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a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth
Ooo that ones JUST DOWN THE ROAD
a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth
I just found out that happened here, never heard of it before, it's horrifying.Ooh I read about the Los Alfaques one after someone posted about it here the other week. Was it YOU @ButterTart
Oh the INSANE run of disasters during that era in the UK was bonkers. Hard to not capture the imagination in some way.I didn't realise until very recently that Rammstein were named after that.
The thing about leaving an impression as a child is interesting - I think that's why I find reading about disasters so fascinating. In my formative years I saw Valley Parade, King's Cross and Piper Alpha burning, a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth, the destruction of Lockerbie, the Herald of Free Enterprise lying on its side, the Marchioness, Hillsborough, Clapham Junction, the M40 crash...
All of those over maybe 8-10 years, all involving British people, all covered to death by the news. If you grew up in Britain in the late 80s/early 90s I think you're desensitised to - and morbidly curious about - bad shit happening.
Well I wouldn’t say any of them aren’t horrifyingI just found out that happened here, never heard of it before, it's horrifying.
Kinda weird to think you were in all of those places at those exact moments! What are the chances! Maybe you were a child X-Men and you really needed Professor X to take you away and teach you about your powers.In my formative years I saw Valley Parade, King's Cross and Piper Alpha burning, a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth, the destruction of Lockerbie, the Herald of Free Enterprise lying on its side, the Marchioness, Hillsborough, Clapham Junction, the M40 crash...
Was that not big news in Spain? It feels like the sort of thing we'd still be having inquests about NOW.I just found out that happened here, never heard of it before, it's horrifying.
Spain hun. *shrug*Was that not big news in Spain? It feels like the sort of thing we'd still be having inquests about NOW.
Oh I know, but in some way we are "used" to plane crashes, a giant ball of fire out of nowhere is something else, never heard anything like that.Well I wouldn’t say any of them aren’t horrifying
This thread is going to lead me onto yet another Air Crash Investigation YouTube hole.
Have you ever seen the film Unbreakable?..Kinda weird to think you were in all of those places at those exact moments! What are the chances! Maybe you were a child X-Men and you really needed Professor X to take you away and teach you about your powers.
Weird you say that, I dream I'm watching a plane and it will go behind a building or a hill and I'll think 'I bet that's going to explode', then it does.All my life I've had a recurring dream about seeing a plane crash from a distance. Just waiting for it to really happen.
It happened in 1978! I remember another camping disaster here with probably 100 (not sure) deaths in the 90s.Was that not big news in Spain? It feels like the sort of thing we'd still be having inquests about NOW.
Versailles dance hall in Israel. Don't worry, I remember that clip doing the rounds and folk laughing at it. It seemed too ridiculous to be real, like a Hollyoaks disaster.I remember Lockerbie very well...poor John Peel was doing the Festive 50 as the news was breaking and had to play "Crash" by the Primitives...
Hillsborough and Bradford I recall well. Piper Alpha too.
The more recent one that sticks is the dancefloor collapsing at a wedding...I remember seeing that clip and for the tiniest, split-second, it was funny...until I realised it was real, it wasn't staged and it was about the least funny thing of which one could conceive. Horrific.
Oh GOD, that was one such HORROR. The movement from joy to trauma is just horrible to watch.The more recent one that sticks is the dancefloor collapsing at a wedding...I remember seeing that clip and for the tiniest, split-second, it was funny...until I realised it was real, it wasn't staged and it was about the least funny thing of which one could conceive. Horrific.
I hadn't actually heard of this. Cheers!Biescas campsite disaster, for your horror collection, @ButterTart.
We've covered that elsewhere.I might ADD a ‘What do you think happened to MH370 poll’
I had not heard of either of these. The Balvano one is just... tragic and awful, especially due to not really being the fault of anyone involved. Quintinshill is awful too, but more baffling. Are there any others you'd recommend reading up on? Really deadly ones only please!Train accidents are another one that I can spend many hours reading about on Wikipedia. Quintinshill and Balvano are particularly unpleasant in it being so clear how they came to happen.
Santiago de CompostelaI had not heard of either of these. The Balvano one is just... tragic and awful, especially due to not really being the fault of anyone involved. Quintinshill is awful too, but more baffling. Are there any others you'd recommend reading up on? Really deadly ones only please!
Any that involve children are grimly fascinating. The cinema fire in China in 1994:My favourite disaster is the 1883 Victoria Hall disaster. 183 children, all aged less than 14, died in a stampede to get free toys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hall_disaster
I mean it's absolutely tragic of course, but I find it curiously fascinating. We wouldn't have had emergency exits without it.
'Kelly Llorena set alight by redcoats'"Campsite disaster" just sounds like a moopy tag.
'Kelly Llorena set alight by redcoats'
"Really recommend"
Yes, never get on a plane, train, ferry, enter a large building or in fact leave the house EVER again
I'm sorry but ! That SECOND WAVE. Just why would you
In my formative years I saw Valley Parade, King's Cross and Piper Alpha burning, a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth, the destruction of Lockerbie, the Herald of Free Enterprise lying on its side, the Marchioness, Hillsborough, Clapham Junction, the M40 crash...
That's interesting, I've just had a bit of a nosy around it now.I’ve just discovered the Facebook app’s ‘Crisis Response’ tab. Real time feed of disasters worldwide which you can use to check whether your friends are okay.
There’s been a burst dam in Uzbekistan today apparently.
I didn't realise until very recently that Rammstein were named after that.
The thing about leaving an impression as a child is interesting - I think that's why I find reading about disasters so fascinating. In my formative years I saw Valley Parade, King's Cross and Piper Alpha burning, a plane lying across the motorway at Kegworth, the destruction of Lockerbie, the Herald of Free Enterprise lying on its side, the Marchioness, Hillsborough, Clapham Junction, the M40 crash...
All of those over maybe 8-10 years, all involving British people, all covered to death by the news. If you grew up in Britain in the late 80s/early 90s I think you're desensitised to - and morbidly curious about - bad shit happening.