Freak Accidents, Disasters and Incidents

Boggo · 26 July 2013

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 · 30 July 2013

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 · 7 August 2013

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 · 9 September 2013

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 · 28 September 2013

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 · 2 October 2013

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

burglar · 2 October 2013

noirua said:
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 · 2 October 2013

burglar said:
Hahaha!

I hate thieves. :

A thief hating burglar?!

The burglar doth protest overmuch, methinks!

johenmo · 3 October 2013

cynic said:
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 · 3 October 2013

johenmo said:
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 · 9 October 2013

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 · 2 December 2013

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

noirua · 8 April 2018

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 · 28 April 2018

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 · 5 May 2018

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

noirua · 5 May 2018

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 · 10 June 2018

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 · 13 June 2018

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 · 19 June 2018

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 · 29 June 2018

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.

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