Transport, and Transport Disasters

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1997 Lego spill	Approximately 4.8 million Lego pieces ended up in the sea, reappearing as far as Australia
Chicken gun	An odd contraption to simulate high-speed bird strikes on aircraft
Concorde	● Anglo/French supersonic airliner
Costa Concordia disaster	● Cruise ship that partially sunk after striking a rock
Hindenburg disaster	● Airship incident with 35 fatalities
Lingotto	○ Car factory with a race track on the roof
List of largest cruise ships	🐇 I can’t even fathom the size of these
List of maritime disasters	🐇 This is why I stay away from the ocean
List of most expensive cars sold at auction	● 🐇 I know nothing about cars, sorry
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance theories	● Though many theories were put forward, the cause of its disappearance has not been determined; the most expensive search in aviation history
McMurtry Spéirling	○ Electric sports car prototype; 0-60 mph (97km/h) in 1.55 seconds
MS Herald of Free Enterprise	A ferry, which capsized after the door was left open; 193 fatalities
MV Doña Paz	Filipino ferry that sank after a collision; the passenger capacity was 608 but it had as many as 2,000 unlisted passengers at the time of collision
Orient Express	🐇 Luxury long-distance passenger train and popular subject of books and films
Sinking of the MS Estonia	A cruise-ferry whose sinking has sparked some conspiracy theories
Sinking of MV Sewol	● Ferry disaster in South Korea; 250 high school students were part of the 304 fatalities
Titan submersible implosion	Sometimes trying to be different isn’t a good thing, especially when human lives are at stake
Trieste (bathyscaphe)	○ The first crewed vessel to reach Challenger Deep; despite one of the window panes cracking they continued anyway for a successful dive