List of structural failures and collapses

This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including some aircraft, bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

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Buildings and other fixed man-made structures

Antiquity – Middle Ages

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
226 BC	Colossus of Rhodes	City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes	statue	0
27	Fidenae amphitheatre collapse	Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire	amphitheatre	20,000+
ca. 27-30	Tower of Siloam	Jerusalem, Israel	tower	18
140	Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus	Rome, Italia, Roman Empire	amphitheatre	~13,000
558	Dome of Hagia Sophia	Constantinople, Byzantine Empire	Church (building)	0
1284	Choir of Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais, France	Church (building)	0
1297	Stirling Bridge	Stirling, Scotland	bridge
1303	Lighthouse of Alexandria	Alexandria, Egypt	tower	0
1322	Ely Cathedral Tower Collapse	Ely, England	Church (building)	0
1382	Bell tower of St. Mary's church, Stralsund	Stralsund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany)	Church (building)	0
1444	Rialto Bridge	Venice, Republic of Venice	bridge	0
1500	Malmesbury Abbey	Malmesbury, England	Church (building)	0
1529	St. Elisabeth's Church, Breslau	Breslau, Silesia	Church (building)
1549	Lincoln Cathedral	Lincoln, England	Church (building)
1573	Tower of Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais, France	Church (building)
1577	Martinikerk (Groningen)	Groningen, free city; now part of The Netherlands	Church (building)

17th century – 19th century

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
1625	Tower of St. Olaf's church, Tallinn	Tallinn, Sweden (now in Estonia)	Church (building)
1647	Tower of St.-Marien-Kirche	Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now in Germany)	Church (building)
1661	Tower of Reinoldikirche	Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany)	Church (building)
1666	St. Peter's Church, Riga	Riga, Sweden (now in Latvia)	Church (building)	8 buried in rubble
17th century	Abbaye-aux-Hommes	Caen, France	Church (building)
1674	Nave of the Dom Church	Utrecht, The Netherlands	Church (building)
1697	Tower of St. Michael's Church, Klausenburg	Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania)	Church (building)
c. 1715	Marsalforn Tower	Xagħra, Gozo, Malta	tower	0
1721	St. Peter's Church, Riga	Riga, Sweden/Russia, now in Latvia	Church (building)
1763	Tower of St. Michael's Church	Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania)	Church (building)
1777	Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene	Posen, Prussia	Church (building)
1831	Broughton Suspension Bridge	Broughton, UK	bridge	0
1845	Yarmouth Bridge	Yarmouth, UK	bridge	79
1847	Dee bridge disaster	Chester, UK	bridge	5
1850	Angers Bridge	Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France	bridge	226
1860	Pemberton Mill	Lawrence, Massachusetts, US
1860	Wooton Bridge Collapse	Wootton, UK	bridge	2
1860	Bull bridge accident	Ambergate, UK	bridge	0
1861	Chichester Cathedral Spire Collapse	Chichester, UK	Church (building)
1864	Dale Dike Reservoir	South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom	dam	244 [1]
1875	Portage Bridge	Town of Portage, New York, US	bridge	0
1876	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster	Ashtabula, Ohio, US		92
1879	Tay Bridge disaster	Dundee, Scotland, UK	bridge	75
1887	Bussey bridge disaster	Boston, Massachusetts, US	bridge	24-30
1889	South Fork Dam	Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US	dam	2,209
1890	Walnut Grove Dam	Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US	dam
1891	Munchenstein rail disaster	Munchenstein, Switzerland	bridge
1896	Point Ellice Bridge	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	bridge	55

