10 Human Mistakes That Made the World Stand Still

These infamous human errors cost the world dearly. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most consequential mistakes in history. Our countdown of human mistakes that made the world stand still includes The 2024 CrowdStrike Incident, Germany Invades Russia, The Sinking of the Titanic, and more! Do you remember where you were when you heard about these? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

Do you remember where you were when you heard about these? Let us know in the comments below! For more content like this, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWasqJtset6sja8

[@michauxborns]

Yes I was a mercenary during the French & Indian War - unspeakable tragedy. 1 week I would work for the French & get paid in francs, then the next week for the Indians & paid with wampum - so much difficulty ...

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

I was on the playground of my elementary school when The Challenger exploded. I live in Tampa. When we looked to the East during shuttle launches, we could see them in the sky here. They were far enough away that you couldn't hear them. But, you could see them. I saw what happened to Challenger and told my teacher. She didn't believe me. Then the announcement came over the intercom a few minutes later. I actually witnessed it.

[@williamjeffries5074]

Good god.

[@vesper0721]

I watched it live in my elementary school the day it happened

[@petermorrissey8497]

I was in bed with measles watching it 😢

[@HerbalMoon17]

My grandparents used to live in Riverview and given what I could see from a successful launch years ago, I have no doubt you saw every horrifying minute. 😢

[@lordsjaak]

i getting early out bed due mine parents yelling. they did watch live of it. and i still remember the rockets keep flying....

[@D2RCR]

The Tenerife accident is probably the most terrifying thing on this list that isn't Chernobyl.

[@georgekovacs3664]

I agree. As the countdown was continuing to #1, I ventured the guess that it would be Tenerife. Oh well. Chernobyl is the costliest.

[@brianarbenz1329]

“Do you remember where you were when you heard about these?” Well, when the Titanic sunk, I was in a past life as an Octopus in the North Atlantic and had my sleep interrupted by this giant steel hull bumping my head as it rushed downward.

[@user-bn4ob6mm5e]

I wonder if your comment will get 1k likes lol

[@hollyedwards4789]

Youngsters 😆 🤣 😂

[@Moobeus]

I literally spit my drink out when I read this 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@leopold7562]

Funny you should say that. I was a fish, I got sucked into the hull of that damn ship and I remember this weird shudder. That must've been you!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Scrubbing the launch of the _Challenger_ to repair or replace the failed O-ring would likely mean such a tragic event would never have occurred.

[@hudsonball4702]

The SRB manufacture even told NASA NOT to launch because they knew there was a high chance of O-ring failure. They were ignored in the end. The lose of the vehicle and crew were all on NASA.

[@olivegreenpants7153]

True but they were over anxious to get this one off the ground. They previous mission had been delyed several times

[@robbiemorrison7085]

The Tenerife accident happened by the KLM captain refusing to listen to the instructions he was given, he was demanded the best pilot in the world and very rarely flew as he’d train new recruits. He was very arrogant as well to everyone, 1 simple mistake cost him his life and the other 582 people.

[@vesper0721]

at the time the culture was the captain was in charge of the plane and he give you suggestions. the copilot followed orders nuff said. also KLM doesn't pay overtime, and he wanted to get back before then

[@lueagle09]

@@vesper0721to piggyback on that, it was believed that the captain of KLM could have lost his pilot license for exceeding duty hours.

[@seanbigay1042]

​@@lueagle09AFAIK, it was the pressure to finish his flight within the time limit mandated by KLM's then regulations that caused the "go fever" that in turn led to the KLM pilot's fatal haste to take off.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@seanbigay1042 Certain circles nowadays call it "get-there-itis". The disaster led to the development of crew resource management.

[@D2RCR]

@@seanbigay1042 sadly "get-there-itis" is still a problem today, it contributed to the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant

[@daphneloose5880]

I was in middle school when the Challenger exploded. we were all in the library watching it on TV when it happened. I still remember it to this day. it was devastating. seven people lost their lives including school teacher Christa McAuliffe.

[@rickfalcon5572]

Clearly we don’t learn from history. Which explains why we’re constantly repeating it.

