Hacker News with Generative AI: Tragedy

Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492 (medium.com)
On the 5th of May 2019, travelers at Moscow’s biggest international airport were greeted by the astonishing sight of a passenger plane skidding down the runway in flames, its tail section engulfed by a conflagration of biblical proportions.

Aviation Accidents, Russia, Transportation, Tragedy

90 points by shmeeed 11 days ago | 60 comments

The Race That Turned to Ruin (longreads.com)
“Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive.”

Adventure, History, Race, Tragedy, Aviation

19 points by mooreds 30 days ago | 2 comments

A dangerous epidemic in boxing: the tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba (theguardian.com)
Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by his friends and family. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own health

Boxing, Sports, Health, Tragedy

6 points by c420 56 days ago | 1 comments

They lost their families in a plane crash – then came the online hate (bbc.com)
A plane crash in South Korea last December left Park Geun-woo an orphan. The 22-year-old had barely found space to mourn his parents when he came across a torrent of online abuse, conspiracies and malicious jokes made about the victims.

Online Abuse, Plane Crashes, Social Media, Grief, Tragedy

10 points by billybuckwheat 80 days ago | 1 comments

At least 10 killed after vehicle hits crowd of people in New Orleans (news.sky.com)
At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said.

New Orleans, Accidents, News, Tragedy, Crime

18 points by austinallegro 142 days ago | 22 comments

At least 28 dead in South Korea plane crash – reports (bbc.co.uk)
An aircraft carrying 181 people has crashed at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 people, the Yonhap news agency reports.

South Korea, Aviation Accidents, News, Tragedy

9 points by zeristor 146 days ago | 3 comments

Multiple casualties after car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany (euronews.com)

Germany, Accidents, Christmas, News, Tragedy

11 points by jdiez17 154 days ago | 0 comments

'Wiring' The Wire: Transtextual layers and tragic realism in The Wire (scholar.google.com)
The Wire’s (2002–08) creator David Simon has contended that it is neither a ‘cop’ nor a ‘crime show’ and has called it a ‘visual novel’ and associated it with Greek tragedy instead.

Television, Literary Analysis, The Wire, Tragedy, David Simon

44 points by chrsw 178 days ago | 28 comments

Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blames deaths on incompetence and greed (reuters.com)