r/CatastrophicFailure Sep 11 '17

Meta Posting Guidelines - Read Before Submitting

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Posting Rules

1. No jokes/memes

If your post is a joke or meme, it does not belong here. This includes posts about politicians, celebrities, movies or products that flopped, bad business/PR decisions, countries in turmoil, etc.

2. Titles

Titles must only be informative and descriptive (who, what, where, when, why) not editorialized ("I bet he lost his job!") - do not include personal opinions or other commentary in your titles.

Examples of bad titles:

  • I don't know if this belongs here, but it's cool! (x-post r/funny)

  • What could go wrong?

  • Building Failure

A good title reads like a newspaper headline, or Wikipedia article. If you don't know the specifics about the failure, then describe the events that take place in the video/image instead. Examples of good titles:

If it is a cross-post you should post that as a comment and not part of the title

3. Mundane Failures

Avoid posting mundane, everyday occurences like car crashes unless there is something spectacular about your submission. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, and there are many other subreddits already dedicated to this topic such as r/dashcam, r/racecrashes, and /r/carcrash

While there are some examples of extraordinary crashes posted here, in general they would probably be better suited for those other subreddits:

4. Compilations

Compilations and montages are not allowed on r/CatastrophicFailure. Any video that is a collection of clips from multiple incidents, including top 10 lists are considered compilations.
If your submission contains footage of one incident but compiled from multiple sources or angles, those are fine to post.

5. Be Respectful

Always be respectful in the comments section of a thread, especially if people were injured or killed.

6. Objects, Not People

The focus of this subreddit is on machines, buildings, or objects breaking, not people breaking. If the only notable thing in your submission is injury/death, it probably would go better in another subreddit.

Flair Rules

All posts should have an appropriate flair applied to them by the submitter, please follow these 4 steps to determine if your thread needs a fatality/injury flair. You can set this by clicking the "flair" button under the title of your submission.

  1. If your submission depicts people dying, you must apply the "Visible Fatalities" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
  2. If your submission depicts people visibly being seriously injured, you must apply the "Visible Injuries" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
  3. If your submission depicts a situation where people were killed, but those people are not directly visible you must apply the "Fatalities" flair to your post (eg. the Hindenburg Disaster, or a plane crash)
  4. If your submission does not require one of those tags, you should pick any of the other flairs to describe what type of failure occurred

r/CatastrophicFailure 12h ago

Fire/Explosion Fire razes Kantamanto, Ghanas largest used clothes market. 2nd Jan 2025.

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2.0k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 11h ago

Pecos, Tx train derailment 12/19/24

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590 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 11h ago

Fatalities Truck reportedly carrying magnesium powder explodes in front of Dashiqiao Nanlou Hospital in Yingkou, China. 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 2nd Jan 2025.

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280 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 1d ago

Fatalities Small Plane crashes into warehouse in Fullerton, CA 1/2/2025

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1.8k Upvotes

Small plane crashes right after take off form Fullerton airport in Orange County, CA. 2 dead and 18 injured currently

https://apnews.com/article/california-plane-crash-fullerton-08ec23f1c117be7bc07fc9b8f4064f91


r/CatastrophicFailure 2d ago

Structural Failure Bridgewater canal in England fails after heavy rain. 1st January 2025

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2.6k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 2d ago

Fatalities The wreckage of Air Philippines Flight 541 which crashed into Samal, Davao del Norte on April 19, 2000

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151 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 4d ago

Operator Error Car hydrolocks engine, wait for the sound when they get out the ford. Date unknown.

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5.6k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 5d ago

Operator Error Results of suv being driven through dug up road. date unknown

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3.0k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 4d ago

CCTV footage of the Mexico City subway overpass collapse on may 3, 2021, That killed 27 people and injured +80

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304 Upvotes

On May 3, 2021, a Mexico City subway overpass collapsed due to lack of maintenance and negligence, in the collapse 2 cars fell killing 27 people and injuring +80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Metro_overpass_collapse


r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Equipment Failure 28-12-2024 - Plane landing gear fails on touchdown. Halifax, NS

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4.1k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Operator Error 12/28/2024 Delray Beach Firetruck Bypasses Gates and is struck by Brightline train

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1.8k Upvotes

Delray Beach firetruck bypasses gates and is struck by Brightline train

Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for another train to pass, according to video of the incident and a person briefed on what happened. The crash happened at 10:45 a.m. in crowded downtown Delray Beach, multiple news outlets reported. In the aftermath, the Brightline train was stopped on the tracks, its front destroyed, about a block away from the Delray Beach Fire Rescue truck. Its ladder was ripped off and in the grass several yards away, The Sun-Sentinel reported.

The Delray Beach Fire Rescue said in a social media post that three Delray Beach firefighters were in stable condition at a hospital. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue took 12 people from the train to the hospital with minor injuries.

The person familiar with the details of the crash, who was not authorized to disclose what happened because of the ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the fire truck stopped at the crossing and waited for a freight train to go by before maneuvering around the lowered crossing arms.

Video of the collision shows the fire truck driving around cars stopped at the crossing with its lights flashing to cross the double tracks.


r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Equipment Failure Truck accident in Brazil. 04 May 2024.

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1.6k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

A passenger plane with 181 people on board crashed at Muan International Airport and is currently being rescued.

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1.8k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Operator Error Truck Loses Control During Ginkana Event, Crashes into Bakery - December 28, 2024

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233 Upvotes

Driver in Venezuela loses control of a Cargo truck, slamming into a bakery mid-event. No injuries reported.


r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Part of plane catches fire at Halifax airport upon rough landing, temporarily closing airport (28/12/2024)

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229 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Structural Failure Santa Cruz Pier Collapse 2024 Dec 23

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249 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 7d ago

Fire/Explosion Massive Fire Leads to Fireworks Explosion in Spencer, MA. Firefighters Battle Icy Conditions - December 22, 2024

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1.4k Upvotes

Two homes in Spencer, Massachusetts, were destroyed by a fire on Sunday, causing fireworks stored in one of the homes to explode. Despite the dangerous conditions, no injuries were reported.


r/CatastrophicFailure 8d ago

Fatalities Footage showing the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight laying on its side. Dec 2024.

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4.7k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 6d ago

Natural Disaster Avalanche Crashes into moving cars on a busy road in Bulgaria, December 26th

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0 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 9d ago

Unmanned Antares rocket explosion 2014

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1.5k Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 9d ago

Fire/Explosion Oil tank explodes in Three Rivers, Texas (August 25 1990).

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735 Upvotes

r/CatastrophicFailure 9d ago

Fatalities 24/12/2024 Explosion in Ammunition Factory in Karesi, Balıkesir Province, Turkey; 12 Fatalities

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186 Upvotes