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A list of structural failures and collapses, including some aircraft, bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

Buildings and other fixed man-made structures

Year	Structure	Location	type
226 BCE	Colossus of Rhodes	City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes	statue
27	Fidenae amphitheatre collapse	Fidenae, Italy	amphitheatre
140	Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus	Rome, Italy	amphitheatre
558	Dome of Hagia Sophia	Constantinople, Byzantine Empire	church
1284	Choir of Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais, France	church
1297	Stirling Bridge	Stirling, UK	bridge
1303	Lighthouse of Alexandria	Alexandria, Egypt	tower
1322	Ely Cathedral Tower Collapse	Ely, UK	church
1382	Bell tower of St. Mary's church, Stralsund	Stralsund, Germany	church
1444	Rialto Bridge	Venice, Italy	bridge
1500	Malmesbury Abbey	Malmesbury, UK	church
1529	St. Elisabeth's Church, Wrocław	Wroclaw, Poland	church
1549	Lincoln Cathedral	Lincoln, UK	church
1573	Tower of Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais, France	church
1577	Martinikerk	Groningen, The Netherlands	church
1625	Tower of St. Olaf's church, Tallinn	Talilnn, Estonia	church
1647	Tower of St. Mary's church, Stralsund	Stralsund, Germany	church
1661	Tower of Reinoldikirche	Dortmund, Germany	church
1666	Old St Paul's Cathedral	London, UK	church
1666	St. Peter's Church, Riga	Riga, Latvia	church
17th century	Abbaye-aux-Hommes	Caen, France	church
1674	Domtoren	Utrecht, The Netherlands	church
1697	Tower of St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	church
1721	St. Peter's Church, Riga	Riga, Latvia	church
1763	Tower of St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	church
1777	Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene	Poznan, Poland	church
1831	Broughton Suspension Bridge	Broughton, UK
1845	Yarmouth Bridge	Yarmouth, UK
1847	Dee bridge disaster	Chester, England
1850	Angers Bridge	Angers, France
1860	Pemberton Mill	Lawrence, Massachusetts
1860	Wooton Bridge Collapse	Wootton, UK
1860	Bull bridge accident	Ambergate, UK
1861	Chichester Cathedral Spire Collapse	Chichester, UK	church
1864	Dale Dike Reservoir	South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom	dam
1875	Portage Bridge	Portage (town), New York, USA
1876	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster	Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
1879	Tay Bridge disaster	Dundee, Scotland
1887	Busey bridge disaster	Boston, USA
1889	South Fork Dam	Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States	dam
1890	Walnut Grove Dam	Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, United States
1896	Point Ellice Bridge	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1902	St. Mark's Campanile	Venice, Italy
1902	Ibrox disaster	Glasgow, United Kingdom
1904	Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse	Eden, Colorado
1905	Egyptian Bridge	Saint Petersburg, Russia
1907	Quebec Bridge	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
1912	Mast of Nauen Transmitter Station	Nauen, Germany
1916	Desná Dam	Desná, Czech Republic
1919	Molasses Tank	Boston, Massachusetts	Tank
1925	Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station	Norddeich, Germany
1925	Llyn Eigiau dam, Coedty reservoir dam	Dolgarrog, North Wales, UK
1927	Western mast of Zeesen transmitter	Zeesen, Germany
1928	St. Francis Dam	Valencia, California, Los Angeles County, United States
1930	Towers of Stadelheim transmitter	Munich, Germany
1934	Seta river railroad bridge	Otsu, Japan
1935	Langenberg Wooden Radio Tower collapse	Langenberg, Germany
1937	Kasai River Bridge Collapse	Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1938	Upper Steel Arch Bridge	Niagara Falls, New York, USA
1939	Sandö Bridge	Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden
1939	Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower	Bremen, Germany
1940	First Tacoma Narrows Bridge	Tacoma, Washington
1942	Chesapeake City Bridge	Chesapeake, USA
