Disasters timeline
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Avjet Aspen Crash
The 2001 Avjet Aspen crash occurred on March 29, 2001 when a chartered Avjet Corporation Gulfstream III business jet, registration N303GA, crashed... Read more
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Ellis Park Stadium Disaster
ON this day in 2001 fans of the Orlando Pirates and Kaiser Chiefs gathered excitedly for a match between the two rivals – the biggest derby game in... Read more
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Tropical Storm Allison
Allison originated off the coast of Africa on May 21. For the next two weeks it moved across the Atlantic, into the Caribbean and then along the... Read more
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Kadalundi River Train Disaster
At least 43 persons were killed and more than 230 injured when eight bogies of the Madras-bound Mangalore Mail derailed over a bridge with four of... Read more
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Myojo 56 Building Fire
The fire, which broke out at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2001, on a stairway between the third and fourth floors after an explosion, ripped through... Read more
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American Airlines Flight 77 Crashes into Pentagon
American Airlines Flight 77 was the third flight hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks, and it was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon.... Read more
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Hijacked American Airlines Flights 11 and 175 Crash into the World Trade Center's North and South Towers, Destroying Both
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for... Read more
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Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse
Four loaded barges crashed into the Queen Isabella Causeway (Texas' longest bridge) taking out a 240 foot section of the bridge. The Brown Water V... Read more
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AZF Factory Explosion
A huge explosion ripped through AZF (Azote de France) fertiliser factory in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Toulouse, southwest of France,... Read more
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The SIEV X Sinks
On 18 October 2001, a small, unnamed 19.5m by 4m Indonesian fishing boat departed Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, with 421 passengers onboard. On the... Read more
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260 Die in Belle Harbor Plane Crash
It's clear that the plane did come down very much in a straight level, which was horrible for that particular site, but minimized what could have... Read more
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Lagos Armory Explosion
The death toll from a Nigerian armory explosion topped 1,000 today. There were signs that a police mutiny was ending, but there was also ethnic... Read more
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Crash of Air China Flight 129
Eleven seconds after the call on the emergency frequency, the second officer reported to the Tower controller that they were on the circle... Read more
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China Airlines Flight 611 Breaks Apart in Mid-Air
China Airlines Flight 611 was a Boeing 747 on a regular scheduled flight from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taoyuan to Chek Lap Kok... Read more
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Igandu Train Disaster
Tanzanian rescue crews labored on Tuesday to recover victims of a train crash that killed at least 200 people and authorities promised an inquiry... Read more
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Kolka-Karmadon Rock Ice Slide
The Kolka-Karmadon rock-ice slide occurred on the northern slope of the Kazbek massif in North Ossetia, Russia on September 20, 2002 following a... Read more
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Ho Chi Minh City ITC Fire
State media said 120 people were injured in the fire which began at 1:15 p.m. local time (0615 GMT) on Tuesday. Initial reports indicated it may... Read more
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Prestige Oil Spill
The oil spill from the tanker Prestige, which sank off Spain in November 2002, has been far worse than previously claimed, the Spanish government... Read more
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SARS Pandemic
Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). There has been one near... Read more
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during... Read more
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E2 Nightclub Stampede
The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub located above the Epitome Chicago restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, in... Read more
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Daegu Subway Fire
The Daegu subway fire of February 18, 2003 killed at least 198 people and injured at least 147. An arsonist set fire to a train stopped at the... Read more
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Passengers of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Die in Plane Crash
The 284 members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and 18 crew members on the plane were confirmed dead -- making the crash Iran's worst ever... Read more
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The Station Nightclub Fire
The Station nightclub fire occurred beginning at 11:07 PM EST, on Thursday, February 20, 2003, at The Station, a glam metal and rock n roll themed... Read more
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European Heat Wave of 2003
Neither Europeans, nor people around the world, can erase the memory of the thousands of people who lost their lives in the worst weather disaster... Read more