1900s–1950s

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
1902	St. Mark's Campanile	Venice, Italy
1902	Ibrox disaster	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Stadium
1904	Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse	Eden, Colorado, US	bridge
1905	Egyptian Bridge	Saint Petersburg, Russia	bridge	0
1907	Quebec Bridge	Quebec City, Canada	bridge	75
1908	Görlitz City Hall	Görlitz, Germany	hall
1912	Mast of Großfunkstelle Nauen	Nauen, Germany	radio tower
1915	Division Street Bridge	Spokane, Washington, US	bridge	5
1916	Desse Dam	Dessendorf, Austria-Hungary	dam
1916	Quebec Bridge	Quebec City, Canada	bridge	11
1919	Molasses Tank	Boston, Massachusetts, US	Tank	21
1925	Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station	Norddeich, Germany	radio tower
1925	Llyn Eigiau dam, Coedty reservoir dam	Dolgarrog, North Wales, UK	dam
1927	Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen	Zeesen, Germany	Guyed Mast
1928	St. Francis Dam	Santa Clarita, California, US	dam	600[2]
1930	Towers of Sender Stadelheim	Munich, Germany	radio tower
1934	Seta river railroad bridge	Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan	bridge
1935	Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg	Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany	radio tower
1937	Kasai River Bridge Collapse	Kasai, Belgian Congo (now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)	bridge
1938	Kugaiza Cinema	Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan	Cinema building	69 (Roof collapse due to the weight of snow)[3]
1938	Upper Steel Arch Bridge	Niagara Falls, New York, US	bridge	0
1938	Liechtenstein-Haberfeld transmitter	Haberfeld, Liechtenstein	radio tower
1939	Sandö Bridge	Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden	bridge	18
1939	Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower	Bremen, Germany
1940	First Tacoma Narrows Bridge	Tacoma, Washington, US	bridge	0
1940	Theodor Heuss Bridge	Ludwigshafen, Germany	bridge
1940	Collapse of Tower West of Fécamp Radio Normandie Transmitter	Fécamp, France	radio tower
1942	Chesapeake City Bridge	Chesapeake, Maryland, US	bridge
1945	Ludendorffbrücke	Remagen, Germany	bridge	28
1949	2 masts of Sender Langenberg	Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany
1949	Schwerin Möwenburgstraße transmitter	Schwerin, Germany	radio tower
1949	Inotani wire bridge	Toyama, Toyama, Japan	bridge	29
1949	Collapse of Hamburg-Billstadt Radio Mast	Hamburg, Germany	radio tower
1951	Duplessis bridge collapse	Quebec, Canada	bridge	4
1953	Tangiwai Bridge, Tangiwai disaster	Tangiwai, New Zealand	bridge	151
1953	Augusta Radio Mast	Augusta, Michigan, US	Guyed Mast
1957	Rail bridge near St Johns station	London-Lewisham, UK	bridge	90
1958	Second Narrows Bridge	Vancouver, Canada	bridge	19
1958	Collapse of Sender Ochsenkopf	Ochsenkopf, Germany	Guyed Mast
1959	Vega de Tera	Ribadelago, Spain	dam	144
1959	Malpasset	Côte d'Azur, France	dam

