Category:Engineering failures

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Engineered systems that failed in a spectacular, historic or edifying way.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.

A ► Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure‎ (43 P) ► Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure‎ (36 P) B ► Bridge disasters caused by engineering error‎ (19 P) C ► Collapsed buildings‎ (3 C, 30 P)

C cont. ► Collapsed oil platforms‎ (9 P) ► Construction accidents‎ (4 P) D ► Dam disasters‎ (1 C, 32 P) N ► Nuclear accidents‎ (2 C, 74 P)

S ► Software engineering disasters‎ (17 P) ► Space accidents and incidents‎ (3 C, 25 P)

Pages in category "Engineering failures"

The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).

2 2001 Humber Refinery explosion 2010 Boston water emergency A Aggie Bonfire Aviation accidents and incidents B Big Dig ceiling collapse Birkenhead Dock Disaster Boston Molasses Disaster Buncefield fire Byford Dolphin C HMS Captain (1869) Casco class monitor Cave Creek disaster Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina Clyde Arc Communication during the September 11 attacks Crock (slang) D MV Derbyshire

F Flixborough disaster Forensic engineering G PS General Slocum Gerrards Cross Tunnel H Hindenburg disaster HMI quality Hyatt Regency walkway collapse K Karlino oil eruption 1995 Kharkiv Drinking Water Disaster Knox Mine disaster MV Kowloon Bridge L Lake Peigneur Life-critical system M May 2008 Manhattan construction crane collapse Mission critical N New River (Mexico – United States) Nicoll Highway collapse

P Piper Alpha R Robb Engineering S Safety assurance Salton Sea Sneak circuit analysis Structural failure Studénka train accident T Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) Tay Bridge disaster Twin Shaft Disaster U Unexpected events User control V Vasa (ship) Versailles rail accident W Westinghouse J40

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