23. The Worst Aircraft Disaster in the History of California
In 1978, the worst aviation accident in the history of California took place above San Diego. A commercial airliner, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, collided with a private airplane, killing 144 passengers and crew members.
Both planes crashed in the North Park area of the city and destroyed 22 homes. This tragedy instigated an investigation that would prompt major changes in air traffic protocol and safety procedures. It also reignited the debate over having an airport in such a densely populated area.
24. The Red Car That Killed 31 Innocent Bystanders
In 1998, the Real Irish Republican Army placed a deadly bomb in a red car in Omagh, Ireland. Minutes before it detonated, a photographer took this photo of a boy on his father’s shoulders, standing only a stone’s throw from the red car bomb.
The father is seen peacefully posing for the camera with his son, completely unaware of what is about to happen next. An instant later the bomb in the red car next to them explodes and kills 31 people. The father and his son miraculously survived, but the photographer was not so lucky. He lost his life.