The Disasters of the 70’s By: Samantha Gurganus

1970 The Apollo 13 explosion During the pre-flight testing, tank 2 would not empty correctly. In five and a half minuets after lift off the astronauts felt a little vibration. Soon they decided to use the LM lifeboat.

1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 Command Module Looses Pressure  It was the second mission to Salyut 1  The first mission, Salyut 10, was aborted because the crew couldn’t enter the space station

There was a terrorist attack at the Olympic Games in Munich on the fifth of September. Nine team members were taken hostage by Black September, A terrorist group that at first pretended to be athletes so they could get in. 11 team members were killed Olympics terrorists attacks

800 men worked around the clock at Lofthouse Colliery in Wakefield. On March twenty first thirty men were working but they didn’t realize that there was a tub with three and a half million gallons of water near them. Soon there was a wall of water coming near them. 7 miners missing. The bodies were never found Lofthouse Colliery Disaster

The Flixborough explosion happened on the first of June. At about 16:53 hours on Saturday June 1 st The Nypro (UK) site at Flixborough was severely by a large explosion. 28 workers were killed. 36 suffered injuries Flixborough explosion

 As much as 7% of the population was killed during the civil war between 1975 and 1990  Approximately 17,000-20,000 people are still missing of unaccounted for from the civil war period Civil war in Lebanon

1976 Tangshan earthquake At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. It killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century. It killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century.

1977 New York Blackout It was the second black out in 12 years Stores were ransacked, looted and destroyed. 1,037 fires burned throughout the cit, 6 times the average rate. There was 1,700 false alarms.

1978 Jonestown Massacre More than 900 people died There were 912 followers It was mixed with poisonous things It was called revolutionary suicide

1979 The American airlines DC-10 Crash It occurred on may 25 th. The left engine fell off during take off. It only rose about 700 feet before descending

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