Devastating accident due to human error or system often occur in Indonesia. But elsewhere in the world, there are a number of devastating accidents that cause harm to hundreds of millions of dollars. Here are 5 terdahsyat accidents in the world:
1. Piper Alpha Oil Rig (value losses of U.S. $ 3.4 billion)
On July 6, 1988, there was a terrible accident on Piper Alpha, which killed 167 workers and caused losses of U.S. $ 3.4 billion. This incident spilled 317,000 barrels of oil per day. The cause is due to the negligence of workers in controlling the supply of gas around the drilling site. Two hours after the burst, eruption of smoke up to 300 feet. Powerful!
2. Challenger Explosion (value losses of U.S. $ 5.5 billion)
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Chalenger, was destroyed in the air just 73 seconds after take off. The destruction caused by infiltration of gas to the outside of the plane, to impose a fuel tank. The cost of repairing the ship to reach U.S. $ 2 billion in that year (projected to be U.S. $ 4.5 billion now). Special costs of investigation, problem correction, and replacement of equipment that performed throughout 1986-1987 to reach U.S. $ 450 million (currently about U.S. $ 1 billion).
3. Prestige Oil Explosion (value losses of U.S. $ 12 billion)
On 13 November 2002, a special oil tanker, Prestige, carrying 77,000 tonnes of oil spilling. The cause is allegedly due to pressure on the captain of the ship related marine boundary dilintasinya. Loss of U.S. $ 12 billion had emerged as the cost of cleaning the oil spill earlier.
4. Explosion roundtrip shuttle, Columbia (value loss of $ 13 billion)
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia exploded after trying to get back to Texas after sliding the previous 16 days. The aircraft itself was made at a cost of U.S. $ 6.3 billion in 1978, but has increased to U.S. $ 6.3 billion. Accident investigation costs alone when it reached U.S. $ 300 million, bringing the total accumulated actual losses reached U.S. $ 13 billion.
5. Chernobyl (value loss of $ 200 billion)
This powerfully accident in history! On 26 April 1986, the chemical accident in the Ukraine, which makes 200,000 people were evacuated. The death toll estimated to reach 125,000 people! Therefore, the total cost for the cleanup, rehabilitation, including damages estimated at $ 200 billion. The cost to make a nuclear shelter recently reached $ 2 billion. (**)
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