[@davedruid7427]

Yes! We keep going to War against one another over and over again thus constantly repeating that shows we do not learn from History.

[@vesper0721]

when we don't repeat it, we make new mistakes

[@rickfalcon5572]

That’s more or less the point of learning. That’s what life is “Trial & Error.”

[@C3T1C]

The soviets tried and failed to cover up Chernobyl

[@cryssie1309]

Probably another why the soviet union fell

[@foxymetroid]

It's hard to cover up a radioactive cloud that has no respect for national borders.

[@joermnyc]

They were briefly successful, it wasn't until nations in western Europe noticed higher than normal background radiation levels that the USSR was forced to admit something was very wrong.

[@vesper0721]

@@cryssie1309 it was IMHO one of the reasons for the fall. the Soviets love their secrets. so, they compartmentalized it so that the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. add into the belief that everything can be brute forced

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥈

[@booster247]

My class and I were watching the Challenger launch live in school. It's a day I will never forget for as long as I live.

[@gordonwhitney6052]

If you're making a list of historic catastrophes caused by human error, you really need to include the Halifax Explosion. ~1,900 dead, over 9,000 injured from the largest man-made (albeit accidental) explosion of the pre-atomic age. Caused by a French munitions ship catching fire and eventually exploding after a collision with another ship. The force of the explosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT.

[@rushfan3]

I remember the Challenger disaster very well. I was working for an electrical construction firm, was on my lunch break, and heard about the explosion that destroyed the shuttle, killing the crew

[@Slayde.Wilson]

The Titanic may not have sunk, If only Captain Edward Smith took the ice berg warnings seriously...

[@voutsider190]

All of the captain on those ships were arrogant bastards

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

The hull was damaged before they even set off, they shouldn't have boarded a single person. It was built to withstand hitting an iceberg, but not while it was already damaged previously.

[@servingstfuhm6287]

Funny fact: it’s BECAUSE of the Titanic, that now all ships must have a mandatory safety drill so ALL Passengers can safely evacuate the boat. Also there were several other things that lead up to it. Infact, the owners wanted the Ship to leave on time despite one of the boilers being on fire.

[@SimplySamAster]

​@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231when did they damage the ship pre-collision? It was the Titanic's maiden voyage, if I recall, and in mint shape.

[@elainehinton30]

Nope it wasn't. Read history aside from schoolbooks

[@jefftank3300]

The CrowdStrike incident is everything Y2K dreamed of being

[@noahdean9685]

2012 was supposed to be the end of the world yet we're still here what if the world did end and we're just living in a simulation like The matrix!

[@LunarSault23]

The casino where I worked at got hit and no one could do anything with atms

[@Bintexas]

My grandma called me while I was watching the news of the Challenger to tell me my father was dying. So, no. I will never forget

[@davinp]

Many mistakes and bad decisions were made that led up to the Titanic disaster. As someone said "anything that could go wrong, did go wrong" for Titanic

[@JamesDavy2009]

One factor was the hubris of thinking she was unsinkable.

[@davinp]

@@JamesDavy2009 yes. Since many including J Bruce Ismay thought she was unsinkable, they didn't they would need extra lifeboats, do a drill or worry about icebergs in their path and didn't take iceberg warning seriously

[@superbluhedgehog1]

@@JamesDavy2009 Another factor, to my knowledge, was that apparently a crew member was swapped out at the last moment, and that crew member that wasn't on the ship had taken home the key to the box that held the binoculars.

[@michael7054]

The Bhopal India disaster would be a good one to list on a list like this too.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

As an Indian, I am disappointed it did not make the list.

[@michael7054]

@sureshmukhi2316 yeah, me too

[@Irish381]

Mexico City disaster that mirrored the Bhopal disaster .

[@shai-hulud_1693]

It would overshadow the Chernobyl, showing America in a bad way.

