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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. “Garage elevator wreck.” National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

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"Loud crashing" This is absolutely what I play at my bar on a Sunday. Bloody Marys and Air Florida 90.

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U-boats were surrendered by Germany in 1918 but were too difficult to tow so were scrapped off the coast. These incredible images show the World War One vessels wrecked on the shore at Falmouth, in Cornwall, in 1921.

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Turkish Airlines/MyCargo Flight 6491 - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - 01/16/2017 - no survivors (4 crew + 35 ground fatalities.)

The 747 crashed in the fog after a failed go-around attempt.  Investigations are ongoing.

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Shipwreck and Port Hills on the background - Quail Island! #quailisland #newzealand #nz #lyttleton #christchurchnz #island #summer #shipwreck (at Quail Island)

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WRECK OF CAPTAIN THOMAS SCOTT BALDWIN’S RED DEVIL- ERIE, PA.- 1911

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2/6/1992 - 16 fatalities (5 crew, 11 ground)

Aftermath of a C130 Hercules Transport crash into the Drury Inn Hotel, and the Jojo’s Restaurant in Evansville Indiana 25 years ago today.

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Truck crash, Mardi Gras, NOLA - 28 injured.

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This Day In Wrecks

February 25, 1964: Minutes after takeoff, Eastern Airlines Flight 304, flying from New Orleans to Atlanta, loses altitude and crashes into Lake Pontchartrain.  Whether due to breakup in the air or impact with the lake, and also owing to the heavy silt, only 60% of the wreckage is found; the FDR is unreadable.  Evidence points to a faulty pitch trim compensator, which the pilots tried to correct for, subsequently losing control of the aircraft and causing an upset they could not recover from.  All 58 people on board are killed.

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“…And The Sky Took Me In”

Illustration I did recently, been playing around with penciling and digital techniques. I’ve also been studying abroad in the U.K. 

Its been a nice change of pace.

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From back in December, after the crash of PIA Flight 661.  Info also here (warning for image of animal violence.)

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you know how there’s only one train to hogwarts that all the kids take? 

…what would happen to the population of the wizarding world if it crashed?

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Hull of the Stockholm, after the collision with the Andrea Doria

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Aerosucre Flight 4544

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Aerosucre Flight 4544

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Aerosucre Flight 4544 - Puerto Carreño, Columbia - 12/20/2016 - 5 fatalities, 1 survivor.

The cargo flight bound for Bogota overran the runway, tore through a perimeter fence and a roadway, hit a small building and a tree, became airborne, and then crashed a few minutes later.  The right main gear and inboard flaps had been separated from the 727.  The cause of the crash is under investigation.

[There are videos not only of the crash but of similar close takeoffs (think Princess Juliana takeoffs.)  I’m completely amazed that none of the bystanders were killed in this crash!  In addition to loss of life, it’s always sad to see a 727 go, one of my favorite types.  Videos will be posted today as well.]