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Patel dam failure

The dam burst in the evening, just as many area families were beginning their evening meals. Residents reported hearing a loud bang immediately followed by the rushing of "a sea of water". 70 million litres of water were unleashed, creating a wall of water about 1.5 metres high and 500 metres wide.

New Russian Superjet crashes in Indonesia

In 2012, a Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner on a demonstration tour in Indonesia crashed into Mount Salak, in the province of West Java. All 37 passengers and 8 crew on board were killed. The plane had taken off minutes before from Jakarta's Halim Airport on a promotional flight for the recently launched jet.

127 die in Africa's worst stadium disaster

The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana, during a match between the country’s two most popular football teams, the Accra Hearts of Oak and the Asante Kotokos. Kotoko fans, disappointed by the final score, threw plastic seats and bottles onto the pitch, and police responded by firing tear gas into the crowd. Panic ensued as fans stampeded for the exits, but with some gates still locked, there were not enough evacuation routes and the stadium became a death trap. After the hour-long ordeal, 117 people had died from compressive asphyxia with 10 fans killed by trauma.

Freighter collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

While negotiating a turn in the narrow channel during a storm, the radar failed, and the freighter struck one of the piers on the southbound span of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge. 1,400 feet of the steel cantilever highway bridge collapsed, causing a Greyhound bus, and six other vehicles, to fall into the bay. A total of 35 people died.