Accidents & Disasters, UNI-Ä°ZM
Nature isnāt always peaceful and idyllic. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other powerful natural phenomena can have devastating consequences on communities and regions throughout the world. But nature is far from the only instigator of large-scale misfortune; human-made disasters and tragedies, both accidental and intentional, can cause significant misery, damage, and loss of life.
Accidents & Disasters Encyclopedia Articles By Title
United Airlines Flight 232
United Airlines Flight 232, flight scheduled to fly from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to OāHare International......
United Airlines flight 93
United Airlines flight 93, domestic passenger flight that was hijacked on September 11, 2001, as part of a coordinated......
Uruguayan Air Force flight 571
Uruguayan Air Force flight 571, flight of an airplane charted by a Uruguayan amateur rugby team that crashed in......
US Airways flight 1549
US Airways flight 1549, flight of a passenger airliner that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River on January......
USS Arizona
USS Arizona, U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island,......
USS Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after......
Van earthquake of 2011
Van earthquake of 2011, severe earthquake that struck near the cities of ErciÅ and Van in eastern Turkey on October......
Vasa
Vasa, 17th-century Swedish vessel, the mightiest warship of its day, that sank on its maiden voyage on August 10,......
Venezuela mud slides of 1999
Venezuela mud slides of 1999, devastating mud slides in Venezuela in December 1999. An estimated 190,000 people......
Venezuelan earthquakes of 2026
Venezuelan earthquakes of 2026, a pair of severe earthquakes that struck northwestern Venezuela on June 24, 2026,......
What Were the September 11 Attacks?
The September 11 attacks were a series of airplane hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists......
Wilhelm Gustloff
Wilhelm Gustloff, German ocean liner that was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945. An estimated 9,000......
Windscale fire
Windscale fire, accident in 1957 at the Windscale nuclear reactor facility and plutonium-production plant in the......
Zuiderzee floods
Zuiderzee floods, two catastrophic seawall collapses along the Netherlandsā coastline that caused major flooding......
Ä°zmit earthquake of 1999
Ä°zmit earthquake of 1999, devastating earthquake that struck near the city of Ä°zmit in northwestern Turkey on August......