[@michael7054]

@@shai-hulud_1693 yeah

[@Elizabeth-ic3lh]

During the Civil War, West Virginia split from Virginia, siding with the Union while Virginia fought for the Confederacy. This internal conflict, often called the "Civil War within the Civil War," highlighted the stark divide between the two regions. Despite West Virginia's allegiance to the Union, in a curious twist of historical memory, the state has a statue of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in its capital. This has overshadowed its true ally and hero, Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, who led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Cemetery Hill, a key moment in securing West Virginia's statehood and loyalty to the Union.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

And a direct result of this was John Denver singing "Country Roads" 😆

[@maximaldinotrap]

As in future president Rutherford B. Hayes?

[@happylife5781]

Perfect video to watch for my lunch break

[@WatchMojo]

Enjoy!

[@missaamane8580]

Ikr!

[@alexhart9267]

Moral of the story: People are stupid

[@isaacmartinez6904]

The Tenerife Disaster is one of the worst aviation disaster in history. I saw the documentary about it and it is very disturbing and sad. This could have been avoided if that terrorist attack hadn’t occurred and that the Dutch pilot didn’t added extra fuel into the plane which added weight when the plane was trying to take off, which caused the explosion.

[@missaamane8580]

What's the name, I'd like to watch it as well

[@kevinwelge7208]

@@missaamane8580there’s a TV show called Air Crash Investigation (Mayday in the US). They did an episode on it.

[@condor7964]

It isn't one of the worst, it is the worst aviation accident in terms of lives lost, I guess aside from 911.

[@duncancurtis5108]

Fog, delays, stress, full planes, overcrowded airports and a Dutch captain who misheard the radio in his determination to get away.

[@ChrisM-fz6xx]

@@condor7964 911 wasn't an Accident , it was a deliberate Terrorist Attack .

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

It would be nice if you would balance the volume between your narrator and the clips. I had to turn it up to hear him, then the clip would blast me because it was too loud.

[@winters-ghost89]

All the technology we have and we still can't put out fires

[@tylergoodman3560]

The Titanic should still be above the sea. 🎉

[@TheMarkANelson]

I actually just finished rewatching Chernobyl a second time last night. What a mess. Craig Mazin wrote it well.

[@AngelWingsYT]

the Crowdstrike while a TOTAL shitshow was little funny mainly cause it happened during a furry con so ppl joked that all the ppl who can fix it were there XD

[@freyathewanderer6359]

It shows just how vulnerable our society and civilization are when we depend so much on computers. We need to have "low tech" backups.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@freyathewanderer6359 My people have gone all but cashless and Crowdstrike exposed its vulnerability.

[@liz-annedior3576]

I'm surprised they mentioned Gettysburg! Cause Pickett's charge honestly shouldn't have happened to begin with, it was a suicide charge and the forces were too spread in other skirmishes in the area. And Lee lost his right hand Jackson 2 months earlier, and his calvary General Stewart got there late and Lee had NO IDEA of the forces he was against. And Handcock whooped everyone's butt lol Side note of Exxon Valdez, there's a really in depth explosion on Wonderly that explains how Exxon railroaded that Captain.

[@foxymetroid]

From what I read, it was supposed to coincide with a Confederate cavalry attack from the other direction. The problem was the Confederate cavalry was stopped by Union cavalry led by Custer.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@foxymetroid Was that his last stand, or an earlier battle?

[@foxymetroid]

@@JamesDavy2009 Years before his last stand. He was killed by natives, not Confederates.

[@causticgreen7848]

Stalin did not want a war, when germany reached the outskirts of moscow stalin was nowhere to be found. After 3 days they finally reached him, but he had given up at that point. His staff talked to him and that he must fight. Then and only then did stalin go to war.

[@cincysilvia8807]

Proof of this?

[@worldofdoom995]

The Germans were able to rout the soviets for most of 1941 because the soviets were building up an attack position to invade in late 1942.

[@vesper0721]

Stalin didn't expect war. he, of his own free will signed a non-aggregation pack with Hitler. Hitler did not just only break that promise, but he was also planning betrayal before the ink even dried. Germany at the time had a lot of bias at the time inclining a dislike of communist

[@mbpaintballa]

@@worldofdoom995 The only thing that helped the soviets make it through the war (that they helped start) was American equipment and winter.

