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'{{See also|List of aircraft structural failures|List of bridge failures|Dam failure|List of dam failures|List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers|}} {{Contradicts other|date=June 2009|1=List of bridge failures}} {{Main|Structural failure}} 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 || [[Wooton 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>https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/research-guides/sheffield-flood.html</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 || [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 || |- | 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 || || |- | 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 || || |- | 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 || 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 || Vajont Dam || Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy || Dam || |- | 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 || 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 || [[Dudelange Radio Tower|Dudelange Radio Tower Collapse]] || [[Dudelange]], Luxembourg || Lattice tower || |- | 1982 || [[Aviamotornaya (Moscow Metro)#Escalator accident in 1982|Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse]] || Moscow, USSR || Escalator || 8 |- | 1982 || [[Lawn Lake Dam]] || Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US || Dam || |- | 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>https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/picture/show/120</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 || WRAL-TV & WPTF-TV towers || Auburn, North Carolina, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1989 || [[Cypress Street Viaduct]] || [[Oakland, California]], US || Bridge || 42 |- | 1991 || [[Astram Line]] steel bridge || [[Hiroshima]], Japan || Bridge || 15 |- | 1991-08-08 || [[Warsaw Radio Mast|Warsaw Radio Mast collapse]] || [[Gąbin]], Poland || guyed mast ( 646 m) || |- | 1992 || [[Armand Césari Stadium disaster]] || Bastia, France || Stadium || |- | 1992 || WCIX TV Tower || Homestead (Miami), Florida, US || Guyed Mast || |- | 1993 || [[Claiborne Avenue Bridge]] || New Orleans, 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 || [[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|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 |} ===2000–2002=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !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 || [[Hintze Ribeiro disaster|Hintze Ribeiro bridge]] || Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal || bridge || 59 |- | 2001 || [[Akashi pedestrian bridge accident|Asagiri footbridge]] || [[Akashi, Hyōgo]], Japan || footbridge || 11 killed, 247 injured |- | 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]] highrises || [[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 || Oemau 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 || [[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–present=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Type !Casualties |- | 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 injuring nine || [[Wildwood Crest, New Jersey]], US || || |- | 2007 || Sherman County Wind Turbine collapse [http://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 [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 the Block 7 of [[Lotus Riverside]] || [[Shanghai]], China || || |- | 2009 || [[Broadmeadow viaduct]] || Malahide, Ireland || bridge || 0, 0 |- | 2009 || [[Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium]] || Terengganu, Malaysia || Stadium || |- | 2009 || [[2009 Korba chimney collapse]] || [[Korba, Chhattisgarh]], India || || 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 || 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 || || |- | 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 || Downsview Park stage collapse || [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada || Stage || 1 dead |- | 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?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | 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?hpt=hp_t2 | 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}}</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?absolute=true|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=http://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=http://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=http://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 || [[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 || Apartment building || New York || Building || 12 injured{{citation needed|date=December 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=http://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>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-highway-overpass-collapse-in-kolkata-leaves-dead-injured/</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]] |[[Lagos]], [[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]], Czech || Hall || |- | 2017 || [[Plasco Building|Plasco Building collapse]] || [[Tehran]], Iran || shopping mall || 21 deaths, 16 firefighters and 5 civilians |} ==Transportation== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year !Structure !Location !Casualties |- | 1865 || [[Sultana (steamboat)|Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion]] || [[Memphis, Tennessee]], US || |- | 1882 || [[Inverythan rail accident]] || [[Fyvie]], Aberdeenshire, UK || |- | 1891 || [[Norwood junction rail accident]] || London, UK || |- | 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 |- | 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 |} ==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] *[http://www.bradyheywood.com.au/uploads/138.pdf Near-misses and failure part 1] *[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|*]] 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