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Disasters don't just happen. They are the result of events locked together
in time. The science behind what went wrong in a number of disasters is the
subject of this website.
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The death of Ayrton Senna, the legendary Brazilian Formula 1 racing driver
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The eruption of Mount St Helens in Washington state, which killed 57 people and devastated hundreds of square miles
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The airshow miracle, when two MiG jets hit each other while flying in formation and no one was killed
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The sinking of HMS Coventry during the Falklands war, which killed 17 men.
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The Bhopal gas disaster, when a toxic cloud killed and injured thousands of Indians
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The crash of TWA 800, when 230 died and theories of the cause proliferated
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Events are examined in terms of the crucial scientific elements that,combined or in sequence, led inexorably to a particular disaster. In some cases, alternative theories have been thrown up and these are discussed in detail. And in most cases, the disasters come with 'silver linings' - changes that have been made in the light of what happened and so have made
life safer for those involved in the future.
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