The Glasgow St Enoch rail accident Catastrophe occurred Presence on 27 July 1903 .

The severity of the St Enoch accident was because the collision speed was as high as 15-20 mph ( 24-32 km/h ) .

The National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) determined Deciding that the cause Causation of the accident was pilot error .

The crash Damaging killed Killing 4 passengers , and 19 further were injured Bodily_harm in the accident .

Nearby ships felt the initial explosion Attack and a second , much larger , explosion Attack , yet the Russian Navy did not realise Know that an accident had occurred Presence and did not initiate Process_start a search Scrutiny for the sub for more than six hours .

The Chappaquiddick incident Catastrophe was a single-vehicle car accident Catastrophe that occurred Coming_to_be on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts some time between 11:30p.m .

The accident Catastrophe was caused Causation by Senator Edward M. ( Ted ) Kennedy 's negligence and resulted in Causation the death Death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne , who was trapped Placing inside the vehicle .

In a televised statement Statement on the evening of July 25 , Kennedy said Statement his conduct Action immediately after the accident Catastrophe `` made no sense to me at all '' , and that he regarded Protest his failure to report Reporting the accident Catastrophe immediately as `` indefensible '' .

In a televised statement Statement on the evening of July 25 , Kennedy said Statement his conduct Action immediately after the accident Catastrophe `` made no sense to me at all '' , and that he regarded Protest his failure to report Reporting the accident Catastrophe immediately as `` indefensible '' .

Kennedy pleaded Request guilty to a charge Judgment_communication of leaving Departing the scene of an accident Catastrophe and received Receiving a two-month suspended jail sentence Legal_rulings .

He swam Self_motion free , left Departing the scene , and did not report Reporting the accident Catastrophe to the police until after 10a.m .

The 160-person death toll made Causation the accident the deadliest of 2005 , the deadliest aviation disaster to occur Coming_to_be in Venezuela , and the deadliest involving Participation a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 .

In Vaughan 's case , this lifestyle would continue through further tours in the following four years , prior to his death in a helicopter accident in August 1990 .

A radiation accident occurred Coming_to_be in Samut Prakan Province , Thailand in January–February 2000 .

The accident happened when an insecurely stored Preserving unlicensed cobalt-60 radiation source was recovered Recovering by scrap metal collectors who , together with a scrapyard worker , subsequently dismantled Destroying the container , unknowingly exposing themselves and others nearby to ionizing radiation .

Investigations found Know failure to ensure secure storage of the radiation source to be the root cause of the accident , which resulted in Causation ten people being hospitalized Institutionalization for radiation injury , three of whom died Death , as well as the potentially significant exposure of 1,872 people .

The cause Causation of the accident was the detachment of fragments from a recapped tread on the right wheel of the nose gear , creating Creating a strong vibration .

Passenger Carlton Maloney , an audio-visual specialist at Pace University , was recording Recording audiotape during the accident as part of a series of recordings Recording of airplane takeoffs and landings .

The Chernobyl disaster Catastrophe was a nuclear accident Catastrophe that occurred Presence on 26 April 1986 at the No .

The accident Catastrophe started Process_start during a safety test Testing on an RBMK-type nuclear reactor , which was commonly used Using throughout the Soviet Union .

The struggle to safeguard Preventing_or_letting against hazards immediately after the accident Catastrophe , together with later decontamination efforts of the surroundings , ultimately involved Cause_to_be_included more than 500,000 liquidators and cost Cost an estimated 18 billion Soviet rubles—roughly US $ 68 billion in 2019 , adjusted for inflation .

The accident Catastrophe prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale safety upgrades on all remaining Temporary_stay Soviet-designed RBMK reactors , of which 10 continue to be operational .

As a result of rising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ambient radiation levels off-site , a radius exclusion zone was created Creating 36 hours after the accident .

The Chernobyl disaster Catastrophe is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history , both in terms of cost Cost and casualties Catastrophe .

One of the survivors was Arthur Robinson , a 25-year-old passenger who managed Control to hike five miles down the mountainside where he met Come_together rescuers from the Olive View Sanitarium who were searching Scrutiny for the accident site .

the accident was investigated Criminal_investigation by the accident board of the bureau of air commerce , under the authority of the department of commerce .

the accident was investigated Criminal_investigation by the accident board of the bureau of air commerce , under the authority of the department of commerce .

