12 incidents in which breakdowns and human error are to blame (13 photos)

Everyone knows that machines and devices can break down and stop working. Small failures may not pose a big danger, but when it comes to large objects and complex structures, even minor breakdowns can cause a real disaster. In this post, you will see incidents that could have been avoided.





1. November 02, 2020 The train, due to the negligence of the driver, broke through the fence and crashed into the statue at the end of the track. It happened in the middle of the night, Spijkenisse, Netherlands



2. A tourist is stuck 100 meters up on a Chinese glass bridge after the floor panels exploded, May 7, 2021





3. Chocolate snow fell in a Swiss city on August 14, 2020, due to an industrial accident and filter failures



4. Taiwan: Propane leaks into sewer system, causing massive explosion



Witnesses to the propane leak reported seeing fireballs shooting into the sky and flames reaching 15-story buildings. The explosions destroyed roads, damaged and overturned cars and fire trucks, and caused power outages. About 6 kilometers of roads were damaged.

5. April 28, 1988: An Aloha Airlines plane lost its roof in mid-air at 24,000 feet, but still managed to land safely. A flight attendant was killed when she was thrown from the plane. Her body was never found.



A National Transportation and Safety Authority investigation found that poor maintenance may have caused the crash.

6. Cars transported on flatbed catch fire after salt water shorts out batteries



7. Red wine tanker catastrophically bursts at Sicilian winery



8. $300,000 video wall collapses in Las Vegas after improper installation mounts



9. In December 2019, a large amount of chromium was released into the soil in Detroit due to improper use of a chemical storage facility. This became known only after it ended up on a nearby highway



10. On December 6, 2020, a fireworks store caught fire at a market in Rostov-on-Don



11. Drone view of the explosion of Indonesia's largest oil refinery in Indramayu



12. Japanese ship Wakashio, stuck on a reef, begins to lose oil into the ocean



An estimated 1,000 tons of oil spilled into the ocean as a result of the accident, which scientists have called the worst environmental disaster on the island of Mauritius.