[@RoyalMela]

Stalin wanted a war. Stalin and Hitler were allies from 1939 to 1941, and during that time Soviets took over parts on Poland and Lithuania, together with Germans, then took over Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and parts of Romania, and attacked Finland but failed. That is "not wanting a war" for you. Soviets were just as evil as Germany was. They too had their own gulaks where over a million people of different ethnic background were sent to work until death. Too bad at the end of the war, Soviets got more than they originally had planned to get in Molotov-Robbentrop pact.

[@christopherharvie8716]

Surprised the Halifax disaster didn’t make this list.

[@hans8377]

Engineers say no, management says yes... a problem as old as capitalism.

[@jarrettowens6073]

#6 Proves that slow and steady, and obeying warning signs can unknowingly save lives.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Tell that to certain Yanks-they don't read signs.

[@arlenherbst1541]

On the night of 27 January 1986, I had overnight duty in Monterey CA. My Dad called and asked if I saw the news. I told him I didn't. I watched it as he waited on the telephone. I was shocked. He retired on the 26th from Rockwell International, one of the companies that worked on the Apollos and Shuttles. It was his computer that detected the issue but because of cutbacks, no one was actually watching the terminal. He was hired on as a sub-contractor after that to do the same job he did before but received contractor pay plus retirement pay.

[@jayjayk5997]

How about piper Alpha??

[@unclej2763]

I think the biggest factors to the sinking of the Titanic all those years ago were among the following 3 factors. First, there was the Titanic moving at a speed so high she was just cruising under her maximum speed. Second, there was the rush of the former Second Officer who accidentally departed the ship at the last minute with the key to the locker in which binoculars were kept since Titanic was built before sonar systems were invented. And of course, the third and final nail to the coffin of this mistake, the lack of life boats due to laws that only allowed ships like Titanic to carry 20 life boats like she did.

[@Krobra91]

i would also add in several other issues: 1) the design flaws of the propellers. Engineers knew she had too small a rudder for that big of a ship and not enough for the propeller blades to reverse or turn in time of an accident 2)greed: Ismay's need to get Titanic to break the blue ribbon as the titanics reason for being built was to directly compete with Cunard Lines Mauritania and Lusitania I can't really fault the lifeboats or the watertight compartments because these were the biggest ships being at the time, engineers didn't have any other comparisons to really ensure they were raised high enough or had enough lifeboats for that size. Let alone the exampsion join or the double skinned bottom which should have been a double skinned hull

[@foxymetroid]

​@@Krobra911. The rudder was fine. The problem was the middle propeller was driven by a steam turbine, which could not go in reverse. When the bridge ordered the engines to go in reverse, the turbine simply stopped, reducing the water flowing past the propeller. That's why she couldn't turn in time. 2. The Titanic was not built for speed. Ismay and the crew knew this. Trying to break the speed record in the Titanic would be like trying to break the land speed record in a standard limo.

[@foxymetroid]

The binoculars wouldn't have helped. They were only used to get a better look at something already spotted.

[@KayoMichiels]

(This happened before before i was born) My dad used to work at the Nuclear powerplant in Doel, Belgium... one morning, they came in for their shift and the radiation alarms went off... They all had to be decontaminated by using the showers... they were looking for the origin of the radiation.. and it was from outside. Dad called home and ordered everybody inside and close the windows.. a couple of days later Chernobyl was on the news... Some time later, my dad and a frind of his were working somewhere, his frined works as a pipe inspector.. and because of that, he allways has a dosimeter with him.. it suddenly went off... it turned out that the milk from Germany was contaminated...

[@jl7044]

1. Crowdstrike 2024=I was at work and couldn't log into the app that tracked my work hours 2. Deepwater Horizon 2010=Just out of college and job hunting. 3. Cedar Fire 2003=Senior Year in High School 4. Chernobyl April 1986=I was a one year old but mom remembers same goes for the last entry 5. Challenger January 1986=I was not one yet. All other events, I wasn't even born yet.

[@standarduser7105]

I expected The Lahaina Inferno in Maui, Hawaii. I’m born and raised on Maui, and it is tragic this happened to Lahaina, so many memories obscured by empty ruins.

