1. Ten Top Technological Disasters
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2. #10 The Hindenburg a German air ship or zeppelin
as long as seven seven forty sevens
U.S.A, a major provider of the essential
element Helium to make the Hindenburg fly began to fear that Germany was weaponising it
forced to use highly combustible Hydrogen rather than Helium which is perfectly safe
crashed May sixth, nineteen thirty six in New Jersey
thirty six of ninety six passengers dead including one crew member

3. #9 The Sinking of The Estonia Ferry
September twenty, nineth ninety four
Over a thousand passengers on board
a Swedish ferry liner
crash caused by heavy sea conditions which caused the visor door that opened letting cars on and off the ferry broke open flooding the car deck
eight hundred and sixty seven dead
almost two hundred survived

4. #8 Sampoong Department Store Collapse
June twenty nineth nineteen ninety six
in Somme Korea
yellow brand of all major construction materials
spotty construction
a thousand injured
Five and two dead
Store management left and warned no one of danger
twelve city officials arrested and charged

5. #7 Tenerife Airport Collision
nineteen seventy seven
happened on the island of Tenerife near the Canary islands
a PANAM and a KLM were the two planes involved in the accident
five hundred and eighty four of the six hundred and fifty passengers on the planes dead
caused by fog, pilot impatients and miscommunications between the pilots and the control tower

6. #6 The Sinking of The Titanic
April fourteenth nineteen twelve
sank on the maiden voyage
only enough life boats for half the total passengers and crew members
one quarter survived
the first ship to ever send an S.O.S
caused by hitting an ice berg and rupturing the hull

7. #5 Bhopal Disaster
happened at union carbide pesticide chemical plant in India
union carbide resembles mustard gas
affects nervous system
December third nineteen eighty four
three thousand dead
approximately one hundred thousand injuries
no action was taken to stop the leak for a full ninety minutes or an hour and a half

8. #4 The Challenger Crash January twenty eighth nineteen eighty six
began to fall seventy three seconds after launch
seven dead
evidence suggests the crew survived the explosion but died on impact from the nine mile fall
caused by failure of O- rings
halted NASA space program for two years

9. #3 The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska
March twenty fourth, nineteen eighty nine
ten point eight million gallons of oil spilled
caused by alcoholic captain who neglected his duties in order to go get drunk
of the twenty eight species affected two fully recovered

10. #2 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
April twenty sixth, nineteen eighty six
explosion triggered by unauthorized systems test
happened in Russia near Kiev
three hundred fifty thousand evacuated from Chernobyl
thousands dead
hundreds of thousands exposed

11. #1 Chinese Dam Bursts August seventh, nineteen seventy five
happened in Henan province, China
five out of six sluice gates were working during the crisis/ flood

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