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The Sampoong Department Store collapse of 1995, which happened due to structural weaknesses, killed502 people and injured 937.The attack and subsequent fire at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, weakened the floor joistto the point of catastrophic failure.The Space Shuttle Columbia of 2003, where damage to a wing during launch resulted in total loss upon re-entry.The collapse of the multi-span I-35W Mississippi River bridge on August 1, 2007.

See also

List of bridge disastersSeismic performanceStructural collapseStructural failureResonance disaster Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth

References

Feynman, Richard; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think? . W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-553-17334-0.Lewis, Peter R. (2004). Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge

Disaster of 1879 . Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-3160-9.

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