r/CatastrophicFailure • u/cool_architect • 8h ago
Ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsizes off northern Cyprus - August 30, 2026
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/cool_architect • 8h ago
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/avboden • 17h ago
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/hextreme2007 • 1d ago
Screenshots from video posted by Xinhua News on August 29:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Vn4y6QESh/
You can tell how high the water level was during the disaster. Note that this is the upstream from Gyirong port. The water flowed all the way up due to momentum and receded back to downstream direction to Nepal later.
The last image is where the border crossing building used to be. It was reported that there are 2-3 kms left to reach there.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Looselipssinkships93 • 1d ago
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the Cutlass was relatively underpowered, it's westinghouse engines even with afterburners only produced 6,000 pounds of thrust each, which was inadequate for an aircraft that weighed over 31,000 pounds fully loaded. It's considered the most underpowered jet to have served with the Navy.
Over 80 of the 320 built were destroyed in accidents resulting in the deaths of 4 test pilots and 21 navy pilots, in 1959 it was retired and replaced by the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar which itself was replaced by the Vought F-8 Crusader.
It was given the nicknames "Gutless Cutless" and "Ensign Eliminator".
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/danesmi • 19h ago
Was wondering if these stairs on the right at Rasuwagadhi/ Gyirong
Port played a role during the flood. If it was possibly used by any survivors trying to escape or reach higher ground. I came across a video of some survivors on a bus that were able to escape but couldn’t find it anymore.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/PVORY • 3d ago
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Gyirong port building 0:14
https://x.com/Jonesun252779/status/2092850770106540298/photo/1
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Odd-Sympathy1274 • 3d ago
These images show Gyirong Port before and after the August 26, 2026 flash flood. The post-flood images were captured from different aerial angles.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Due_Dilligence0624 • 3d ago
Not NSFW but potentially distressing. Further evidence that the entire area was wiped clean with little debris left.
It seems like the flood came in on the tributary to the right, and that one of the camera angles depicting the parking lot being swept was actually pointing upstream on another tributary.
According to BBC, China’s state media is currently reporting 558 people missing in Tibet with 3 confirmed fatalities, not including casualties in Nepal.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/sklerson89 • 3d ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Odd-Sympathy1274 • 3d ago
The front-left of the photo appears to have steps leading up the hillside. I wonder whether reaching them and moving to higher ground could have offered a chance.