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<blockquote data-quote="sudnish" data-source="post: 13457680" data-attributes="member: 74617">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # 5. Piper Alpha Oil Rig -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $3.4 Billion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The world ' s worst off-shore oil disaster. At one time, it was the&nbsp; world ' s single largest oil producer, spewing out 317,000 barrels of&nbsp; oil per day. On July 6, 1988, as part of routine maintenance,&nbsp; technicians removed and checked safety valves which were essential in&nbsp; preventing dangerous build-up of liquid gas. There were 100 identical&nbsp; safety valves which were checked. Unfortunately, the technicians made a&nbsp; mistake and forgot to replace one of them. At 10 PM that same night, a&nbsp; technician pressed a start button for the liquid gas pumps and the world&nbsp; ' s most expensive oil rig accident was set in motion.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Within 2 hours, the 300 foot platform was engulfed in flames. It&nbsp; eventually collapsed, killing 167 workers and resulting in $3.4 Billion&nbsp; in damages.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-013.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # 4. Challenger Explosion -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $5.5 Billion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after takeoff&nbsp; due on January 28, 1986 due to a faulty O-ring. It failed to seal one of&nbsp; the joints, allowing pressurized gas to reach the outside. This in turn&nbsp; caused the external tank to dump its payload of liquid hydrogen causing&nbsp; a massive explosion. The cost of replacing the Space Shuttle was $2&nbsp; billion in 1986 ($4.5 billion in today ' s dollars). The cost of&nbsp; investigation, problem correction, and replacement of lost equipment&nbsp; cost $450 million from 1986-1987 ($1 Billion in today ' s dollars).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-007.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # 3. Prestige Oil Spill -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $12 Billion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; On November 13, 2002, the Prestige oil tanker was carrying 77,000&nbsp; tons of heavy fuel oil when one of its twelve tanks burst during a storm&nbsp; off Galicia , Spain . Fearing that the ship would sink, the captain&nbsp; called for help from Spanish rescue workers, expecting them to take the&nbsp; ship into harbour. However, pressure from local authorities forced the&nbsp; captain to steer the ship away from the coast. The captain tried to get&nbsp; help from the French and Portuguese authorities, but they too ordered&nbsp; the ship away from their shores. The storm eventually took its toll on&nbsp; the ship resulting in the tanker splitting in half and releasing 20&nbsp; million gallons oil into the sea.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; According to a report by the Pontevedra Economist Board, the total cleanup cost $12 billion.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-012.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # 2. Space Shuttle Columbia -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $13 Billion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space worthy shuttle in&nbsp; NASA ' s orbital fleet. It was destroyed during re-entry over Texas on&nbsp; February 1, 2003 after a hole was punctured in one of the wings during&nbsp; launch 16 days earlier. The original cost of the shuttle was $2 Billion&nbsp; in 1978. That comes out to $6.3 Billion in today ' s dollars. $500&nbsp; million was spent on the investigation, making it the costliest aircraft&nbsp; accident investigation in history. The search and recovery of debris&nbsp; cost $300 million.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; In the end, the total cost of the accident (not including&nbsp; replacement of the shuttle) came out to $13 Billion according to the&nbsp; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-006.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # 1. Chernobyl -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $200 Billion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the costliest accident in&nbsp; history. The Chernobyl disaster has been called the biggest&nbsp; socio-economic catastrophe in peacetime history. 50% of the area of&nbsp; Ukraine is in some way contaminated. Over 200,000 people had to be&nbsp; evacuated and resettled while 1.7 million people were directly affected&nbsp; by the disaster. The death toll attributed to Chernobyl , including&nbsp; people who died from cancer years later, is estimated at 125,000. The&nbsp; total costs including cleanup, resettlement, and compensation to victims&nbsp; has been estimated to be roughly $200 Billion. The cost of a new steel&nbsp; shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear plant will cost $2 billion alone. The&nbsp; accident was officially attributed to power plant operators who violated&nbsp; plant procedures and were ignorant of the safety requirements needed.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-010.