10 People Who Tried to Warn Us About Terrible Disasters
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Date: 2025-02-09
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watchmojo
I’ve always admired Dan Applegate for warning McDonnell Douglas about the deadly flaw in the DC-10’s left rear cargo door. His warning came 15 days after an American Airlines DC-10 flying from Detroit to Buffalo lost its left rear cargo door over Windsor, Ontario. The DC-10 limped back to Detroit with all 67 passengers and crew surviving their brush with death alive, albeit 11 passengers & 2 members of cabin crew were injured. In his warning, he expressed concern over the lack of ventilation in the cargo compartment near the rear galley of the cabin and warned that it was only a matter of time when disaster struck again, but with deadly consequences. The warning itself said the following: The airplane (referring to the DC-10) demonstrated an inherent susceptibility to catastrophic failure when exposed to explosive decompression of the cargo compartment. Unfortunately, Douglas never received Applegate’s warning and 2 years later, THY 981 had its left rear cargo door blown off and 346 people were killed in an otherwise PREVENTABLE accident.
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I’ve always admired Dan Applegate for warning McDonnell Douglas about the deadly flaw in the DC-10’s left rear cargo door. His warning came 15 days after an American Airlines DC-10 flying from Detroit to Buffalo lost its left rear cargo door over Windsor, Ontario. The DC-10 limped back to Detroit with all 67 passengers and crew surviving their brush with death alive, albeit 11 passengers & 2 members of cabin crew were injured. In his warning, he expressed concern over the lack of ventilation in the cargo compartment near the rear galley of the cabin and warned that it was only a matter of time when disaster struck again, but with deadly consequences. The warning itself said the following: The airplane (referring to the DC-10) demonstrated an inherent susceptibility to catastrophic failure when exposed to explosive decompression of the cargo compartment. Unfortunately, Douglas never received Applegate’s warning and 2 years later, THY 981 had its left rear cargo door blown off and 346 people were killed in an otherwise PREVENTABLE accident.
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daniellemullen5035
I remember being in the fourth grade on 9/11/01.
All of the sudden, all classes were advised to meet in the school gym that afternoon. The students sat on the floor. Teachers stood with their groups. I had no idea why the last class of the day was interrupted until I heard the principal say this:
In New York City, a plane crashed into a tower and every single person in the building was hurt. In Washington D. C, a plane crashed into a building there, and everyone was hurt.
Those words scared the daylights out of me. I felt vulnerable. I felt sorry for those who were hurt or killed. I couldn’t stop crying. When I got home, seeing that terrifying footage of the towers burning on NBC News, I was tossing a small Rubik’s cube in my hands, distracting myself from just how scary reality can be.
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I remember being in the fourth grade on 9/11/01.
All of the sudden, all classes were advised to meet in the school gym that afternoon. The students sat on the floor. Teachers stood with their groups. I had no idea why the last class of the day was interrupted until I heard the principal say this:
In New York City, a plane crashed into a tower and every single person in the building was hurt. In Washington D. C, a plane crashed into a building there, and everyone was hurt.
Those words scared the daylights out of me. I felt vulnerable. I felt sorry for those who were hurt or killed. I couldn’t stop crying. When I got home, seeing that terrifying footage of the towers burning on NBC News, I was tossing a small Rubik’s cube in my hands, distracting myself from just how scary reality can be.
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NealCamerlengo
A few of them happened under President George W Bush such as 9/11, the economic collapse of 2008 and Hurricane Katrina. Another one that should've been on the list at least an honorable mention was warnings about the Pearl Harbor being attacked was ignored. I was reading a book in the non-fiction area of the college I went to and it basically said that FDR administration was warned yet chose to ignore it. Then again something tells me that he knew due to his rash decision to have people who were Italian, German, and Japanese to be rounded up and placed into Intermin camps despite them being born here. FDR is also the same guy who turned Jews that were fleeing the Holocaust away saying that we already have enough Jews.
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A few of them happened under President George W Bush such as 9/11, the economic collapse of 2008 and Hurricane Katrina. Another one that should've been on the list at least an honorable mention was warnings about the Pearl Harbor being attacked was ignored. I was reading a book in the non-fiction area of the college I went to and it basically said that FDR administration was warned yet chose to ignore it. Then again something tells me that he knew due to his rash decision to have people who were Italian, German, and Japanese to be rounded up and placed into Intermin camps despite them being born here. FDR is also the same guy who turned Jews that were fleeing the Holocaust away saying that we already have enough Jews.
