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In the aftermath of catastrophes, it is common to discover prior indicators, missed signals, and dismissed alerts that preceded the event. Indeed, in reviewing the accident literature, there are many […]

The incident of fire breaking on February 20, 2003 at the nightclub 'The StationE killed 100 people and more than 200 were injured, causing enough death and destruction. The way survivors were trapped in the nightclub, photographs, stories and the coverage by the Providence Journal is described

The American Association for the Advancement of Science said on 22 December that it will not award an honorary fellowship to chemist Patrick Harran, who was prosecuted for the accidental [...]

The crash of the AN-70 experimental model propfan airplane which killed its crew of seven in Feb 1995 has opened questions as to the cause of the crash and the efficacy of Russia's funding, production and research laws. Although officials blamed the crash on an escort plane's clipping the AN-70's vertical stabilizer, observers believe that conflicts in laws and absurd demands to fly the plane before it was ready could be responsible for the tragedy. There is also a question as to whether Russia will be able to produce the approximately $60 to manufacture another experimental model of a plane that would have provided 50,000 jobs for Russia and 27,000 new jobs for Ukraine when put into production.

Thiokol Had Three Concerns About Shuttle Launch Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had three sound reasons to postpone the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger, [...]