] || [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]], US || Bridge || 46 killed |- | 1968 || [[Ronan Point]] collapse || London, UK || High rise || 4 killed, 17 injured |- | 1968 || [[KELO TV Tower]] ||[[Rowena, South Dakota|Rowena]], [[South Dakota]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1968 || WAEO Tower ||[[Starks, Wisconsin|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 killed, 18 injured |- | 1970 || [[Britannia Bridge]] ||[[Menai Strait]], Wales, UK || Bridge || |- | 1970 || [[Cleddau Bridge]] || Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK || Bridge || 4 killed, 5 injured |- | 1971 || [[2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse]] || Boston, Massachusetts, US || Condominium building under construction || 4 killed, 30 injured |- | 1971 || KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers || Portland, Oregon, US || Guyed mast || |- | 1971 || Südbrücke (South Bridge) ||[[Koblenz]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], West Germany || Bridge under construction || 13 killed |- | 1971 || [[1971 Certej dam failure]] ||[[Certeju de Sus]], [[Hunedoara County]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]|| Dam || 89 killed, 76 injured |- | 1972 || [[Buffalo Creek Flood]] ||[[West Virginia]], US || Dam || 125 killed, 1,121 injured |- | 1972 || [[Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)|Mittelturm]] || [[Königs Wusterhausen]], Germany || Lattice tower || |- | 1973 || Bithlo TV Mast Collapse ||[[Bithlo, Florida|Bithlo]], [[Florida]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1973 || [[Broadway Central Hotel]], [[Mercer Arts Center]] || New York, NY, US || Hotel and theaters || 4 killed, At Least 12 injured |- | 1974 || Makahali River bridge ||[[Khalanga, Baitadi|Baitadi]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]|| Bridge || 140 killed |- | 1975 || [[KELO TV Tower]] || Rowena, South Dakota, US || Guyed mast || |- | 1975 || [[Banqiao Dam|Banqiao]] and Shimantan Dams || [[Zhumadian]], [[Henan]], [[China]]|| Dam ||~85,600 to 240,000 killed |- | 1976 || [[Teton Dam]] || Idaho, US || Mud dam || 11 killed |- | 1976 || [[Burg AM transmitter|Sendeanlage Burg SL-3]] || [[Burg bei Magdeburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], West Germany || Guyed mast || |- | 1976 || [[Reichsbrücke]] ||[[Vienna]], [[Austria]]|| Bridge || 1 killed |- | 1976 || [[Pic de Nore transmitter]] ||[[Pic de Nore]], France || Guyed mast || |- | 1977 || KSLA-TV Tower ||[[Mooringsport, Louisiana|Mooringsport]], [[Louisiana]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1977 || [[Kelly Barnes Dam]] || Georgia, US || Dam || 39 killed |- | 1978 || Nebraska Education Tower Angora || Angora, Nebraska, US || Guyed mast || |- | 1978 || WJJY TV Mast ||[[Bluffs, Illinois|Bluffs]], [[Illinois]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1978 || WAND-TV Tower ||[[Decatur, Illinois]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1978 || CKVR Television Tower ||[[Barrie|Barrie, Ontario]], Canada || Guyed mast || |- | 1978 || [[Hartford Civic Center]] || [[Hartford, Connecticut]], US || Arena || |- | 1978 || [[Sender Zehlendorf]] || [[Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg]], Germany || Guyed mast || |- | 1978 || [[Willow Island disaster|Willow Island Cooling Tower]] ||[[Willow Island, West Virginia|Willow Island]], West Virginia, US || Cooling tower under construction || 51 killed |- | 1979 || [[Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]], US || Stadium || |- | 1979 || [[Vysílač Krašov|Sender Krasch]] || Bernklau, [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]] (now part of [[Czech Republic]]) || Guyed mast || |- | 1979 || [[Blåbärskullen transmitter]] || Sunne, Sweden || Pinnacle of Guyed mast || |} ===1980s–1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 1980 || [[Almö Bridge]] || [[Stenungsund]], Sweden || Bridge || 8 killed |- | 1980 || [[Corralejas stadium collapse]] || [[Sincelejo]], [[Sucre Department|Sucre]], [[Colombia]]|| Stadium || +200 killed |- | 1980 || Hayakawa wire bridge ||[[Saito, Miyazaki|Saito]], [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]], Japan || Bridge (Suspension) || 7 killed |- | 1980 || LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen ||[[Jan Mayen]], [[Norway]]|| Guyed mast || |- | 1981 || [[Hyatt Regency walkway collapse]] ||[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], US || Walkway || 114 killed, 216 injured |- | 1981 || Chimney of [[Matla Power Station]] ||[[Mpumalanga]], [[South Africa]]|| Chimney || 4 killed |- | 1982 || [[Aviamotornaya (Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line)|Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse]] ||[[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|| Escalator || At Least 8 killed, At Least 30 injured |- | 1982 || [[Lawn Lake Dam]] ||[[Rocky Mountain National Park]], Colorado, US || Dam || 3 killed |- | 1982 || [[Tous, Valencia|Tous Dam]] ||[[Valencia]], [[Spain]]|| Dam || +30 killed Or injured |- | 1982 || [[Senior Road Tower|Senior Road Tower Collapse]] || [[Missouri City, Texas]], US || Guyed mast || 5 killed |- | 1982 || [[Sophia Gardens Pavilion]] ||[[Cardiff]], Wales, UK || Concert hall || |- | 1982 || WCIQ Tower ||[[Cheaha Mountain|Mount Cheaha]], [[Alabama]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1983 || [[Mianus River Bridge]] ||[[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]], [[Connecticut]], US || Bridge || 3 killed, 3 injured |- | 1983 || [[CKX-TV Craig Television Tower]] ||[[Souris, Manitoba|Souris]], [[Manitoba]], Canada || Guyed mast || |- | 1983 || [[Transmitter Wavre|Wavre TV Mast]] ||[[Wavre]], [[Belgium]]|| Guyed mast || |- | 1983 || KWWL-TV Mast ||[[Rowley, Iowa|Rowley]], [[Iowa]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1985 || [[Istra Dome]] || Russian SFSR, Soviet Union || Dome || [http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_lear/02files/Strange_Towers_in_a_Russian_Forest.html] |- | 1985 || [[Val di Stava Dam collapse]] || Italy || Dam || 268 killed |- | 1985 || [[Sender Bielstein]] ||[[Bielstein]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], West Germany || Guyed mast || |- | 1986 || [[Hotel New World Disaster]] || [[Little India, Singapore|Little India]] near [[Serangoon Road]], [[Singapore]]|| Hotel || 33 killed, 17 injured |- | 1987 || [[L'Ambiance Plaza]] collapse || [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], US || Residential tower || 28 killed |- | 1987 || Turów Power Plant || [[Bogatynia]], [[Lower Silesian Voivodeship]], [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]]|| Cooling tower || |- | 1987 || [[Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse]] ||[[Fort Hunter, New York]], US || Bridge || 10 killed |- | 1988 || [[1988 Armenian earthquake|Dzhrashen School]] (earthquake) || [[Spitak]], [[Armenia]] || Elementary school || 400 killed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/picture/show/120|title=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG-Natural Hazards Images|last=Heather.McCullough|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|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 1988 || [[Multrå transmitter]] ||[[Sollefteå]], Sweden || Pinnacle of Guyed mast || |- | 1988 || Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) ||[[Aschaffenburg]], [[Bavaria]], West Germany || Bridge under construction || 1 killed |- | 1988 || [[Station Square collapse]] (Save-On-Foods collapse)||[[Burnaby|Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada|| Rooftop parking structure || 21 injured |- | 1988 || Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge ||[[Butterworth, Seberang Perai|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 killed |- | 1989 || [[Civic Tower (Pavia)|Civic Tower]] || Italy || Tower || 4 killed, 15 injured |- | 1989 || WRAL-TV & WPTF-TV towers ||[[Auburn, North Carolina]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 1989 || [[Cypress Street Viaduct]] || [[Oakland, California]], US || Bridge || 42 killed |- | 1991 || [[Astram Line]] steel bridge || [[Hiroshima]], Japan || Bridge || 15 killed |- | 1991 || [[Warsaw Radio Mast|Warsaw Radio Mast collapse]] || [[Gąbin]], Poland || Guyed mast (646 m) || |- | 1992 || [[Armand Césari Stadium disaster]] ||[[Bastia]], [[Haute-Corse]], France || Stadium || 18 killed, +2,300 injured |- | 1992 || WCIX TV Tower || Homestead (Miami), Florida, US || Guyed mast || |- | 1993 || LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan || Kargaburan, Turkey || Guyed