[@olleselin]

Damnit! When will we ever learn?

[@abigailaceves9230]

Sadly, maybe never.

[@lori4762]

Never

[@JimmyEatsFood]

Tomorrow, 14:38.

[@vesper0721]

five years after we die?

[@rickfalcon5572]

“Those who don’t learn from History, are doomed to repeat it.”

[@fransuke12]

I was 6 when Chernobyl happened and my dad was stationed in Vladivostok.

[@kathrynjames6151]

I don't remember much about the deepwater horizon incident, but I will always remember the news coverage of the following oil spill. My parents followed the story closely, so I would often walk in on them watching news coverage on it. I also remember the IT outage. I got lucky that I had the day off from work, so I was not personally affected. However, my poor coworkers were. They couldn't run the registers due to the outage, and because of that they basically had to close the store and focus on other things to turn the store over for the next morning when everything was sorted out. I was alive for the Ceder fire, but I was only a toddler at the time so I don't have any memory of any news coverage from it.

[@SiVlog1989]

Another accident that featured human error was the Piper Alpha accident in July 1988. On July 6th 1988, the crew on the Occidental Petroleum oil platform, Piper Alpha, think they're on a routine day, when one of the Condensate Pumps tripped (stopped working). Despite repeated attempts to restart it, the crew cannot get it going. In desperation, they switch to an alternate pump that was signed off as not being in service, requiring maintenance. However, there was a problem. Unbeknownst to those trying to get the production of oil flowing again, although the pump's maintenance hadn't started, the same couldn't be said for its Safety Valve. Work on this valve had started during the day shift, but crucially wasn't finished when the day shift ended. Although a flat metal disc was placed over the hole, it was only loosely tightened, just finger tight. As a result, when the second pump was started, a major release of Condensate occurred, which led to the first explosion at 10PM. In the end, by the time the series of explosions and fires had largely died down, and the 20,000 Ton platform had all but completely collapsed and sunk to the bottom of the North Sea, 167 people, including 2 rescue workers, lost their lives

[@ReesieandLee]

My dad and father in law both worked for Morton Thiokol when the shuttle exploded. My whole small town worked there, it was a big deal around here.

[@GratefulPrimate]

I was a young woman on the Titanic when it sank. My fiancee, Cal, called it "the ship of dreams".

[@germanname1990]

Only numbers 10, 8, and 6 happened after I was born. I didn’t know about number 8 until just now, I remember hearing about number 6 when it happened, but as for the Crowdstrike incident, I started working at Midway Airport in Chicago just a month and a half before that occurred. When it happened, I thought my computer was affected as I thought Crowdstrike was part of a monthly Windows system update. Although I was relieved to know that my computer was okay and that Crowdstrike wasn’t even on my system to begin with, I was still expecting to witness the chaotic aftermath of the incident upon walking into Midway that late afternoon. To my surprise, things went as if nothing happened, and very few people at Midway were even talking about it.

[@philbateman1989]

Do I remember where I was when I heard about the Titanic sinking?? How old do you think I am???

[@JamesDavy2009]

At that time, I would say old enough to have still lived in Minus World.

[@Itsuchi2]

“Do you remember where you were when these events happened?” Hmm, I can’t remember much about where I was or what I was doing in 1912…. 😅

[@ColinMcLaughlin-f8y]

TENERIFE SHOULDVE BEEN #1

[@noahdean9685]

Those who fail history are doomed to repeat it!

[@maximaldinotrap]

Saying Pickett's charge made the world stand still is wild. Grant and Sherman were likely happy that it happened. I can see them laughing their asses off.

[@ruly999]

The Hindenburg should be on this list

[@cronavirus_ragnareich]

Where was I.. Well for several of them I'm pretty sure I didn't exist 😅

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

The Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown.

[@bigrudd9346]

Pretty sure after 5 minutes, the sounds and crackling of fire could still be heard from the 1977 airplane disaster.

[@joermnyc]

Russia has a small Western border: but the territory very quickly flares outwards to both the north and the south. If you aren't able to spread your forces to cover all of that, you'll be flanked very quickly. Plus you need to have LONG supply lines to reach Moscow.