1945	Ludendorff Bridge	Remagen, Germany
1949	2 masts of Langenberg transmitter	Langenberg, Germany
1949	Schwerin-Möwenburgstrasse transmitter	Schwerin, Germany
1949	Inotani wire bridge	Toyama, Japan
1949	Collapse of Hamburg-Billstadt Radio Mast	Hamburg, Germany
1951	Duplessis bridge collapse	Quebec, Canada
1952	Footbridge at Harrow & Wealdstone station	Wealdstone, UK
1953	Tangiwai railway bridge Tangiwai	Tangiwai, New Zealand
1953	Augusta Radio Mast	Augusta, Michigan, USA
1957	Rail bridge near St Johns station	London-Lewisham, UK
1958	Second Narrows Bridge	Vancouver, Canada
1958	Collapse of Ochsenkopf TV Mast	Ochsenkopf, Germany
1959	Vega de Tera	Ribadelago, Spain
1959	Malpasset	Côte d'Azur, France
1960	KOBR-TV Tower	Caprock, New Mexico, USA
1961	LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach	Carolina Beach, USA
1962	LORAN-C transmitter Ejde	Ejde, Faroe Islands
1962	King Street Bridge (Melbourne)	Melbourne, Australia
1962	KGW Tower	Portland, Oregon, USA
1963	Baldwin Hills Reservoir	Los Angeles, California, United States
1963	Vajont Dam	Vajont Dam Collapse, Italy
1964	Ichenhausen Church Tower Collapse	Ichenhausen, Germany	church
1964	General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge	Maracaibo, Venezuela
1965	SES8 Tower	Mount Burr, South Australia
1965	Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse	Iwo Jima
1966	Heron Road Bridge	Ottawa, Canada
1966	WLBT TV Tower	Raymond, Mississippi, USA
1967	Queen Juliana Bridge	Willemstad, Curacao
1967	WNBC/WCBS-Tower	High Island, New York, USA
1967	Waltham mast	Waltham, UK
1967	Silver Bridge	Point Pleasant, West Virginia
1968	KXJB-TV mast collapse	Traill County, North Dakota, USA
1968	Ronan Point collapse	London, England
1968	KELO TV Tower	Rowena, South Dakota, USA
1968	WAEO Tower	Starks, Wisconsin, USA
1969	FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter	Marnach, Luxembourg
1969	Emley Moor TV Mast Collapse	Emley, England
1970	Orlunda transmitter, central radio mast collapse	Orlunda, Sweden
1970	West Gate Bridge	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1970	Britannia Bridge	Menai Strait, Wales, UK
1970	Cleddau Bridge	Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK
1971	KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers	Portland, Oregon, USA
1971	South Bridge Koblenz	Koblenz, Germany
1972	Buffalo Creek Flood	West Virginia, United States
1972	Central Tower Collapse	Königs Wusterhausen, Germany
1972	Sidney Lanier Bridge	Brunswick, Georgia, USA
1973	Bithlo TV Mast Collapse	Bithlo, Florida, USA
1974	Makahali River bridge	Baitadi, Nepal
1975	Tasman Bridge	Hobart, Australia
1975	Banqiao Dam collapse	China
1975	KELO TV Tower	Rowena, South Dakota, USA
1975	Banqiao and Shimantan Dams	China
1976	Teton Dam	Idaho, United States
1976	SL-3 Radio Mast collapse	Burg, Germany
1976	Reichsbrücke	Vienna, Austria
1976	Pic de Nore transmitter	Pic de Nore, France
1977	Granville Railway Bridge	Sydney, Australia
1977	KSLA-TV Tower	Mooringsport, Louisiana, USA
1977	Kelly Barnes Dam	Georgia, USA
1978	Nebraska Education Tower Angora	Angora, Nebraska, USA
1978	WJJY TV Mast	Bluffs, IL USA
1978	Wand TV Tower	Decatur, Decatur, IL USA
1978	CKVR Television Tower	Barrie, Ontario, Canada
1978	Hartford Civic Center	Hartford, Connecticut
1978	Zehlendorf Radio Mast Collapse	Zehlendorf, Germany
1978	Willow Island Cooling Tower	Willow Island, West Virginia
1979	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
1979	Vysílač Krašov	Bezvěrov, Czechoslovakia
1979	Blåbärskullen transmitter	Sunne, Sweden
1980	Corralejas stadium collapse	Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
1980	Tjörnbron	Stenungsund, Sweden
1980	Sunshine Skyway Bridge	Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
1980	Hayakawa wire bridge	Saito, Kyūshū, Japan
1980	LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen	Jan Mayen, Norway
1981	Hyatt Regency walkway collapse	Kansas City
1981	Dudelange Radio Tower Collapse	Dudelange, Luxembourg
1982	Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse	Moscow, Russia