mast || |- | 1993 || Tower of St. Maria Magdalena Church ||[[Goch]], North Rhine-Westphalia, [[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) || [[Selangor]], Malaysia || Residential tower || At Least 48 killed, Unknown injured |- | 1994 || Marja store collapse || [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]|| Commercial building || 5 killed |- | 1994 || [[Seongsu Bridge]] || [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]|| Bridge || 32 killed, 17 injured |- | 1995 || [[Cave Creek disaster]] || [[Paparoa National Park]], New Zealand || Viewing platform || 14 killed, 4 injured |- | 1995 || [[Sampoong Department Store collapse]] || [[Seoul]], South Korea || Commercial building || 502 killed, 1,445 injured |- | 1996 || WCOV-TV Tower || [[Montgomery, Alabama]], US || TV mast / tower || |- | 1996 || Baikong Railway bridge || [[Ruyuan County]], [[Guangdong]], China || Bridge || 29 killed |- | 1996 || Koror-Babeldaob Bridge ||[[Koror]] and [[Babeldaob]], [[Palau]]|| Bridge || 2 killed |- | 1996 || [[Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Walnut Street Bridge collapse]] || [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], US || Bridge || |- | 1997 || [[Opuha Dam]] || New Zealand || Dam || |- | 1997 || 2 masts of Grigoriopol transmitter ||[[Grigoriopol]], [[Transnistria autonomous territorial unit|Transnistria]], [[Moldova]]|| Guyed mast || |- | 1997 || [[Maccabiah bridge collapse]] ||[[Tel Aviv]], Israel || Bridge || 4 killed, 62 injured |- | 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 || |- | 1998 || [[Palace II (building)|Palace II collapse]] || [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil || Residential tower || 8 killed |- | 1998 || [[Knick-Ei]] || [[Halstenbek]], Germany || Sports hall || |- | 1999 || [[Stocznia Gdynia|Gdynia Shipyard]] crane crash || [[Gdynia]], [[Poland]]|| Crane || |- | 1999 || [[Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse]] || [[Foggia]], Italy || Building || 67 killed, 3 injured |- |1999 |[[1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse|Aggie Bonfire Collapse]] |[[College Station, Texas]], US |Bonfire | 12 killed, 27 injured |} ===2000–2009=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 2000 || [[2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill]] ||[[Baia Mare]], [[Romania]]||[[Embankment dam]] || |- | 2000 || [[Philadelphia Pier 34 Collapse|Pier Number 34 (Club Heat)]] || [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, US || Pier || 3 killed, dozens injured |- | 2000 || [[Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse]] over Highway 15 || [[Montréal]], Canada || Overpass || 1 killed, 2 injured |- | 2000 || WRMD-Tower || St. Petersburg, Florida, US || Mast || |- | 2000 || KXEO/KWWR-Tower ||[[Mexico, Missouri|Mexico]], Missouri, US || Mast || |- | 2000 || [[Hoan Bridge]] || [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, US || Bridge || |- | 2001 || Schouwburg Het Park || [[Hoorn]], Netherlands || Theater || |- | 2001 || [[Hintze Ribeiro disaster|Hintze Ribeiro Bridge]] || Entre-os-Rios, [[Castelo de Paiva]], [[Portugal]]|| Bridge || 59 killed |- | 2001 || [[Versailles wedding hall disaster|Versailles wedding hall collapse]] || [[Jerusalem]], Israel || Wedding hall ||23 killed, 380 injured |- | 2001 || [[Queen Isabella Causeway]] ||[[Port Isabel, Texas|Port Isabel]] and [[South Padre Island]], Texas, US || Bridge || 8 killed |- | 2001 || Angara transmitter, Northern Mast ||[[Angara River|Angara]], [[Russia]]|| Guyed mast || |- |2001|| [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)]] || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States of America]]|| Skyscraper || 2,998 killed || |- | 2001 || Kadalundi River rail bridge ||[[India]]|| Bridge || 57 killed |- | 2002 || Římov flood || [[Soběnov]], Czechia || || |- | 2002 || Ellenstedt Wind Turbine Collapse || Ellenstedt, Germany || Wind turbine || |- | 2002 || [[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran Hangar Collapse]] || [[Baikonur]], [[Kazakhstan]]/Russia || Hangar || 8 killed |- | 2002 || [[I-40 bridge disaster]] ||[[Webbers Falls, Oklahoma]], US || Bridge || 14 killed, 11 injured |- | 2002 || Rafiganj rail bridge || India || Bridge || |- | 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 || Guyed mast || |- | 2003 || [[Silver Lake Dam (Michigan)|Silver Lake Dam]] failure ||[[Marquette County, Michigan]], US || [[Embankment dam]] || |- | 2003 || [[Kinzua Bridge]] ||[[Kinzua Bridge State Park]], Pennsylvania, US || Bridge || |- | 2003 || Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge ||[[Latchford, Ontario]], Canada || Bridge || |- | 2003 || [[2003 Chicago balcony collapse]] || [[Chicago]], Illinois, US || Balcony || 13 killed, 57 injured |- | 2003 || Schneebergerhof Vestas V80 Wind Turbine collapse ||[[Gerbach]], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany || Wind turbine || |- | 2004 || [[Big Bay Dam]] || Mississippi, US | Dam || <ref name="yochum">{{cite journal|author1=Yochum, S.E. |author2=Goertz, L.A. |author3=Jones, P.H. |year=2008|title=Case Study of the Big Bay Dam Failure: Accuracy and Comparison of Breach Predictions|journal=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 || At least 3 killed |- | 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 || Airport Terminal || 4 killed, 3 injured |- | 2004 || Loncomilla Bridge ||[[San Javier, Chile|San Javier]], [[Chile]]|| Bridge || |- | 2004 || [[Transvaal Park]] || [[Moscow]], Russia || Water Park || 28 killed, 193 injured |- | 2004 || [[Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge]] crane collapse || Connecticut, US || Bridge-deconstruction Crane || 1 killed |- | 2004 || Big Nickel Road Bridge ||[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury, Ontario]], Canada || bridge || |- | 2004 || Mungo Bridge ||[[Cameroon]]|| Bridge || |- | 2004 || [[Peterborough Transmitter|Peterborough radio mast]] ||[[Peterborough]], Great Britain || Guyed mast || |- | 2004 || KFI Mast || Los Angeles, California, US || Guyed mast || |- | 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 || 0 killed, 5 injured |- | 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]], [[Buckinghamshire]], Great Britain || Tunnel || |- | 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 || Building || |- | 2005 || [[Sadaf Manzil]] ||[[Nagpada]], [[Mumbai]], India || Residential building || 11 killed, 24 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 || Market roof || 65 killed, 170 injured |- | 2006 || [[Basmanny market roof collapse]] || [[Moscow]], Russia || Market Roof || 66 killed, unknown injured |- | 2006 || [[2006 Lagos building collapses]] || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || Three buildings – one Residential, commercial and under construction, respectively || At least 28 killed, at least 86 injured |- | 2006 || [[Interstate 88 (New York)#2006 flood|Interstate 88 bridge collapse]] || [[Unadilla, New York]], US || Bridge || 2 killed<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-06-28-upstate-flooding_x.htm|title=Waters slowly recede, residents begin cleaning up|first=William |last=Kates|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 29, 2006|accessdate=October 30, 2007}}</ref> |- | 2006 || [[Big Dig ceiling collapse]] || [[South Boston]], Massachusetts, US || Ceiling tile || 1 killed, 1 injured |- | 2006 || [[De la Concorde Overpass collapse]] ||[[Montreal|Montréal]], Canada || Overpass || 5 killed, 6 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]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], Russia || Bridge || |- | 2006 || Nimule bridge collapse || Nimule, [[Kenya]]|| Bridge || |- | 2006 || Bhagalpur Pedestrian Bridge Collapse || [[Bhagalpur]], Bihar, India || Bridge || |- | 2006 || Eziama Bridge Collapse ||[[Eziama Obiato|Eziama]], [[Imo State]], [[Nigeria]]|| Bridge || |- | 2006 || KSPS-TV tower || [[Spokane, Washington]], US || TV mast/tower || |- | 2007 || Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water || [[Wildwood Crest, New Jersey]], US || Building || 0 killed, 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]], [[Telangana]], India || Bridge || |- | 2007 || Tuo River bridge ||[[Fenghuang County|Fenguan]], [[Sichuan]], China || Bridge || |- | 2007 || Harp Road bridge ||[[Oakville, Washington]], US || Bridge || |- | 2007 || [[MacArthur Maze]] ||[[Oakland, California]], US || Roadway || |- | 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]], [[Mountain Top, Pennsylvania|Mountaintop, Pennsylvania]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 