List of modern infrastructure failures
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Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise,[1] or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. This entry aggregates articles on and lists of modern infrastructure failures by category (type of infrastructure).
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Structural [edit]
- Structural failures and collapses
- Collapsed buildings
- Bridge failures
- Dam failures
- Category:Dam disasters
- Levee failures and breaches
- Catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers
Electrical and utility [edit]
Transportation [edit]
- Lists of rail accidents
- Accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
- Airship accidents
- Accidents and disasters by death toll
- Road accidents
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure
Nuclear [edit]
- Nuclear accidents
- Nuclear and radiation accidents
- Military nuclear accidents
- Civilian nuclear power accidents
- Nuclear accidents and incidents
Space [edit]
- Space Shuttle: Columbia disaster, Challenger disaster
- Space accidents and incidents
Other [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Infrastructure, Online Compact Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/infrastructure (accessed January 17, 2009)
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