Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explodes
When the NASA space mission Apollo 13 was 210,000 feet above the surface of the Earth, the astronauts on board heard a loud bang. At first, they thought it was prank, but they soon realized something was very wrong. The bang actually came from the second oxygen tank that had exploded. What’s more, the first one was quickly losing pressure. The explosion started a chain reaction and within three hours, the oxygen was gone. Luckily, there were no fatalities and Apollo 13 crashed into the Pacific Ocean 87 hours after the second tank’s explosion.
Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explodes
Kansai Airport Sinks
Kansai International Airport is ranked thirtieth among the busiest airports in Asia and was nominated for awards multiple times (Best Baggage Delivery and Best Airport Staff in 2020). However, it is not perfect. Kansai International Airport sank in 2018, after typhoon Jebi struck and seawater flooded the man-made island where the airport is located. The water was really high and reached the engines of the aircraft in the loading bay. While operations resumed more than a month later, the airport was completely fixed much later, in April of 2019.
Kansai Airport Sinks