2007 || [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge|I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse]] || [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, US || Bridge || 13 killed, 145 injured |- | 2007 || Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction || [[Hunan]], China || Bridge || 50+ killed, ~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 || +52–59 killed, +140–189 injured |- | 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 || Belyayevka || Russia || School || 5 [http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/panorama/schuleinsturz_lehrer_selbstmord_nach_schuelertod_2573.html]{{fv|date=August 2020}} |- | 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 || 0 killed, +40 injured |- | 2009 || Emmis Television Wichita Tower ||[[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]], US || Guyed mast || |- | 2009 || Alona Wind Turbine Collapse [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926234335/http://www.windbyte.co.uk/safety.html] ||[[Altona, New York|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]], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany || Building || 2 killed |- | 2009 || Situ Gintung Dam || Tangerang, Indonesia || Dam || |- | 2009 || [[Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7]] || [[Shanghai]], China || Residential building || 1 killed |- | 2009 || [[Broadmeadow viaduct]] ||[[Malahide]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]|| Bridge || |- | 2009 || [[Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium]] ||[[Terengganu]], Malaysia || Stadium || |- | 2009 || Rawicz Radio Tower [https://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/obiekt/472] || Rawicz, Poland || Lattice tower || |- | 2009 || [[2009 Korba chimney collapse]] || [[Korba, Chhattisgarh]], India || || At Least 45 killed, +7 injured |- | 2009 || [[Big Valley Jamboree]] stage collapse || [[Camrose, Alberta]], Canada || Stage || 1 killed, ~75 injured |- | 2009 || Palma de Mallorca House Collapse ||[[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Balearic Islands]], Spain || Building || |- | 2009 || [[Jaya Supermarket]] || [[Petaling Jaya]], Malaysia || Supermarket || 7 killed, unknown injured |- | 2009 || Kota Chambal Bridge Collapse || [[Kota District|Kota]], India || Bridge || |} ===2010–present=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:20%;"|Location !style="width:30%;"|Type !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 2010 || Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road || [[Hong Kong]] || Building || 4 killed |- | 2010 || [[Bab Berdieyinne mosque minaret collapse]] ||[[Meknes]], [[Fès-Meknès]], [[Morocco]]|| Religious building || |- | 2010 || [[Myllysilta]] (Mill Bridge) || [[Turku]], [[Southwest Finland]], [[Finland]]|| Bridge || |- | 2010 || [[Lalita Park building collapse]] || [[New Delhi]], India || Building || |- | 2010 || [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] roof collapse|| Minneapolis, Minnesota, US || Stadium roof || |- | 2010 || [[Ikeja City Mall]] || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || Mall || 5 injured |- | 2010 || Blacksburg High School Gymnasium ||[[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]], [[Virginia]], 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> || |- |2010 |Stadium Southland |[[Invercargill]], [[South Island]], New Zealand |Stadium Roof | |- | 2011 || [[Lift bridge]] Waddinxveen || [[Waddinxveen]], [[Netherlands]] || Bridge || |- | 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]], Hesse, Germany || Wind turbine || |- | 2011 || Enschede Stadium Roof Collapse ||[[Enschede]], [[Overijssel]], Netherlands || Stadium roof || |- | 2011 || Antenna mast of tower of [[Zendstation Smilde]] ||[[Hoogersmilde]], [[Drenthe]], Netherlands || Partially guyed tower || |- | 2011 || [[Ottawa Bluesfest#2011|Ottawa Bluesfest]] stage collapse || [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada || Stage || 0 killed, 3 injured |- | 2011 || [[Indiana State Fair stage collapse]] || [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, US || Stage || 7 killed, 58 injured |- | 2011 || [[Pukkelpop]] stage collapse ||[[Hasselt]], [[Flemish Community]], Belgium || Stage || |- | 2011 || [[QAL]] scaffold