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Political Factoid
It is unfortunate how "flawed"
engineering designs are so often
detected ... as huge disasters.
Examples:
- Fukushima nuclear plants (Japan - 2011)
- I-35W Mississippi River bridge (Minneapolis - 2007)
- Twin towers collapse (NYC -2001)
- Space Shuttle Challenger (1986)
- Union Carbide pesticide plant (Bhopal, India 1984)
- Hotel walkway collapse (Kansas City - 1981)
- DC-10 crash (Sioux City - 1989)
- Ford Pinto Fuel tanks (1970's)
- Ohio river bridge failures (OH, WV - 1967)
- Hydramatic plant fire (Livonia, Michigan - 1953)
- Suspension bridge (Tacoma - 1940)
- Hydrogen-filled Hindenburg (Lakehurst, NJ - 1937)
- Titanic (North Atlantic - 1912)
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