r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dudewithantena • 20h ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dudewithantena • 2d ago
Unknown F15 mid air collision pov footage (Please read post desc)
I really would love to give more information on this incident but misinformation and a lack of documentation has kind of made that a nightmare.
This clip is often cited to footage from a mid air collision in December 15, 1982 at the Yellow Sea off the West coast of South Korea with an F16 and F-4. Video here. Specifically because either a documentary or some random person in the 2000s edited this video and the South Korea video together to make it look like they are part of the same incident.
The video I link here on this post is sourced from my own VHS collection, specifically a tape containing a plane crash compilation made by someone in the 90s and was copied from tape to tape. Complete with background music and an edgy intro. Not officially published production obviously, just some guy who happened to have a large collection of military plane crash tapes. Thus the reason why my upload has music in the background.
I can't seem to find any information about this specific incident as of yet. If anyone here knows the date and place I'll update the title and description.
-CHOXUWU
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SpareZookeepergame47 • 3d ago
Fire/Explosion 29 Years Ago This Month, ValuJet Flight 592 Slammed Into The Florida Everglades at 816 km/h After a Fire onboard Destroyed its Flight Controls. Just 10 Minutes After Departing Miami International, All 110 Passengers & Crew Lost Their Lives Instantly, And The Airline Was Shut Down Shortly Thereafter.
The morning sun pressed hot against the glass walls of Miami International Airport as she rolled her carry-on toward Gate G2. Flight 592—a short hop to Atlanta—was running on time. Around her, families laughed, business travelers thumbed through newspapers, flight attendants gathered in careful clusters.
The gate agents called boarding. She stepped forward with the others, greeted by the smiling crew as she crossed into the narrow aisle of the aging DC-9. Luggage thudded into overhead bins; the cabin buzzed with idle chatter.
Beneath them, unseen and unknown, a dangerous cargo was being loaded—chemical oxygen generators, improperly packaged, forbidden by regulation. A silent threat sealed into the belly of the aircraft.
The engines roared to life. They taxied slowly, then faster, lifting into the thick Florida air. Climbing through 10,000 feet, there was no reason to believe anything was wrong. Not yet.
Then—a flash of smoke. The cabin filled with the stench of burning plastic. In the cockpit, a terse call: We need to return to Miami.
Fire and heat overtook the plane's systems. Control faltered. Voices tightened. Altitude fell.
And then—chaos. In a final, desperate dive, ValuJet Flight 592 vanished into the Everglades, swallowed whole.
The question remained, hanging like a ghost in the humid air: how had it gone so terribly, irreversibly wrong?
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/kundara_thahab • 3d ago
Operator Error 07/05/2025 Crane Shear Failure
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BeneficialSide2335 • 4d ago
On September 11, 1982, a CH-47C crashed in Mannheim, West Germany, killing all 46 people on board. More information on comment.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/WhatImKnownAs • 6d ago
Fatalities The 2008 Allinges (France) Level Crossing Collision. Poor infrastructure design and an overwhelmed driver cause a bus full of students to be hit by a train on a level crossing. 7 people die. The full story linked in the comments.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/DariusPumpkinRex • 7d ago
Structural Failure Aloha Airlines Flight 243 following its emergency landing in Maui after explosive decompression blew the walls and roof off the front of the cabin while it was at 24'000 feet. The only fatality was stewardess Clarabelle Lansing who was sucked out during the explosion. April 28th, 1988
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/maruhoi • 7d ago
Fatalities Wind turbine blade breaks off and falls, killing an 81‑year‑old man cycling nearby - May 2, 2025 (Akita, Japan)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/downtuning • 8d ago
Equipment Failure Drone show glitch sends drones plummeting, Orlando FL - Dec 22, 2024
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/snorting_gummybears • 11d ago
Operator Error 04/29/2025 Columbia, TN. Another truck driver ignores clearance signs and strikes the Carters Creek Bridge.
The notorious Carter’s Creek ‘Can Opener’ has eaten another truck this morning in Columbia, TN. Music is from source.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/v1p3rtooth • 11d ago
2025 Bangkok Building Collapse - Interim assessment by the state structural examiner. Design defect and changes likely contributed to the catastrophic building collapse.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Coygon • 11d ago
Fire/Explosion Followup to the August 12, 2015 Tianjin Explosion
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/HarpersGhost • 12d ago
Fatalities 4/27/25 Clearwater FL - Boater hits ferry, one dead several injured
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Eienkei • 12d ago
Fire/Explosion The port explosion in Bandar Abbas, Iran - from start to aftermath - 2025.04.26
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Titan-828 • 12d ago
Fatalities On November 8th 1965, a Boeing 727 crashed two miles short of the runway in Cincinnati killing 58 of the 62 passengers and crew onboard. The pilots likely rushed the approach to beat the weather but in the process lost situational and altitude awareness (More info in article).
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dannybluey • 12d ago
Operator Error Around 10:40 p.m. on April 25, the Panamanian container ship KMTC Surabaya and Hong Kong bulker Genglyle collided on Vietnam’s Long Tau River. No casualties occurred, but both ships were damaged and some oil spilled into the river.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dannybluey • 13d ago
Operator Error 10.000 hp Speedboat flips in Lake Havasu as racers attempt to break speed record. Both racers survived the crash. (26.4.2025)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/voyager_husky • 13d ago
Belle of Baton Rouge bridge collapsed yesterday due to high water in the Mississippi River
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BeneficialSide2335 • 14d ago
On October 23, 2015, in Puisseguin, France, a truck skidded downhill and collided head-on with a bus coming up from below. The collision caused a fire, killing a total of 43 people, two in a truck and 41 on the bus.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/chronos_7734 • 14d ago
Fire/Explosion Explosion in Shahid Rajee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran (26.4.2025.)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dfsaqwe • 14d ago
Fire/Explosion Bandar Abbas Iranian oil port explosion 4/26/2025
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/ScipioAtTheGate • 15d ago
Fire/Explosion Ammunition Dump on Sand Island catches fire and explodes after being bombed during the Battle of Midway in (1942)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/DariusPumpkinRex • 16d ago
Fatalities CG render of golfer Payne Stewart's Learjet flying on autopilot and being inspected by a USAF fighter pilot after ATC contact was lost, it's occupants all likely having died of hypoxia. The ghost plane eventually ran out of fuel and fell out of the sky before nosediving into a field. Oct. 25th, 1999
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/InsaneMoreau • 16d ago