1960s–1970s

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
1960	KOBR-TV Tower	Caprock, New Mexico, US	Guyed Mast
1961	LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach	Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US	radio tower
1962	LORAN-C transmitter Ejde	Ejde, Faroe Islands	radio tower
1962	King Street Bridge (Melbourne)	Melbourne, Australia	bridge	0
1962	KGW Tower	Portland, Oregon, US	radio tower
1963	Baldwin Hills Reservoir	Los Angeles, California, US	Dam
1964	Tower of Pfarrkirche St. Johann Baptist	Ichenhausen, Germany	Church (building)
1964	General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge	Maracaibo, Venezuela	bridge
1965	SES8 Tower	Mount Burr, South Australia	radio tower
1965	Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse	Iwo Jima, Japan	radio tower	6
1966	Heron Road Bridge	Ottawa, Canada	bridge	9
1966	Heiligenstedten Bascule Bridge	Heiligenstedten, Germany	bridge	0
1966	WLBT TV Tower	Raymond, Mississippi, US	TV mast / tower
1967	Queen Juliana Bridge	Willemstad, Curaçao	bridge
1967	WNBC/WCBS-Tower	High Island, New York, US
1967	Waltham transmitting station	Waltham, UK	Guyed Mast
1967	Silver Bridge	Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US	bridge	46
1968	Ronan Point collapse	London, UK	high rise	4
1968	KELO TV Tower	Rowena, South Dakota, US	Guyed Mast
1968	WAEO Tower	Starks, Wisconsin, US	Guyed Mast
1969	FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter	Marnach, Luxembourg	Guyed Mast
1969	Emley Moor TV Mast Collapse	Emley, West Yorkshire, UK	Guyed Mast
1970	Orlunda transmitter, central radio mast collapse	Orlunda, Sweden	Guyed Mast
1970	West Gate Bridge	Melbourne, Australia	Bridge	35
1970	Britannia Bridge	Menai Strait, Wales, UK	Bridge	0
1970	Cleddau Bridge	Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK	Bridge	4
1971	KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers	Portland, Oregon, US	Guyed Mast
1971	Südbrücke (South Bridge)	Koblenz, Germany	Bridge under construction	13
1971	1971 Certej dam failure	Certeju de Sus, Romania	dam	89
1972	Buffalo Creek Flood	West Virginia, US	dam	125
1972	Mittelturm	Königs Wusterhausen, Germany	Lattice tower
1972	Sidney Lanier Bridge	Brunswick, Georgia, US	bridge	10
1973	Bithlo TV Mast Collapse	Bithlo, Florida, US	Guyed Mast
1973	Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center	New York, NY, US	Hotel and theaters
1974	Makahali River bridge	Baitadi, Nepal	bridge	140
1975	Tasman Bridge	Hobart, Australia	bridge	12
1975	KELO TV Tower	Rowena, South Dakota, US	Guyed Mast
1975	Banqiao and Shimantan Dams	Zhumadian, Henan, China	Dam
1976	Teton Dam	Idaho, US	Mud dam	11
1976	Sendeanlage Burg SL-3	Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany	Guyed Mast
1976	Reichsbrücke	Vienna, Austria	Bridge	1
1976	Pic de Nore transmitter	Pic de Nore, France	Guyed Mast
1977	Granville Railway Bridge	Sydney, Australia	bridge	83
1977	KSLA-TV Tower	Mooringsport, Louisiana, US	Guyed Mast
1977	Pushkino Pedestrian Bridge Collapse	Puskino, Russia	bridge
1977	Kelly Barnes Dam	Georgia, US	Dam	39
1978	Nebraska Education Tower Angora	Angora, Nebraska, US	Guyed Mast
1978	WJJY TV Mast	Bluffs, Illinois, US	Guyed Mast
1978	WAND-TV Tower	Decatur, Illinois, US	Guyed Mast
1978	CKVR Television Tower	Barrie, Ontario, Canada	Guyed Mast
1978	Hartford Civic Center	Hartford, Connecticut, US	arena	0
1978	Sender Zehlendorf	Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Germany	Guyed Mast
1978	Willow Island Cooling Tower	Willow Island, West Virginia, US	Cooling tower under construction	51
1979	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri, US	Stadium
1979	Bouchain Power Plant, Cooling Tower East	Bouchain, France	Cooling tower
1979	Sender Krasch	Bernklau, Bohemia	Guyed Mast
1979	Blåbärskullen transmitter	Sunne, Sweden	Pinnacle of guyed Mast