collapse || [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia || Scaffold || |- | 2011 || [[CTV Building|Canterbury Television building]] collapse || [[Christchurch]], South Island [[New Zealand]]|| Commercial building || 115 killed (collapsed during [[2011 Christchurch earthquake|earthquake]]) |- | 2011 || 17th Street Bridge walkway<ref name="11alive">{{cite news |first=John |last=Gerard |date=January 20, 2012 |url=http://midtown.11alive.com/news/news/98991-midtown-were-all-accountable-says-gdot-about-17th-street-canopy-collapse |title='We're all accountable' says GDOT about 17th Street canopy collapse |department=Midtown News |location=Atlanta |publisher=[[WXIA-TV]] |access-date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> || [[Atlanta, Georgia]], US || Walkway structure || |- | 2012 || [[2012 Rio de Janeiro building collapses|Vieira Fazenda Office Block Collapses]] || [[Praça Floriano Peixoto|Praça Floriano]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] || Office buildings ||17 killed |- | 2012 || [[Radiohead stage collapse]] || [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada || Stage || 1 killed, 3 injured |- | 2012 || [[Algo Centre Mall]] || [[Elliot Lake]], [[Ontario]], Canada || Shopping mall || 2 killed, 22 injured |- | 2012 || [[Longwave transmitter Europe 1]], Mast 2 || [[Felsberg-Berus]], [[Saarland]], Germany || Guyed radio mast || |- | 2012 || [[Sasago Tunnel]] || Border Of [[Kōshū, Yamanashi|Kōshū]] and [[Ōtsuki, Yamanashi|Ōtsuki]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], [[Japan]] || Ceiling tile || 9 killed, 2 injured |- | 2013 || Partial collapse of modular building under construction || [[Ephrata, Pennsylvania]], US || Government building under construction || 0 killed, 3 injured |- | 2013 || [[2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse|Dar es Salaam building collapse]] || [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania || Residential building || 36 killed, 17/18 injured |- | 2013 || [[2013 Thane building collapse|Thane building collapse]] ||[[Thane]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India || 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 |publisher=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 |agency=AP |title=India building collapse kills 72, survivor search called off |date=7 April 2013}}</ref> || 74 killed, 60–62 injured |- | 2013 || [[Rana Plaza]] ||[[Savar]], [[Dhaka Division|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> || 1,100+ killed, 2,500+ injured |- | 2013 || [[22nd and Market Building Collapse]] || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. || Building || 6 killed, 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 |publisher=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 killed, 3 injured |- | 2013 || [[Row house]]s collapse 400 block of Daly Street || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], US || Row houses || 0 killed, 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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801043638/http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/22956400/building-collapse-reported-in-south-philly|archivedate=1 August 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse]] || [[Skagit County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. || Bridge || 0 killed, 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 killed, at least 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 killed, at least 32 injured<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' |work=Times of India |date=29 September 2013 |accessdate=29 September 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || 22-storey residential building || [[Medellín|Medellin, Colombia]] || Residential building || 12 killed<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|url-status=dead|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 killed <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|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || Apollo Theatre || [[London|London, UK]] || Theatre || 0 killed, 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|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> |- | 2014 || Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium ||[[Gyeongju]], [[North