Hacker News with Generative AI: Disasters

Grand Harbour of Malta Tornado (wikipedia.org)
The Grand Harbour of Malta tornado was one of the deadliest tornadoes on record worldwide, killing at least 600 people.

Tornadoes, Malta, History, Disasters

7 points by arbuge 3 days ago | 0 comments

Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 disasters on same day (telanganatoday.com)
Hyderabad: The year 2024 is shaping up to be a nightmare for Boeing.

Aviation, Boeing, Accidents, Disasters

12 points by _IIIIIIIIIII_ 20 days ago | 7 comments

Masks, Smoke, and Mirrors: The story of EgyptAir flight 804 (medium.com)
On the 19th of May 2016, an Airbus A320 en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar at cruising altitude over the Mediterranean Sea, spiraling to its doom from 37,000 feet until it was dashed against the night-black water.

Airplanes, Disasters, Egypt, Accidents

257 points by gdmt 24 days ago | 132 comments

Syrian Air Flight 9218 (wikipedia.org)
Syrian Air Flight 9218 was a flight operated by Syrian Air that disappeared from flight tracking near Homs while flying out of Damascus International Airport.

Aviation, Disasters, Syria

10 points by zqna 41 days ago | 0 comments

The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure [video] (youtube.com)

Engineering, Disasters, History, Missouri

9 points by f1shy 94 days ago | 0 comments

When China hides disasters in a memory hole (economist.com)

China, Censorship, Disasters, Memory Hole

36 points by zeristor 167 days ago | 6 comments

Dubai's Floods Weren't Caused by Cloud Seeding (wired.com)

Dubai, Weather, Climate Change, Disasters, Misinformation

30 points by belter 276 days ago | 15 comments