1980s–1990s

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
1980	Corralejas stadium collapse	Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia	Stadium
1980	Almö Bridge	Stenungsund, Sweden	Bridge	8
1980	Sunshine Skyway Bridge	Saint Petersburg, Florida, US	Bridge	35
1980	Hayakawa wire bridge	Saito, Kyūshū, Japan	Bridge (Suspension)	7
1980	LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen	Jan Mayen, Norway	Guyed Mast
1981	Hyatt Regency walkway collapse	Kansas City, Missouri, US	Walkway	114
1981	Dudelange Radio Tower Collapse	Dudelange, Luxembourg	Lattice tower
1982	Aviamotornaya Escalator Collapse	Moscow, USSR	Escalator	8
1982	Lawn Lake Dam	Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US	Dam
1982	Tous Dam	Valencia, Spain	Dam	+30
1982	Senior Road Tower Collapse	Missouri City, Texas, US	Guyed Mast	5
1982	Chimney of Matla Power Station	Mpumalanga, South Africa	Chimney
1982	Sophia Gardens Pavilion	Cardiff, Wales, UK	Concert hall
1982	WCIQ Tower	Mount Cheaha, Alabama, US	Guyed Mast
1983	Mianus River Bridge	Greenwich, Connecticut, US	Bridge	3
1983	CKX-TV Craig Television Tower	Souris, Manitoba, Canada	Guyed Mast
1983	Wavre TV Mast	Wavre, Belgium	Guyed Mast
1983	KWWL-TV Mast	Rowley, Iowa, US	Guyed Mast
1985	Istra Dome	Russia	Dome
1985	Val di Stava Dam collapse	Italy	Dam
1985	Sender Bielstein	Bielstein, Germany	Guyed Mast
1986	Hotel New World Disaster	Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore	Hotel	33
1987	L'Ambiance Plaza collapse	Bridgeport, Connecticut, US	Residential Tower	28
1987	Turów Power Plant	Bogatynia, Poland	Cooling tower
1987	Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse	Fort Hunter, New York, US	Bridge	10
1988	Multrå transmitter	Sollefteå, Sweden	Pinnacle of guyed Mast
1988	Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge)	Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany	Bridge under construction	1
1988	Station Square collapse (Save-On-Foods collapse)	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada	Rooftop parking structure
1988	Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge	Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia	Bridge
1988	Green Bank Telescope	Green Bank, West Virginia, USA	Parabolic dish ( diameter: 90.44 metres)
1989	Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge	Tennessee, US	bridge	8
1989	WRAL-TV & WPTF-TV towers	Auburn, North Carolina, US	Guyed Mast
1989	Cypress Street Viaduct	Oakland, California, US	Bridge	42
1991	Astram Line steel bridge	Hiroshima, Japan	Bridge	15
1991-08-08	Warsaw Radio Mast collapse	Gąbin, Poland	guyed mast ( 646 m)
1992	Armand Césari Stadium disaster	Bastia, France	Stadium
1992	WCIX TV Tower	Homestead (Miami), Florida, US	Guyed Mast
1993	Claiborne Avenue Bridge	New Orleans, Louisiana, US	bridge	1
1993	LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan	Kargaburan, Turkey	Guyed Mast
1993	CSXT Big Bayou Canot rail bridge	Mobile, Alabama, US	bridge	47
1993	Cape Race LORAN-C Mast Collapse	Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	Mast
1993	Highland Towers collapse (Block 1)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Residential Tower	48
1994	Marja store collapse	Tallinn, Estonia	commercial building	5
1994	Seongsu Bridge	Seoul, South Korea	bridge	32
1995	Cave Creek disaster	Paparoa National Park, New Zealand	Viewing Platform	14
1995	Sampoong Department Store collapse	Seoul, South Korea	Commercial Building	502
1996	WCOV-TV Tower	Montgomery, Alabama, US	TV mast / tower
1996	Baikong Railway bridge	Ruyuan County, Guangdong, China	bridge	29
1996	Koror-Babeldaob Bridge	Koror and Babeldaob, Palau	bridge	2
1996	Walnut Street Bridge collapse	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US	bridge	0
1997	Opuha Dam	New Zealand	dam
1997	2 masts of Grigoriopol transmitter	Grigoriopol, Moldova	Guyed Mast
1997	Maccabiah bridge collapse	Tel Aviv, Israel	bridge	4
1997	KNOE-TV Tower	Louisiana, US	Guyed Mast
1997	KXJB-TV mast collapse	Traill County, North Dakota, US	Guyed Mast
1997	WLBT Tower collapse	Raymond, Mississippi, US	Tower
1997	Knick-Ei	Halstenbek, Germany	Sports Hall	0
1998	Palace II collapse	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Residential Tower	8
1998	Knick-Ei	Halstenbek, Germany	Sports Hall	0
1999	Gdynia Shipyard Crane Crash	Gdynia, Poland	Crane	0

