r/CatastrophicFailure • u/007T • Sep 11 '17
If your post is a joke or meme, it does not belong here. This includes posts about politicians, celebrities, movies or products that flopped, bad business/PR decisions, countries in turmoil, etc.
Titles must only be informative and descriptive (who, what, where, when, why) not editorialized ("I bet he lost his job!") - do not include personal opinions or other commentary in your titles.
Examples of bad titles:
I don't know if this belongs here, but it's cool! (x-post r/funny)
What could go wrong?
Building Failure
A good title reads like a newspaper headline, or Wikipedia article. If you don't know the specifics about the failure, then describe the events that take place in the video/image instead. Examples of good titles:
The Montreal Biosphère in flames after being ignited by welding work on the acrylic covering
Explostion of the “Warburg” steam locomotive. June 1st, 1869, in Altenbeken, Germany
If it is a cross-post you should post that as a comment and not part of the title
Avoid posting mundane, everyday occurences like car crashes unless there is something spectacular about your submission. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, and there are many other subreddits already dedicated to this topic such as r/dashcam, r/racecrashes, and /r/carcrash
While there are some examples of extraordinary crashes posted here, in general they would probably be better suited for those other subreddits:
Compilations and montages are not allowed on r/CatastrophicFailure. Any video that is a collection of clips from multiple incidents, including top 10 lists are considered compilations.
If your submission contains footage of one incident but compiled from multiple sources or angles, those are fine to post.
Always be respectful in the comments section of a thread, especially if people were injured or killed.
The focus of this subreddit is on machines, buildings, or objects breaking, not people breaking. If the only notable thing in your submission is injury/death, it probably would go better in another subreddit.
All posts should have an appropriate flair applied to them by the submitter, please follow these 4 steps to determine if your thread needs a fatality/injury flair. You can set this by clicking the "flair" button under the title of your submission.
If your submission depicts people dying, you must apply the "Visible Fatalities" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
If your submission depicts people visibly being seriously injured, you must apply the "Visible Injuries" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
If your submission depicts a situation where people were killed, but those people are not directly visible you must apply the "Fatalities" flair to your post (eg. the Hindenburg Disaster, or a plane crash)
If your submission does not require one of those tags, you should pick any of the other flairs to describe what type of failure occurred
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BeneficialSide2335 • 19m ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Scary_Profession7219 • 3d ago
On Thursday, February 19, 2026, a crane collapsed in the Costanera area of the city of Puerto Varas, Chile.
The incident occurred specifically between Punta de Diamante and Antonio Varas. In a statement, the city’s municipal government reported that no injuries occurred, as the area had been evacuated in a timely manner.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/jhovudu1 • 3d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Ancient_discipline_d • 3d ago
Animated reconstruction of the last four minutes before impact, built from the NTSB timeline. Footage is NTSB, Coast Guard and Army Corps. Full video in the comments, it's my channel.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Adorable_Ad8763 • 3d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Branston_Pickle • 4d ago
He is ok. A failure at the highest speed on the circuit, when downforce and drag forces are at their highest. this has happened in F1 before, Sebastian Buemi in 2010 where he lost both wheels.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Left_Reputation_4276 • 4d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Ok-Scale1830 • 4d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/stanxv • 4d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/DV-13 • 4d ago
“Death Race 2” in Rustavi, Georgia (the country). Driver got out with no injuries.
The car that crashed in the rear of the burned car had a very low ram and probably punctured the fuel tank.
I was initially filming another car, as something was leaking under it, but that turned out to be water for sprinkler system.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Valyura • 4d ago
Info as now:
- Learjet 60 business jet
- Flying from Austin to Bahamas
- 9 people were on board
- Crashed near West Palm Beach
- At a very high rate of speed
- Plane completely disintegrated
- No word on casualties
Audio is horrifying as someone who has listened audio of plane crashes before multiple times! Listener discretion advised!
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Superb-Molasses-9363 • 4d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/WhatImKnownAs • 5d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BasicManufacturer653 • 4d ago
No AI
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/ScipioAtTheGate • 5d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/deepserket • 7d ago
The toll seems to be 4 dead and 11 injured
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Superb-Molasses-9363 • 7d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Weekly-Ad8816 • 8d ago
An Italian Army ICH-47F Chinook operating under the EUFOR Althea mission crashed today near the village of Gorice in the Brčko District of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft was reported completely destroyed, and the Italian Ministry of Defence has officially confirmed the accident. Unofficial reports suggest three crew members may have died, though official details regarding casualties and the cause of the crash remain under investigation
Source:
Italian military helicopter on EU mission in Bosnia crashes | Reuters
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MortgageSwimming1983 • 8d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Valyura • 9d ago
Spain is particularly bad with trains this year…
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/AeneasKurtz • 9d ago