Both people aboard the aircraft were killed Killing in the accident : New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his certified flight instructor Tyler Stanger .

The Hispanic victims of the accident Catastrophe were placed Placing in a mass grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fresno , California , with their grave marked Recording only as `` Mexican Nationals '' .

The 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash Catastrophe was an accident Catastrophe that occurred Presence on 16 March 1978 , when a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner on an international flight Motion from Sofia , Bulgaria , to Warsaw Airport , Poland crashed Catastrophe .

British losses Earnings_and_losses were confined to a single man wounded Bodily_harm by an accident Incident aboard `` Crescent '' .

This was the worst accident Incident involving trains on the London Underground until the Moorgate tube crash Catastrophe in 1975 .

A similar accident at exactly the same location , with less serious consequences , occurred Coming_to_be in 1946 , before the line was open Openness for public traffic ; one railwayman died Death .

A memorial plaque to the accident was unveiled Hold at Stratford Station on 8 April 2016 by Lyn Brown , Member of Parliament for West Ham .

Identifying Check the cause Causation of the disaster Catastrophe proved Coming_to_believe difficult , as the accident Catastrophe had occurred Presence before the age of cockpit voice recorders .

The Civil Aeronautics Board ( CAB ) investigated Criminal_investigation the accident Catastrophe and , after interviewing Communication numerous eyewitnesses and examining Testing the debris field , were able to conclude Coming_to_believe that the initial failure of the aircraft had begun Process_start in the left Departing wing .

In the six months following the accident Catastrophe further progress Cause_to_make_progress towards identifying Check the cause Causation of the flutter Motion was unsuccessful and the case remained unsolved .

The breakthrough Achieve into unlocking Having_or_lacking_access the cause Causation of the accident Catastrophe came Arriving after the crash Catastrophe of Northwest Airlines Flight 710 on March 17 , 1960 .

The final accident Catastrophe report Reporting for Flight Self_motion 542 was issued Statement on April 28 , 1961 .

the disaster resulted in Change a 32-month hiatus in the shuttle program and the formation of the rogers commission , a special commission appointed Choosing by united states president ronald reagan to investigate Research the accident .

the rogers commission found Know nasa 's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing Giving factors to the accident , with the agency violating its own safety rules .

Media coverage of the accident was extensive ; one study reported Reporting that 85 percent of Americans surveyed Scrutiny had heard the news within an hour of the accident .

Media coverage of the accident was extensive ; one study reported Reporting that 85 percent of Americans surveyed Scrutiny had heard the news within an hour of the accident .

The cause Causation of the accident was determined Deciding to be a loss of control of the plane in turbulence , resulting in an involuntary steep descent Motion_directional which created Creating aerodynamic loads in excess of those for which the craft had been designed Create_artwork .

The final report from the Civil Aeronautics Board , who conducted Action the investigation Scrutiny , stated , `` The Board has insufficient tangible evidence at this time to determine Deciding the cause of the accident . ''

Overall , nine people died Death as a result of the hurricane Catastrophe : two in Texas due to drownings Bodily_harm in rip currents , three in Florida , two in Louisiana , one in Arkansas , and one in a maritime accident in the Gulf of Mexico .

Five others died Death in Honduras from an aviation accident likely related to the storm and one other was swept Scouring away in floodwaters .

This accident is memorable for grounding all Lockheed Constellations from July 12 until August 23 , 1946 when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed Placing .

although the weather at the time of the crash Catastrophe was clear , the accident Catastrophe investigation Criminal_investigation concluded Coming_to_believe that the crew of neither aircraft saw each other , possibly due to glare from the sun , and blamed Judgment_communication the accident Catastrophe on a failure on the part of both captains to keep a proper look-out for other aircraft .

although the weather at the time of the crash Catastrophe was clear , the accident Catastrophe investigation Criminal_investigation concluded Coming_to_believe that the crew of neither aircraft saw each other , possibly due to glare from the sun , and blamed Judgment_communication the accident Catastrophe on a failure on the part of both captains to keep a proper look-out for other aircraft .