2000–2005

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
2000	2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill	Baia Mare, Romania	Embankment dam	none
2000	Pier Number 34 (Club Heat)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US	Pier	3
2000	Highway 15 Overpass Collapse	Montréal, Canada	Overpass	1
2000	WRMD-Tower	St. Petersburg, Florida, US	Mast
2000	KXEO/KWWR-Tower	Mexico, Missouri, US	Mast
2000	Hoan Bridge	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US	bridge	0
2001	Hintze Ribeiro bridge	Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal	bridge	59
2001	Asagiri footbridge	Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan	footbridge	11 killed, 247 injured
2001	Queen Isabella Causeway	Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, US	bridge	8
2001	Angara transmitter, Northern Mast	Angara, Russia	Guyed Mast
2001	Krasny Bor transmitter	Krasny Bor, Russia	Guyed Mast
2001	Kadalundi River rail bridge	India	bridge	57
2001	Versailles wedding hall collapse	Jerusalem, Israel	Wedding Hall	23 killed, 380 injured
2001	Collapse of the World Trade Center highrises	New York City, US	Three skyscrapers	Terror attack. 2,996 in Towers 1, 2 (Twin Towers) and 7 (WTC 7 had been evacuated; collapsed on its own at 5:21 pm) includes those killed in the two planes: American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. The casualty count continues to rise, however, with the number of deaths and illnesses occurring in survivors and Ground Zero rescue and cleanup workers.[4]
2002	Oemau flood	Oemau, Bohemia
2002	Ellenstedt Wind Turbine Collapse	Ellenstedt, Germany	Wind Turbine
2002	Buran Hangar Collapse	Baikonur, Kazakhstan/Russia	Hangar
2002	I-40 bridge disaster	Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, US	bridge	14 killed, 11 injured
2002	Rafiganj rail bridge	India	bridge
2002	Interstate 95 Howard Avenue Overpass	Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
2003	WVAH Tower	West Virginia, US	Guyed Mast
2003	WPAY (AM)-Tower	Portsmouth, Ohio, US	Guyed Mast
2003	WTNV-FM Tower	Jackson, Tennessee, US	Free-standing tower
2003	WMBD Tower	Peoria, Illinois, US	Free-standing tower
2003	WIFR TV Tower		Guyed Mast
2003	KETV TV Tower	Omaha, Nebraska, US	Guyed Mast
2003	WAAY TV Tower	Huntsville, Alabama, US	Guyed Mast
2003	Utrecht radio mast collapse	Utrecht, Netherlands
2003	Silver Lake Dam failure	Marquette County, Michigan, US	Embankment dam	none
2003	Kinzua Bridge	Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, US	bridge	0, 0
2003	Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge	Latchford, Ontario, Canada	bridge
2003	2003 Chicago balcony collapse	Chicago, Illinois, US	balcony	13 dead, 57 injured
2003	Schneebergerhof Vestas V80 Wind Turbine collapse	Gerbach, Germany	Wind Turbine
2004	Big Bay Dam	Mississippi, US	dam	0[5]
2004	Camará Dam	Brazil	dam
2004	Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport	Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France		4 dead, 3 injured
2004	Loncomilla Bridge	San Javier, Chile	bridge
2004	Transvaal Park	Moscow, Russia	Water park	28 killed
2004	Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge crane collapse	Connecticut, US	bridge-deconstruction crane	1 killed
2004	Big Nickel Road Bridge	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	bridge
2004	Mungo Bridge	Cameroon	bridge
2004	Peterborough radio mast	Peterborough, Great Britain
2004	KFI Mast	Los Angeles, California, US
2005	Shakidor Dam	Pakistan	dam	70 killed
2005	Taum Sauk Reservoir	Lesterville, Missouri, US	Dam
2005	Almuñécar Motorway bridge	Almuñécar, Province of Granada, Spain	bridge
2005	Caracas-La Guaira highway, Viaduct #1	Tacagua, Venezuela	bridge
2005	Gerrards Cross Tunnel	Gerrards Cross, Great Britain
2005	Veligonda Railway Bridge	India	bridge
2005	WLGA Transmitter Tower (formerly WSWS-TV Transmitter Tower)	Cusseta, Georgia, US	Guyed Mast
2005	Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta	Atlanta, Nebraska, US