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="sudnish, post: 13457680, member: 74617"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [FONT=Arial][B] # 5. Piper Alpha Oil Rig - [COLOR=#009900] $3.4 Billion [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] The world ' s worst off-shore oil disaster. At one time, it was the world ' s single largest oil producer, spewing out 317,000 barrels of oil per day. On July 6, 1988, as part of routine maintenance, technicians removed and checked safety valves which were essential in preventing dangerous build-up of liquid gas. There were 100 identical safety valves which were checked. Unfortunately, the technicians made a mistake and forgot to replace one of them. At 10 PM that same night, a technician pressed a start button for the liquid gas pumps and the world ' s most expensive oil rig accident was set in motion. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] Within 2 hours, the 300 foot platform was engulfed in flames. It eventually collapsed, killing 167 workers and resulting in $3.4 Billion in damages. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] [IMG]http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-013.jpeg[/IMG] [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [FONT=Arial][B] # 4. Challenger Explosion - [COLOR=#009900] $5.5 Billion [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after takeoff due on January 28, 1986 due to a faulty O-ring. It failed to seal one of the joints, allowing pressurized gas to reach the outside. This in turn caused the external tank to dump its payload of liquid hydrogen causing a massive explosion. The cost of replacing the Space Shuttle was $2 billion in 1986 ($4.5 billion in today ' s dollars). The cost of investigation, problem correction, and replacement of lost equipment cost $450 million from 1986-1987 ($1 Billion in today ' s dollars). [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] [IMG]http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-007.jpeg[/IMG] [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [FONT=Arial][B] # 3. Prestige Oil Spill - [COLOR=#009900] $12 Billion [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] On November 13, 2002, the Prestige oil tanker was carrying 77,000 tons of heavy fuel oil when one of its twelve tanks burst during a storm off Galicia , Spain . Fearing that the ship would sink, the captain called for help from Spanish rescue workers, expecting them to take the ship into harbour. However, pressure from local authorities forced the captain to steer the ship away from the coast. The captain tried to get help from the French and Portuguese authorities, but they too ordered the ship away from their shores. The storm eventually took its toll on the ship resulting in the tanker splitting in half and releasing 20 million gallons oil into the sea. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] According to a report by the Pontevedra Economist Board, the total cleanup cost $12 billion. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] [IMG]http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-012.jpeg[/IMG] [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [FONT=Arial][B] # 2. Space Shuttle Columbia - [COLOR=#009900] $13 Billion [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] The Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space worthy shuttle in NASA ' s orbital fleet. It was destroyed during re-entry over Texas on February 1, 2003 after a hole was punctured in one of the wings during launch 16 days earlier. The original cost of the shuttle was $2 Billion in 1978. That comes out to $6.3 Billion in today ' s dollars. $500 million was spent on the investigation, making it the costliest aircraft accident investigation in history. The search and recovery of debris cost $300 million. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] In the end, the total cost of the accident (not including replacement of the shuttle) came out to $13 Billion according to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [IMG]http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-006.jpeg[/IMG] [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] [FONT=Arial][B] # 1. Chernobyl - [COLOR=#009900] $200 Billion [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial] On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the costliest accident in history. The Chernobyl disaster has been called the biggest socio-economic catastrophe in peacetime history. 50% of the area of Ukraine is in some way contaminated. Over 200,000 people had to be evacuated and resettled while 1.7 million people were directly affected by the disaster. The death toll attributed to Chernobyl , including people who died from cancer years later, is estimated at 125,000. The total costs including cleanup, resettlement, and compensation to victims has been estimated to be roughly $200 Billion. The cost of a new steel shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear plant will cost $2 billion alone. The accident was officially attributed to power plant operators who violated plant procedures and were ignorant of the safety requirements needed. [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [IMG]http://static.binscorner.com/m/most-expensive-accidents-ever/part-010.jpeg[/IMG] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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