Corrosion Accidents

Corrosion damage can sometimes be greatly exaggerated by the circumstances. While many of the accidents due to a failed corroded components have gone non-public for reasons of liability or simply because the evidence disappeared in the catastrophic event, others have made the headlines.

Aloha incident
Bhopal accident
Carlsbad pipeline explosion
Guadalajara sewer explosion
EL AL Boeing 747 crash
Explosion due to corrosion by process chemicals
F-16 fighter aircraft
Nuclear reactor with a hole in the head
Piping rupture caused by flow accelerated corrosion
Pitting corrosion accidents and incidents of aircraft and helicopters
Pollution by oil pipeline releases
Prudhoe Bay 2006 Oil Spill
Silver bridge
Sinking of the Erika
Stress corrosion cracking of chemical reactor, the Flixborough explosion
Swimming Pool Roof Collapse