2006–present

Year	Structure	Location	Type	Casualties
2006	2006 Lagos building collapses	Lagos, Nigeria
2006	De la Concorde Overpass collapse	Montréal, Canada	Overpass	5 killed, 6 injured
2006	Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse	Bad Reichenhall, Germany	Stadium roof	15 killed, 32 injured
2006	Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse	Katowice, Poland		65 killed, 170 injured
2006	Run Pathani Bridge Collapse	Pakistan	bridge
2006	Torre VIP de Rádio & TV	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil	Guyed Mast
2006	Yekaterinburg bridge collapse	Yekaterinburg, Russia	bridge
2006	Nimule bridge collapse	Nimule, Kenya	bridge
2006	Bhagalpur Pedestrian Bridge Collapse	Bhagalpur, Bihar, India	bridge
2006	Eziama Bridge Collapse	Eziama, Nigeria	bridge
2006	KSPS-TV tower	Spokane, Washington	TV mast / tower
2006	Big Dig ceiling collapse	South Boston, Massachusetts, US	Ceiling Tile	1 killed, 1 injured
2007	Foshan bridge disaster	Foshan, Guangdong, China	bridge	8+ killed
2007	Crab House - Floor collapsed into the water injuring nine	Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US
2007	Sherman County Wind Turbine collapse	Sherman County, Oregon, US	Wind Turbine
2007	WACS-TV tower	Americus, Georgia, US	Guyed Mast
2007	WSKY-DT Tower	Camden County, North Carolina, US	Guyed Mast
2007	Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower	Browns Summit, Texas, US
2007	Punjagutta Flyover Bridge Collapse	Punjagutta, India	bridge
2007	Tuo River bridge	Fenguan, Sichuan, China	bridge
2007	Harp Road bridge	Oakville, Washington, US	bridge
2007	MacArthur Maze	Oakland, California, US
2007	Shershah Bridge - Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi	Karachi, Pakistan	bridge
2007	Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse	Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany	power station under construction	3 killed, 6 injured
2007	Guinea Bridge Collapse	Guinea	bridge
2007	Chhinchu suspension bridge	Nepalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal	bridge
2007	WNEP-TV Tower	Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US	Guyed Mast
2007	I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse	Minneapolis, Minnesota, US	bridge	13 dead, 145 injured
2007	Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction	Hunan, China	bridge	50+ dead, ~90+ injured
2008	Hornslet Wind Turbine Collapse	Hornslet, Denmark	Wind turbine
2008	303 East 51st Street crane collapse	Manhattan, New York City, United States	Crane	7 killed, 24 injured
2007	Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge	Cần Thơ, Vietnam	bridge
2008	Cedar Rapids Railway Bridge Collapse	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US	bridge
2007	Stobart Mill Wind Turbine Collapse	Stobart Mill, UK	Wind Turbine
2008	KATV Tower	Redfield, Arkansas, US	Guyed Mast
2008	Searsburg Wind Turbine Collapse	Searsburg, New Hampshire, US	Wind Turbine
2008	Christian rock concert stage collapse	Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada	Stage
2009	Emmis Television Wichita Tower	Wichita, Kansas, US	Guyed Mast
2009	Alona Wind Turbine Collapse	Alona, New York, US	Wind Turbine
2009	Fenner wind turbine collapse	Fenner, New York, US	Wind Turbine
2009	Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse	Cologne, Germany		2 killed
2009	Situ Gintung Dam	Tangerang, Indonesia	dam
2009	Collapse of the Block 7 of Lotus Riverside	Shanghai, China
2009	Broadmeadow viaduct	Malahide, Ireland	bridge	0, 0
2009	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium	Terengganu, Malaysia	Stadium
2009	2009 Korba chimney collapse	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India		At least 45 killed
2009	Big Valley Jamboree stage collapse	Camrose, Alberta, Canada	Stage	1 killed, 15+ injured
2009	Palma de Mallorca House Collapse	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009	Jaya Supermarket	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		7+ killed
2009	Kota Chambal Bridge Collapse	Kota, India	bridge
2010	Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road	Hong Kong	building	4 dead
2010	Bab Berdieyinne mosque minaret collapse	Meknes, Morocco
2010	Myllysilta (Mill Bridge)	Turku, Finland	bridge
2010	Lalita Park building collapse	New Delhi, India
2010	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse	Minneapolis, Minnesota, US	Stadium roof	0, 0
2010	Ikeja City Mall	Lagos, Nigeria
2011	Lift bridge Waddinxveen	Waddinxveen, Netherlands
2011	WEAU-TV, WAXX-FM Tower	Fairchild, Wisconsin, US	Guyed mast
2011	Kirtorf Wind Turbine collapse	Kirtorf, Germany	Wind turbine
2011	Enschede Stadium Roof Collapse	Enschede, Netherlands	Stadium roof
2011	Antenna mast of tower of Zendstation Smilde	Hoogersmilde, Netherlands	Partially guyed tower
2011	Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapse	Ottawa, Canada	Stage
2011	Indiana State Fair stage collapse	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Stage	7 dead, 58 injured
2011	Pukkelpop stage collapse	Hasselt, Belgium	Stage
2011	QAL scaffold collapse	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	scaffold
2011	Canterbury Television building collapse	Christchurch earthquake	Commercial building	115 dead, collapsed during earthquake
2012	Vieira Fazenda Office Block Collapses	Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Office Buildings	17 dead
2012	Downsview Park stage collapse	Toronto, Canada	Stage	1 dead
2012	Algo Centre Mall	Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada	shopping mall	2 dead, 22 injured
2012	Longwave transmitter Europe 1	Felsberg-Berus, Germany	guyed radio mast
2013	Building	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Building under construction [6]	3+ killed
2013	Building	Thane, Mumbai	Building under construction [7][8]	45 killed, 50 injured
2013	Rana Plaza	Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Commercial building[9]	1100+ killed, 2500+ injured
2013	22nd and Market Building Collapse	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Building	6 dead, 13 injured[10]
2013	Penang Second Bridge	Penang Island, Malaysia	Bridge	1 dead, 3 injured
2013	Row houses collapse 400 block of Daly Street	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Row houses	8 injured[11]
2013	I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse	Skagit County, Washington, U.S.	Bridge	3 injured[12]
2013	Building under construction	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Building	At least 6 dead and 20 injured[13]
2013	Residential building	Mumbai, India	Building	At least 61 dead, 32 injured when a five-storey building pancake collapsed in the financial district.[14]
2013	22-storey residential building	Medellin, Colombia	Residential building	8 missing[15]
2013	Maxima superstore	Riga, Latvia	Commercial building	54 dead[16]
2014	Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium	Gyeongju, South Korea	Gymnasium	10 dead, 124 injured[17]
2014	2014 Synagogue Church building collapse	Lagos, Nigeria
2015	Thumper Pond Resort	Ottertail, Minnesota	Indoor waterpark	0 injured[18]
2015	Military training center barracks	Omsk, Russia	building	23 dead [19]
2015	I-10 bridge collapse	Desert Center, California	bridge	1 injury[20]
2015	Mecca crane collapse	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	Crane	118 killed, 394 injured
2015	Queen Juliana bridge crane collapse	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	2 Cranes on pontoons	No injuries [21]
2015	Dharahara (earthquake, 25 May))	Kathmandu, Nepal	Ancient Tower	200 fatalities
2015	Vestas V112 Wind turbine	Lemnhult, Sweden	Wind turbine
2016	Altenbeken-Buke E66 Wind turbine machine house fall	Altenbeken, Germany	Wind turbine
2016	Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, Feb 6))	Tainan, Taiwan	Residential Building	114 fatalities[22]
2016	2016 Lagos building collapse	Lagos, Nigeria

