Freak Accidents, Disasters and Incidents

[Boggo]

Same airport, same runway, same aircraft type and similiar flight point of origin just a few weeks after the last one.

This could have been a lot worse as they were still 3.8 miles from the airport !

http://avherald.com/h?article=465e38db&opt=0

 

[noirua]

Teen Inhales Dart From a Homemade Blowgun - AOL On
http://on.aol.com/video/teen-inhales-dart-from-a-homemade-blowgun-517867350?hp=1&playlist=127155

 

[noirua]

Video: How to make a motorcyclist sandwich | AOL Cars UK
http://cars.aol.co.uk/2013/08/06/video-how-to-make-a-motorcyclist-sandwich/

 

[noirua]

Sheppey Crash: 100 Cars Collide On Bridge
http://news.sky.com/story/1137389/sheppey-crash-100-cars-collide-on-bridge

'It is truly miraculous no one was killed': 130 vehicles, 200 hurt, a nine-hour delay - the mother of all rush-hour pile-ups at Kent's Sheppey Crossing - Home N...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...news/new-sheppey-crossing-crash-video-2252872

 

[noirua]

Man killed in remote-control helicopter accident in Gravesend, Brooklyn | 7online.com
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9237643

 

[noirua]

Car Thief Sprayed With Invisible Ink During Break-In
http://autos.aol.com/article/car-thief-sprayed-with-invisible-ink-during-break-in/

 

[burglar]

Car Thief Sprayed With Invisible Ink During Break-In
http://autos.aol.com/article/car-thief-sprayed-with-invisible-ink-during-break-in/

Hahaha!

I hate thieves. :

 

[cynic]

Hahaha!

I hate thieves. :

A thief hating burglar?!

The burglar doth protest overmuch, methinks!

 

[johenmo]

A thief hating burglar?!

The burglar doth protest overmuch, methinks!

A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! Shakespeare's Henry IV. Is it this that spawned the saying "no honour among(st) thieves"?

 

[cynic]

A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! Shakespeare's Henry IV. Is it this that spawned the saying "no honour among(st) thieves"?

To thieve or not to thieve, that is the question!

 

[noirua]

Video: Lorry flies across US highway and explodes into fireball -
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/08/04/video-lorry-flies-over-highway-explodes-fireball-indiana/

 

[noirua]

Warning: Some of the blog entries are horrific
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl2|sec1_lnk3&pLid=226979

 

[noirua]

Dodgy SatNavs:
Four members of Bristol family die in Florida car crash
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...rs-of-bristol-family-die-in-florida-car-crash

 

[noirua]

400-pound man admits accidentally crushing step-grandson, 11, to death
http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/27/400-p...g-step-grandson-11-death-7504254/?ito=cbshare


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[noirua]

Warning! Do not click on this link if you are of a nervous disposition.
***A man is killed in this short video***

 

[noirua]

South African footballer Luyanda Ntshangase dies two months after being struck by lightning
https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/05/05/07/10/lightning-kills-footballer-in-south-africa

 

[noirua]

It's a dodgy satnav once again; Who do you blindly follow in life. If it's a satnav or app kick yourself right now.
Heartbreaking reason Corrie's Bill Roache missed dying daughter's final moments
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/06/...on-corries-bill-roache-missed-dying-daughter/

The pair were 15 minutes away from the hospital where Vanya was stricken with a liver condition when a sat-nav took them down a country road covered in snow, he said.
"The car just went straight on, smashed a sign, went over a traffic island and hit a hedgerow, smashing the whole front of the car," he said.

 

[noirua]

Pescadores descrevem cenário de horror em praia da Ericeira
https://www.jn.pt/local/noticias/li...o-de-horror-na-praia-da-ericeira-9440018.html

British-Australian Couple Fall To Their Deaths 'While Taking A Selfie' In Portugal
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/selfie-death_uk_5b20c3eee4b0bbb7a0e2fd18

 

[noirua]

The perils of Magnet Fishing:

Father And Son Die 'Magnet Fishing' In Huddersfield Canal
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...t-fishing-tragedy_uk_5b2779e9e4b056b2263bb397

 

[SirRumpole]

I just came across this excellent analysis of the Air France Concorde crash by a former Concorde pilot.

Arrogance, incompetence, bad luck and neglect all contributed.

Well worth the watch.