1982	Lawn Lake Dam	Rocky Mountain National Park, United States
1982	Tous Dam	Valencia, Spain
1982	Senior Road Tower Collapse	Missouri City, Texas, USA
1982	WCIQ Tower	Mount Cheaha, Alabama, USA
1983	Mianus River Bridge	Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
1983	Wavre TV Mast	Wavre, Belgium
1983	KWWL-TV Mast	Rowley, Iowa, USA
1985	Val di Stava Dam collapse	Italy
1985	Bielstein TV Mast Collapse	Bielstein, Germany
1986	Hotel New World Disaster	Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore
1987	L'Ambiance Plaza collapse	Bridgeport, Connecticut
1987	Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse	Fort Hunter, New York, USA
1988	Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge	Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
1988	Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge	Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia	stadium
1989	Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge	Tennessee, USA
1989	WRAL-TV & WPTF-TV towers	Auburn, North Carolina, USA
1989	Cypress Street Viaduct	Oakland, California, USA
1991	Astram Line steel bridge	Hiroshima, Japan
1991	Warsaw Radio Mast collapse	Gabin, Poland
1992	Armand Césari Stadium disaster	Bastia
1992	WCIX TV Tower	Homestead (Miami), Florida, USA
1993	Claiborne Avenue Bridge	New Orleans, USA
1993	LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan	Kargaburan, Turkey
1993	CSXT Big Bayou Canot rail bridge	Mobile, Alabama, USA
1993	Cape Race LORAN-C Mast Collapse	Cape Race, Canada
1993	Highland Towers collapse	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994	Seongsu Bridge	Seoul, South Korea
1995	Cave Creek disaster	Paparoa National Park, New Zealand
1995	Sampoong Department Store collapse	Seoul, South Korea
1996	WCOV-TV Tower	Montgomery, USA
1996	Baikong Railway bridge	Ruyuan, Guangdong, China
1996	Koror-Babeldaob Bridge	Koror and Babeldaob, Palau
1997	Opuha Dam	New Zealand
1997	2 masts of Grigoriopol transmitter	Grigoriopol, Moldova
1997	Maccabiah bridge collapse	Tel Aviv, Israel
1997	KNOE-TV Tower	Louisiana, USA
1997	KXJB-TV mast collapse	Traill County, North Dakota, USA
1997	WLBT Tower collapse	Raymond, Mississippi, USA
1997	Knick-Ei	Halstenbek, Germany
1998	Knick-Ei	Halstenbek, Germany
1999	Gdynia Shipyard Crane Crash	Gdynia, Poland
2000	Pier Number 34 (Club Heat)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000	Highway 15 Overpass Collapse	Montréal, Québec
2000	WRMD-Tower	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
2000	KXEO/KWWR-Tower	Mexico, MO, USA
2000	Hoan Bridge	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2001	Hintze Ribeiro bridge	Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
2001	Asagiri footbridge	Akashi, Japan
2001	Queen Isabella Causeway	Port Isabel, Texas, USA
2001	Angara transmitter, Northern Mast	Angara, Russia
2001	Krasny Bor transmitter	Krasny Bor, Russia
2001	Kadalundi River rail bridge	India
2001	Versailles wedding hall collapse	Jerusalem
2001	Collapse of the World Trade Center	New York City
2002	Vodní nádrž Soběnov	Soběnov, Czech Republic
2002	Buran Hangar Collapse	Baikonur
2002	I-40 bridge disaster	Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, USA
2002	Rafiganj rail bridge	India
2002	Interstate 95 Howard Avenue Overpass	Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
2003	WVAH Tower	West Virginia, USA
2003	WPAY (AM)-Tower	Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
2003	WTNV-FM Tower	Jackson, Tennessee, USA
2003	WMBD Tower	Peoria, Illinois, USA
2003	WIFR TV tower
2003	KETV TV Tower
2003	WAAY-TV - TV Mast	Huntsville, Alabama, USA
2003	Utrecht radio mast collapse	Utrecht, Netherlands
2003	Kinzua Bridge	Kinzua Bridge State Park, USA
2003	Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge	Latchford, Ontario, Canada
2003	2003 Chicago balcony collapse	Chicago
2004	Big Bay Dam	Mississippi, United States
2004	Camará Dam	Brasil
2004	Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport	Paris, France
2004	Loncomilla Bridge	San Javier, Chile