| 2016 || Kolkata, India overpass collapse || Kolkata, India || ||^[23]

Transportation

Year	Structure	Location
1865	Steamboat Sultana boiler explosion	Memphis, Tennessee, US
1882	Inverythan rail accident	Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, UK
1891	Norwood junction rail accident	London, UK
1954	BOAC Flight 781, de Havilland Comet	Mediterranean Sea off Elba
1954	South African Airways Flight 201, de Havilland Comet	Mediterranean between Naples/Stromboli
1966	BOAC Flight 911, Boeing 707	Near Mount Fuji, Japan
1970	Apollo 13, Apollo Service Module	Lunar transfer orbit, about 321,860 km Earth altitude, in international territory
1979	American Airlines Flight 191, McDonnell Douglas DC-10	O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, US
1985	Japan Airlines Flight 123, Boeing 747	Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
1986	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster	Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
1988	Aloha Airlines Flight 243, Boeing 737	Pacific Ocean near Kahului, Hawaii, US
1989	United Airlines Flight 811, Boeing 747	Pacific Ocean off Honolulu, Hawaii, US
1996	TWA Flight 800, Boeing 747	Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, US
2002	China Airlines Flight 611	over the Penghu Islands, Taiwan
2003	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster	over Texas, US

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External links

• These Are Some Of The Worst Architectural Disasters in History
• Near-misses and failure part 1
• Near-misses and failure part 2
• How to Avoid Catastrophe