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danlapidus3827
I'll add an honorable mention: John Liotine worked as a mechanic at the Alaska Airlines maintenance base in Oakland, CA. Concerned about inadequate maintenance practices, fraudulent record keeping, and pressure from the company to certify planes that were unfit to fly, he reported the company to the FAA in 1998. In January 2000, Alaska Flight 261 crashed off the coast of LA, killing all 88 passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash was found to be inadequate maintenance which failed to detect that a critical component of the aircraft's tail had reached the end of its service life and was too worn to be safely depended on
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I'll add an honorable mention: John Liotine worked as a mechanic at the Alaska Airlines maintenance base in Oakland, CA. Concerned about inadequate maintenance practices, fraudulent record keeping, and pressure from the company to certify planes that were unfit to fly, he reported the company to the FAA in 1998. In January 2000, Alaska Flight 261 crashed off the coast of LA, killing all 88 passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash was found to be inadequate maintenance which failed to detect that a critical component of the aircraft's tail had reached the end of its service life and was too worn to be safely depended on
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zephyer-gp1ju
American General Pershing also predicted war would break out with Germany if the allies didn't march into Berlin.
Predicting New Orleans wasn't that hard. I lived in New Mexico as a kid in the 60s and even then, there was talk of any town, next to the ocean and below sea level would most likely flood.
Add in that some of the protection to keep the ocean out was a metal wall not even a quarter inch thick was all there was. One barge went right through it during the storm and that was just one failure.
The FBI man is covered on a PBS Frontline story called, The Man Who Knew. I think it may still be on PBS on line.
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American General Pershing also predicted war would break out with Germany if the allies didn't march into Berlin.
Predicting New Orleans wasn't that hard. I lived in New Mexico as a kid in the 60s and even then, there was talk of any town, next to the ocean and below sea level would most likely flood.
Add in that some of the protection to keep the ocean out was a metal wall not even a quarter inch thick was all there was. One barge went right through it during the storm and that was just one failure.
The FBI man is covered on a PBS Frontline story called, The Man Who Knew. I think it may still be on PBS on line.
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SirAsdf
I feel like the last 15 years of my life (and probably much longer than that) has been people who actually know what they're talking about raising literally every warning they can that we are on the verge of complete societal collapse from every metric imaginable, and those with the power to actually do anything about it don't just ignore then but actively brag about how they're gonna do the exact opposite of what they've been advised not to do.
I feel like I'm living in a poorly written satire movie.
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I feel like the last 15 years of my life (and probably much longer than that) has been people who actually know what they're talking about raising literally every warning they can that we are on the verge of complete societal collapse from every metric imaginable, and those with the power to actually do anything about it don't just ignore then but actively brag about how they're gonna do the exact opposite of what they've been advised not to do.
I feel like I'm living in a poorly written satire movie.
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searchanddiscover
Turkish 981 is far worse than just the memo. There was an incident in 1972, the Windsor incident. Luckily all on board survived but McDonnell Douglas asked the FAA not to put out an airworthiness directive so it wouldn't affect sales. When you realize how much McDonnell Douglas management took control of Boeing, the Max issues start to make a lot more sense.
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Turkish 981 is far worse than just the memo. There was an incident in 1972, the Windsor incident. Luckily all on board survived but McDonnell Douglas asked the FAA not to put out an airworthiness directive so it wouldn't affect sales. When you realize how much McDonnell Douglas management took control of Boeing, the Max issues start to make a lot more sense.
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JCBro-yg8vd
You can easily put all the people who tried to warn about Trump and Musk's dictatorial aspirations at number one. They all tried to warn America, but too many refused to listen to them! And these same people still seem to think they're winning now that Trump and Musk are putting loyalists in charge and removing anyone who disagrees with them.
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You can easily put all the people who tried to warn about Trump and Musk's dictatorial aspirations at number one. They all tried to warn America, but too many refused to listen to them! And these same people still seem to think they're winning now that Trump and Musk are putting loyalists in charge and removing anyone who disagrees with them.
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watchmojo
According to book, Truth Lies and O-Rings, written by one of chief engineers who tried to warn NASA Alan J MacDonald.
They were trying to warn NASA a full 6 months before challenger explosion.
Then they tried to warn them a full 10 years about the foam that destroyed the Columbia. Both cases management failed to listen.
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According to book, Truth Lies and O-Rings, written by one of chief engineers who tried to warn NASA Alan J MacDonald.
They were trying to warn NASA a full 6 months before challenger explosion.
Then they tried to warn them a full 10 years about the foam that destroyed the Columbia. Both cases management failed to listen.
