The Piper Alpha disaster: A catastrophic North Sea oil rig explosion. Learn about the causes and consequences.

The Willow Island Cooling Tower Disaster: A tragic construction accident. Learn about the engineering failures.

The Electra Disaster: A mid-air tragedy that puzzled aviation engineers. Uncover the mystery and check the story to know more.

A preventable disaster: The DuPont explosion highlights the importance of industrial safety. Uncover the contributing factors.

The Columbia Disaster: A critical engineering failure that shook the space program. Investigate the causes.

A midnight catastrophe: The St. Francis Dam collapse, a human tragedy and engineering lesson. Discover the story.

On the days preceding February 26, 1972, Buffalo mining officials kept an eye on a local coal refuse dam in Logan County, West Virginia, as heavy rain continuously fell. The company measured water levels ...

The Vasa was a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after only sailing roughly 1,400 yards into its maiden voyage on August 10, 1628. Now, resurrected from the sea, the Vasa represents a widely-recognized symbol of the Swedish “great power period.”

On October 17, 1989, Ruth Anne Liu-Johnston left her office in San Francisco and traveled toward downtown Oakland. On her way, she drove across the Bay Bridge and took the I-880 connector. As she drove, she noticed her speedometer ...

As the last section of the tower was being raised, the supporting bolts suddenly failed, and the entire section fell, cascading a thousand feet to the ground. On the way down, the falling section sheered away guy wires and caused the entire structure to topple.