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In-flight upset; 240km NW Perth, WA; Boeing Co 777-200, 9M-MRG
serious software error in 777 avionics causes a near-stall. No one expected a certain instrument to ever fail off-scale high.
risk  software  aviation  777  australia  report 
april 2007 by maciej
Tsunami hazard in Seattle
given a quake on the seattle fault, people have two minutes to reach higher ground. Another fun thing to worry about in america's most doomed city
risk  disaster  seattle  tsunami  earthquake  geo 
january 2007 by maciej
Earthquake hazard map for California
3g acceleration could ruin your whole picnic
earthquake  risk  california  shooka  fear  geo 
january 2007 by maciej
 Golden Gate Bridge seismic retrofit
an overview with photos of the very challenging work of strengthening the golden gate bridge and approach ramps to withstand up to an 8.3 magnitude earthquake
risk  disaster  bridge  earthquake  sf  architecture  civil  engineering  shooka  golden  gate 
january 2007 by maciej
Uranium Hexafluoride Tailings - characteristics, transport and storage
PDF on UF6 storage at a siberian chemical facility in Tomsk
risk  nukes  uranium  chem  pdf 
january 2007 by maciej
depleted uranium hexafluoride videos
full-on geekout on storage and corrosion properties of (D)UF6, the most common byproduct of uranium enrichment
uranium  nukes  chem  physics  video  geekout  obsess  corrosion  risk  gas 
january 2007 by maciej
Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics.
"One man developed a romantic attachment to a tractor, even giving it a name and writing poetry in its honor."
sex  wtf  risk 
november 2006 by maciej
United Airlines Flight 629 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
another example of plane bombed to collect insurance. This was inspired by the Albert Guay affair
bomb  us  aviation  risk 
october 2006 by maciej
Летчик-стажер погибшего “Ту-154”: “Не убивайте! Не убивайте!”
analysis of the recent russian airliner crash. Crew tried to hop over a thunderstorm to save fuel
aviation  disaster  risk  russian  ru 
october 2006 by maciej
The Gimli Glider / Air Canada
"It's a sound that Bob and I had never heard before. It's not in the simulator."
BONG  aviation  risk  canada  metric  rescue 
september 2006 by maciej
CNN.com - Fighter jets escort diverted flight to Boston - Aug 16, 2006
crazy lady tries to pee in plane, makes weird comments, fighter jets are dispatched
war_on_terrah  idiot  risk  aviation 
august 2006 by maciej
Holiday flight diverted after bomb scare
someone scrawls a bomb threat on a barf bag, plane diverted
war_on_terrah  aviation  risk  disproportionate 
august 2006 by maciej
How Not to Do It: Liquid Nitrogen Tanks (with more horror stories in comments)
"The layer of ice and snow covering everything in the lab tipped me off to the fact that the last helium vent must have plugged up."
ha  chem  boom  cryo  physics  risk  lab  nmr 
august 2006 by maciej
Shuttle communications antenna bolts a concern
antenna box might come loose on launch, hard to fix on pad
shuttle  risk  space  nasa  doh 
august 2006 by maciej
JavaScript: Playing the Numbers Game
intelligent article on the pitfalls of numeric computation in JavaScript (much applies to other languages)
javascript  cs  software  web2.0  numerical  algo  risk 
may 2006 by maciej
Animation of proposed artificial horizon design change
left shows current US standard, right shows proposed update to eliminate the graveyard spiral trap
risk  aviation  design  ui  img 
may 2006 by maciej
AeroNews - Design-Induced Errors in Flight Controls
"In this situation, the vestibular sensations can be so compelling that the pilot will reverse his visual attitude reference for the brief remainder of his life."
design  risk  aviation  disaster  perception 
may 2006 by maciej
The Risks Digest Volume 24: Issue 24
nice short first-person account of hypoxia training
aviation  risk  bio  climbing 
april 2006 by maciej
Tank foam lost during shuttle wind tunnel test
foam ramp redesign actually makes things worse. More evidence that no one understands the process of foam shedding
shuttle  risk  nasa  testing  space  engineering  design 
april 2006 by maciej
THE FIFTY-NINE-STORY CRISIS, The New Yorker, 5/29/95, pp 45-53
citicorp tower turns out to be prone to wind-induced collapse, story of the emergency repairs that fixed it
engineering  risk  nyc  building  new_yorker 
april 2006 by maciej
List of Foiled Plots Puzzling to Some
weird detail on those cancelled Air France flights: One of the bar codes was numerically identical to the date of an attack on Istanbul, so the contractor's analysis of other bar codes convinced CIA officials that the other codes signified flight numbers,
war_on_terrah  spy  risk  politics  us 
october 2005 by maciej
NYC Office of Emergency Management - Ready New York Household Preparedness Guide
this puts the ridiculous stuff at ready.gov to shame - non-hysterical, informative, detailed, and no stupid infographics
nyc  design  risk  gov  war_on_terrah 
september 2005 by maciej
Natural Hazards Observer - Colorado Drought Scenario
examines consequences of a ten-year drought in the West
drought  climate  eco  disaster  risk  scenario 
september 2005 by maciej
Natural Hazards Observer - What if Ivan had hit New Orleans
very accurate assessment of the effects of a hurricane strike. Includes demographics and survey data on those who do not or cannot evacuate
weather  disaster  hurricane  new_orleans  risk  reference 
september 2005 by maciej
Are Dead Bodies Dangerous? David Plotz
disease risk from decomposing corpses is actually negligible. Someone should tell New Orleans' mayor
disaster  med  risk 
august 2005 by maciej
20 Mishaps that Could Have Started An Accidental Nuclear War
some of these are genuinely scary, if the reporting is accurate
nukes  risk  cold_war  hist  mil 
august 2005 by maciej
Permissive Action Links
speculation on the design, nature, and protocols surrounding the use of permissive action links - locks that prevent tampering or unauthorized detonation of nuclear warheads
crypto  nukes  cold_war  risk  tech  mil  reference 
august 2005 by maciej
white paper on impact hazard [ird]
2001 Johns Hopkins paper on asteroid/comet impact hazards, mitigation, and policy
disaster  space  astro  risk 
august 2005 by maciej
Technical Report on Space Debris
assessment of probablities and methodology for calculating risk of collisions
space  risk  nasa  shuttle 
july 2005 by maciej
SPACE.com -- Debris is Shuttle's Biggest Threat
internal risk assessment said to assign half of all mission risk to debris strikes while in orbit (1 in 200 chance)
nasa  risk  space  rocket  shuttle  iss 
july 2005 by maciej
Number of Engines - Design Criteria Relation to Reliability and Other Factors
spreadsheet for probabilistic risk assessment of changes to shuttle booster configuration
shuttle  nasa  math  risk  space 
july 2005 by maciej

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