Air India Express Flight 812 was a scheduled passenger service from Dubai to Mangalore, which, at around 01:00 UTC on 22 May 2010, overshot the runway on landing, fell over a cliff, and caught fire, spreading wreckage across the surrounding hillside.Of the 160 passengers and six crew members on board, only eight passengers survived.
GREAT TECHNOLOGY FAILURES
"Technology is developed for our comfort and safety, but it does not mean it always works."
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Thursday, 6 August 2015
R101 AIRSHIP DISASTER
Over the summer of 1930, the R101 lay in the Number 1 shed at Cardington undergoing extensive modifications, which were needed following on from her 1929 and early 1930 trial flights.
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE
Only four months after its completion, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State suffers a spectacular collapse.
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