FR-001
3 June 1998, 10:59 · Fractured
FR-002
pressurization fatigue
de Havilland Comet — Square Windows That Fatigue-Cracked the First Jetliner Out of the Sky
10 Jan 1954 (G-ALYP) and 8 Apr 1954 (G-ALYY) · Broke up
FR-003
28 April 1988, 13:46 HST, FL240 · Broke up
FR-004
fatigue fracture
Alexander L. Kielland — A Fatigue Crack at One Brace Weld Capsized a Rig, Killing 123
27 March 1980, ~18:30–18:53 · Broke up
FR-005
brittle (cleavage) fracture
The Liberty Ships — Welded Hulls That Brittle-Fractured and Snapped in Cold Seas
1942–1946 (peak fractures 1943) · Broke up
FR-006
stress-corrosion cracking
Silver Bridge — One Corroded Eyebar Dropped a Bridge into the Ohio River
15 December 1967, ~17:00 · Broke up
FR-007
high-cycle fatigue
United 232 — A Fatigue Crack in a Titanium Fan Disk Took Out All Hydraulics
19 July 1989, 15:16 CDT, ~37,000 ft · Broke up
FR-008 · 1842
cyclic fatigue
Versailles 1842 — A Cracked Locomotive Axle and the First Recognized Fatigue Disaster
8 May 1842, ~17:30 · Broke up
FR-009
16 January 1943, ~22:30–23:00 · Broke up
FR-010
rolling-contact fatigue
Hatfield — Rolling-Contact Fatigue Shattered a Rail into 200 Pieces Under a Train
17 October 2000, 12:23 · Broke up
FR-011
21 October 1994, 07:38 KST · Broke up
FR-012
brittle fracture
Boston Molasses Tank — A Brittle Steel Tank Burst and Drowned a Neighborhood in Syrup
15 January 1919, ~12:30 · Broke up
FR-013
brittle fracture
King Street Bridge, Melbourne — A Weld Crack Brittle-Fractured a New Span in the Cold
10 July 1962, ~11:00 · Broke up
FR-014 · 1973
30 July 1973, ~05:35 · Broke up
FR-015
fatigue fracture
Sea Gem — Fatigue-Cracked Tie-Bar Links Collapsed Britain’s First Oil Rig, Killing 13
27 December 1965 · Broke up