2004	Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge	Connecticut, USA
2004	Big Nickel Road Bridge	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2004	Mungo Bridge	Cameroon
2004	Peterborough radio mast	Peterborough, Great Britain
2004	KFI Mast	Los Angeles, USA
2005	Shakidor Dam	Pakistan
2005	Taum Sauk reservoir	Lesterville, Missouri, United States
2005	Almuñécar Motorway bridge	Almuñécar, Province of Granada, Spain
2005	Caracas-La Guaira highway, Viaduct #1	Tacagua, Venezuela
2005	Veligonda Railway Bridge	India
2005	WLGA Transmitter Tower (formerly WSWS-TV Transmitter Tower)	Cusseta, Georgia, USA
2005	Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta	Atlanta, Nebraska, USA
2006-03-22	2006 Lagos building collapses	Nigeria
2006	De la Concorde Overpass collapse	Montréal, Québec
2006	Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse	Bad Reichenhall, Germany
2006	Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse	Katowice, Poland
2006	Run Pathani Bridge Collapse	Pakistan
2006	Torre VIP de Rádio & TV	São Bernardo do Campo, Brasilia
2006	Yekaterinburg bridge collapse	Yekaterinburg, Russia
2006	Nimule bridge collapse	Nimule, Kenya
2006	Bhagalpur Pedestrian Bridge Collapse	Bhagalpur, India
2006	Eziama Bridge Collapse	Eziama, Nigeria
2007	Foshan bridge disaster	Foshan, China
2007	Crab House - Floor collapsed into the water injuring nine	Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, USA
2007	WACS-TV tower	Americus, Georgia, USA
2007	WSKY-DT Tower	Camden County, NC, USA
2007	Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower	Browns Summit, Texas, USA
2007	Punjagutta Flyover Bridge Collapse	Punjagutta, India
2007	Tuo River bridge	Fenguan, China
2007	Harp Road bridge	Oakville, Washington, USA
2007	MacArthur Maze	Oakland, California, USA
2007	Shershah Bridge - Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi	Karachi, Pakistan
2007	Can Tho Bridge	Can Tho, Vitnam
2007	Guinea Bridge Collapse	Guinea
2007	Chhinchu suspension bridge	Nepalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal
2007	WNEP-TV Tower	Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, PA, USA
2007	I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse	Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007	Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction	Hunan, China
2007	Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge	Tây Nam Bộ, Vietnam
2008	Cedar Rapids Railway Bridge Collapse	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
2008	KATV Tower	Redfield, Arkansas, USA
2009	Emmis Television Wichita Tower	Wichita, USA
2009	Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse	Cologne, Germany
2009	Situ Gintung Dam	Tangerang, Indonesia
2009	Collapse of the Block 7 of Lotus Riverside	Shanghai, China
2009	Broadmeadow viaduct	Malahide, Ireland
2009	2009 Korba chimney collapse	Korba, India
2009	Palma de Mallorca House Collapse	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009	Kota Chambal Bridge Collapse	Kota, India
2010	Bab Berdieyinne mosque minaret collapse	Meknes, Morocco
2010	Myllysilta	Turku, Finland

Vehicles

Year	Structure	Location
1865	Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion	Memphis, Tennessee
1882	Inverythan rail accident	Inverness, UK
1884	Camberwell road accident	London, UK
1891	Norwood junction rail accident	London, UK
1891	Munchenstein rail disaster	Munchenstein, Switzerland
1954	BOAC Flight 781, de Havilland Comet	Mediterranean Sea off Elba
1966	BOAC Flight 911, Boeing 707	Near Mount Fuji, Japan
1970	Apollo 13, Apollo Service Module	Lunar transfer orbit, about 321,860 km Earth altitude
1985	Japan Airlines Flight 123, Boeing 747	Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
1986	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster	Cape Canaveral, Florida
1996	TWA Flight 800, Boeing 747	Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York
2003	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster	Texas

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