The case study is about how to make railway transportation safer. Railway transport is a means of transport wherein passengers[…]
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Learning from failure is the step towards better and safer designs.
Tokaimura Criticality Accident
In 1999 three workers received high doses of radiation in a small Japanese plant preparing fuel for an experimental reactor.[…]
Read moreTenerife Airport Disaster
On March 28, 1977, two jumbo jets — a Pan American 747 and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 —[…]
Read moreEschede Train Disaster
In June of 1998, one of Germany’s InterCity Express (ICE) trains, travelling at over 200kph, slammed into an overpass, killing[…]
Read moreThe World’s Worst Industrial Disaster
MIC (Methyl Isocyanate) Gas was leaked on the night of 2-3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide[…]
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