Gyeongsang Province]], South Korea || Gymnasium || 10 killed, 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|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |- |2014 |[[Death of Keane Wallis-Bennett]] |[[Edinburgh]], Scotland |freestanding wall |1 |- | 2014 || Croce del 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 |author=Aminu Abubakar|publisher=CNN |access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> |- | 2015 || Rekowo Radio Mast || Rekowo, Poland || Guyed mast || [http://radiopolska.pl/blog/2015/01/rekowo-48-godzin-po-katastrofie#lightbox&#91;art&#93;/3/] |- | 2015 || Apartment building || New York, US || Building || 0 killed, 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, US || Indoor waterpark || <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 killed<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]], US || 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]], [[Mecca Region|Makkah Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]]|| Crane || 118 killed, 394 injured |- | 2015 || Queen Juliana bridge crane collapse|| [[Alphen aan den Rijn]], [[South Holland]] [[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]], [[West Bengal]], 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=CBS News|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|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|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=11 December 2016|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|date=2017-03-09}}</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 |[[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|publisher=ABC News|access-date=2018-01-15|language=en-AU}}</ref> |- |2018 |[[Chirajara bridge collapse]] |Chirajara, [[Colombia]] |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|publisher=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|author1=Dakin Andone |author2=Steve Almasy|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> |- |2018 |[[Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida#Fire and collapse|Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida collapse]] |[[São Paulo]], Brazil |Building |At least 7 deaths<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2018/05/policia-identifica-mais-tres-vitimas-de-predio-que-desabou-no-centro-de-sp.shtml|title=Polícia identifica mais três vítimas de prédio que desabou no centro de SP|work=Folha de S. Paulo|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</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> |- |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 |[[2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse]] |[[Magnitogorsk]], [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], Russia |Apartment building |39 deaths, 5 injured |- |2019 |[[2019 Lagos school collapse]] |[[Lagos]], Nigeria |Residential building |20 dead, over 60 injured |- |2019 |[[Montana State University]] gym roofs collapse |[[Bozeman, Montana]], USA |2 gymnasiums |0 |- |2019 |Building collapse in Mumbai |Mumbai, India |Residential building |2 |- |2019 |[[AFAS Stadion]] roof collapse <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/4809756/dak-az-stadion-ingestort |title=Dak van AZ-stadion gedeeltelijk ingestort |date=August 10, 2019 |publisher=RTL Nieuws |accessdate=August 10, 2019 |language=Dutch }}</ref> |[[Alkmaar]], Netherlands |stadium roof collapse |0 |- |2019 |[[1031 Canal#Partial collapse during construction|Hard Rock Hotel Collapse]] |New Orleans, USA |Partially constructed hotel collapse |3 dead, 18 injured |- |2019 |Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge collapse |[[Mirepoix-sur-Tarn]], [[Occitanie]], France |Bridge |2 dead |- |2020 |[[Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel]] |[[Quanzhou]], [[Fujian]], China |Hotel |29 dead |- |2020 |[[Caprigliola bridge collapse]] |Caprigliola, [[Tuscany]], Italy |Bridge |2 injured |- |2020 |[[Lecheng Bridge|Lecheng bridge collapse]] |[[Sanxi, Jingde County]], [[Anhui]], China |Bridge | |- |2020 |[[Zhenhai Bridge|Zhenhai bridge collapse]] |[[Huangshan City]], [[Anhui]], China |Bridge | |- |2020 |[[Collapse of Juxian Restaurant]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-30|title=China restaurant collapses during birthday party, killing 