Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise,
[''Infrastructure'', Online Compact Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/infrastructure (accessed January 17, 2009)] or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. This entry aggregates articles on and lists of modern infrastructure failures by category (type of infrastructure).
Structural
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List of structural failures and collapses
This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.
Buildings and other fixed human-made structures
Antiquity to the Middle Ages
17th–19th centuries
1900–1949
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:Collapsed buildings and structures
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List of bridge failures
This is a list of bridge failures.
Before 1800
1800–1899
1900–1949
1950–1999
2000–present
Bridge disasters in fiction
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005 novel): the fictional Brockdale Bridge, by the Death Eaters ( ...
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List of dam failures
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:Dam failures
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Levee failures and breaches
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List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers
This is a list of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers.
Masts and towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from engineering defects; and from accidents, sabotage and bendover.
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Electrical and utility
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Power outages
A power outage (also called a powercut, a power out, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, or a blackout) is the loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user.
There are many causes of power failures in an electricity ...
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2007 New York City steam explosion
On July 18, 2007, an explosion in Manhattan, New York City, sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan. It was ...
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Electric power blackouts
Transportation
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Lists of rail accidents
This is the list of rail accident lists.
Lists By year
By type
* By country
* By death toll
* Terrorist incidents
See also
* Classification of railway accidents
* Derailment
*Rail Transport
* Train wreck
* Tram accident
A tram accident is ...
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Accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
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Airship accidents
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Accidents and disasters by death toll
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Road accidents
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Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure
Nuclear
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Nuclear accidents
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, lar ...
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Nuclear and radiation accidents
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, lar ...
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Military nuclear accidents
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Civilian nuclear power accidents
Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, ...
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Nuclear accidents and incidents
Nuclear may refer to:
Physics
Relating to the nucleus of the atom:
*Nuclear engineering
*Nuclear physics
*Nuclear power
*Nuclear reactor
*Nuclear weapon
*Nuclear medicine
*Radiation therapy
*Nuclear warfare
Mathematics
* Nuclear space
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Space
* Space Shuttle:
Columbia disaster
The Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster was a fatal accident in the United States space program that occurred on February 1, 2003. During the STS-107 mission, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texa ...
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Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, the broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). It was ...
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Space accidents and incidents
This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human fatality or near-fatality during flight or training for crewed space missions, and testing, assembly, preparation or flight of crewed and robotic space ...
Other
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Engineering failures
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
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Collapsed oil platforms
''Into the Rush'' is the debut studio album by American pop rock duo Aly & AJ. The album was released on August 16, 2005, by Disney-owned label Hollywood Records. The album features 14 tracks, including the singles " Rush" and " Do You Believe ...
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Lists of events
Infrastructure-related lists