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2007cgarza
I had just arrived home from my college classes on the morning of the shuttle disaster to get lunch and head to my afternoon job and saw on TV. I'm very glad I 1) wasn't a child watching the launch in school because curriculum was following the teacher on board, and, 2) wasn't a parent of that child.
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I had just arrived home from my college classes on the morning of the shuttle disaster to get lunch and head to my afternoon job and saw on TV. I'm very glad I 1) wasn't a child watching the launch in school because curriculum was following the teacher on board, and, 2) wasn't a parent of that child.
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patrickprafke4894
Apparently we have forgotten. With Katrina, the feds sent the money. But, the state took it and used it for other things. And some times the fed sent it other places after it was earmarked for the levy's. It's amazing how short our memory is with politics in this country.
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Apparently we have forgotten. With Katrina, the feds sent the money. But, the state took it and used it for other things. And some times the fed sent it other places after it was earmarked for the levy's. It's amazing how short our memory is with politics in this country.
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kenbrown2808
Honorable mention: when the World Trade Center was in the planning stages, Chief Vincent Dunn, FDNY, filed suit to change the design of the building, on the grounds that an uncontrolled multifloor fire would result in catastrophic structural failure of the towers.
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Honorable mention: when the World Trade Center was in the planning stages, Chief Vincent Dunn, FDNY, filed suit to change the design of the building, on the grounds that an uncontrolled multifloor fire would result in catastrophic structural failure of the towers.
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kathryncumberland
The engineer warning about the Challenger said it was up to them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it wasn't safe to move forward with the launch. That's so backwards! It should have been proven beyond that shadow that it _was_ safe to launch!
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The engineer warning about the Challenger said it was up to them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it wasn't safe to move forward with the launch. That's so backwards! It should have been proven beyond that shadow that it _was_ safe to launch!
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Johnadams20760
Jor El of Krypton.
warned the entire council of scintsist on the planet that the planet would explode soon. they refused to listen, and everyone on the planet died in an explosion excep t for teh guy's son who he sent off to save him
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Jor El of Krypton.
warned the entire council of scintsist on the planet that the planet would explode soon. they refused to listen, and everyone on the planet died in an explosion excep t for teh guy's son who he sent off to save him
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guessundheit6494
In 1998, many people (e. g. SPLC, et al) warned that white supremacy and fascism was the biggest danger to democracy in yankland, and the FBI and undemocrats ignored it. Why doesn't that make the list
Now look where we are.
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In 1998, many people (e. g. SPLC, et al) warned that white supremacy and fascism was the biggest danger to democracy in yankland, and the FBI and undemocrats ignored it. Why doesn't that make the list
Now look where we are.
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Kentrc11
Kamala Harris warned voters that Trump is lying about being able to decrease expenses & having no knowledge of Project 2025. Now the Project 2025 author is the OMB head, expenses are raising & govt workers are losing their jobs.
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Kamala Harris warned voters that Trump is lying about being able to decrease expenses & having no knowledge of Project 2025. Now the Project 2025 author is the OMB head, expenses are raising & govt workers are losing their jobs.
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VJAllison1974
I was 11 years old and in Grade 6 when the Challenger blew up. All of us kids were scared and horrified to hear about it and some of us even cried. It was the biggest disaster we could remember to that point.
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I was 11 years old and in Grade 6 when the Challenger blew up. All of us kids were scared and horrified to hear about it and some of us even cried. It was the biggest disaster we could remember to that point.
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SandraBagans
I've seen good things and bad things in my 50 years on planet earth. Seen Hailey's comet, the Berlin wall coming down. But I've seen Mt St Helens erupt, two space shuttles explode, the Iraq war, and a lot more
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I've seen good things and bad things in my 50 years on planet earth. Seen Hailey's comet, the Berlin wall coming down. But I've seen Mt St Helens erupt, two space shuttles explode, the Iraq war, and a lot more
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searchanddiscover
as usual its the same story, the people in charge ignoring the experts they hired precisely to prevent problems. they should call this the challenger syndrome since its the most famous example.
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as usual its the same story, the people in charge ignoring the experts they hired precisely to prevent problems. they should call this the challenger syndrome since its the most famous example.
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theycallme_bruce
Hilarious: 4: 17 Harsher
The Treaty was too harsh and in no small part CAUSED WWII.
Figures a Frenchman would say otherwise. Ever notice how France is the largest land area of the region
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Hilarious: 4: 17 Harsher
The Treaty was too harsh and in no small part CAUSED WWII.
Figures a Frenchman would say otherwise. Ever notice how France is the largest land area of the region
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