29|url=https://apnews.com/fac24137a1cdeee46ff7c55d5e7f51ce |access-date=2020-08-30|publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> |[[Linfen|Linfen City]], [[Shanxi]], China |Building |29 killed, 28 injured |- |2020 |[[Arecibo Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-arecibo-observatory-puerto-rico-science--0da6abb251f455977bf0c752348e712e|publisher=Associated Press|date=2020-12-01}}</ref> |[[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]] |Observatory | |- |} ==Transportation== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; width:95%;" |- !style="width:5%;"|Year !style="width:35%;"|Structure !style="width:50%;"|Location & Cause !style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number"|Casualties |- | 1865 || [[Sultana (steamboat)|Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion]] || [[Memphis, Tennessee]], US || 1192 dead (estimated) |- | 1882 || [[Inverythan rail accident]] || [[Fyvie]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland, 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. Severe turbulence caused the plane to break up in mid-air.|| 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 |- | 1972 || [[American Airlines Flight 96]], [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] ||Incompletely secured cargo door at the rear of the plane broke off, caused rapid [[Uncontrolled decompression|decompression]], and severed some wires beneath the floor that controlled the plane's [[Elevator (aeronautics)|elevators]] and [[Rudder#Aircraft rudders|rudder]]. A safe landing was made at [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport]]. || 11 injured |- | 1974 || [[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]], [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] || Originated at [[Istanbul Atatürk Airport|Istanbul Yesilköy Airport]] & departed [[Orly International Airport]], [[Paris, France]]. Incompletely secured cargo door at the rear of the plane broke off, caused rapid [[Uncontrolled decompression|decompression]], and severed wires beneath the floor that controlled the plane's [[Elevator (aeronautics)|elevators]] and [[Rudder#Aircraft rudders|rudder]]. Plane crashed in the [[Ermenonville Forest]]. || 346 dead (all) |- | 1979 || [[American Airlines Flight 191]], [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] || [[O'Hare International Airport]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], US. Lost left engine on take-off due to improper maintenance. || 273 dead (all on board, 2 on the ground) |- | 1985 || [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Mount Takamagahara]] in [[Gunma Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Crashed due to rapid decompression that ripped off a large portion of tail and caused the loss of hydraulic controls to entire plane. It is the deadliest aviation accident in history to involve a single aircraft.|| 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. Metal fatigue caused the plane's fuselage to blow off. || 1 dead, 65 injured |- | 1989 || [[United Airlines Flight 811]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], US. Cargo door failure caused an explosive decompression. || 9 dead, 38 injured |- | 1991 || [[Nigeria Airways Flight 2120]], [[Douglas DC-8|McDonald Douglas DC-8-61]] || Crashed after catching fire on taking off from [[King Abdulaziz International Airport]], [[Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]]. Fire was due to under-inflated tires & fire caused failure of [[hydraulic system]]. || 261 dead, including 14 Canadian aircrew. |- | 1996 || [[TWA Flight 800]], [[Boeing 747]] || [[Atlantic Ocean]] near [[East Moriches, New York]], US. Crashed due to a fuel tank explosion, causing the plane to break apart.|| 230 dead (all) |- | 2001 || [[American Airlines Flight 587]], [[Airbus A300B4-605R]] || Crashed into the [[Belle Harbor, Queens|Belle Harbor]] neighborhood of [[Queens]], [[New York city|NYC]]. Plane's [[vertical stabilizer]] snapped off. || 260 on plane dead (all) & 5 on ground dead |- || |- | 2002 || [[China Airlines Flight 611]], [[Boeing 747]] || Over the [[Penghu|Penghu Islands, Taiwan]]. The plane had suffered a tailstrike in 1980 and was improperly repaired.|| 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]]'