[@Bixente2505]

5 years probation for killing 15 ppl is insane!!! Accident or not, he destroyed ppl's lives!!! What in the world??

[@heathercontois4501]

I was toddler in Germany where my dad was stations. My poor mom had to keep two 2 yo's inside for 2 weeks. We still have our red "Chernobyl bumps" and my little sister who was barely conceived at the time also has a couple.

[@Frazsier-lx1gr]

Well, where was I at the night of the sinking of the Titanic? 🤔😅

[@leopold7562]

Still sleeping off Gettysburg, I guess?

[@aubreynorton4470]

So a man lost in the wilderness accidentally killed 15 people and destroyed 3,000 buildings to save his own life.

[@wearebeggars1]

Hitler losing and the Confederates losing cost the world dearly. Interesting take.

[@Camietta13]

When ice forms on a launch pad in Florida, mother nature is telling you to reevaluate

[@always-alicia]

I remember where I was when the Titanic sunk!

[@michael7054]

You must be old as dirt then. Did you come over on the Mayflower ?

[@JamesDavy2009]

Minus World?

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for so meaningful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@antonioaaronosabel9574]

🇵🇭 Ever watched Snatch? Farina coming back to the us was asked, "Anything to Declare?, He answered "Don't go to England" .. Like some of these places and work place.. yeah .. don't Go to that place ..

[@leopold7562]

That's one of my favourite films ever. I got the special edition DVD in periwinkle blue...

[@TheNov11979]

Pretty sad and crazy. But, that’s what happens when people either don’t listen or they push themselves too far to wanting to get things done quickly without thinking about the consequences.

[@ronniefranco512]

Deepwater Horizon, Challenger, Chernobyl don't completely qualify as mistakes. People knew they was something wrong about them.

[@GoldAndDangerous]

The sad thing about the Titanic is that her sinking could've been avoided even after they saw the iceberg. If they'd just slowed down as much as possible and collided directly instead of turning, the whole side wouldn't have been ripped up. She was made to be able to continue with two flooded compartments and could stay afloat with 3 - maybe even 4, so even though there would still have been a significant amount of damage and injuries, it sure beats the alternative.

[@leopold7562]

I'd heard much the same thing. Going hard reverse and hitting it square on would've crippled the ship, but it would've stayed afloat long enough to get everyone rescued, and maybe even tow it to the nearest port to be fixed

[@dawnkimlinger2943]

I was in my high-school chapel watching the challenger explode and fall.

[@LilBaddieHarley]

I believe The Titanic was one of them

[@LoneTreeAdventures]

I thought 9/11 would be on this list for sure

[@Frazsier-lx1gr]

The list is about human mistakes.

[@disneyfan8178]

@@Frazsier-lx1gr Well it was, in a sense, a mistake to let the terrorists on the planes.

[@knee_high_converse]

Yeah I remember, Exxon Valdez was my 10th birthday

[@nor_cal_jeeper7073]

What about the Columbia disaster?

[@leemorales80]

So you’re telling me if the computers go down then pen and paper doesnt exist??

[@sureshmukhi2316]

It is kinda weird. I work in IT and I always tell people not to forget the manual system IN CASE the computer go down. Yet I see it in so many places like airports, banks, restaurants etc. No fall back manual system which is wrong.

[@leemorales80]

@@sureshmukhi2316 thats really crazy to me

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@sureshmukhi2316 I actually used a credit card imprinter when my EFTPOS machine went down.

[@Ruslakall]

Weird list, nr 10 Crowdstrike then nr 9 Pickets charge :D

[@iorn9814]

I came here for herambe Rip the world hasn’t been the same since

[@ulyanashchur9974]

Germany invaded USSR (Ukraine, belarus and Lithuania first of all), it took some time before even getting close to russia exclusively and the operation Barbarossa was successful but the aftermath wasn’t

[@RoyalMela]

Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus were already invaded and occupied by Soviets.

[@Wolffen51]

Challenger disaster and Chernobyl, I was in my senior year of high school

[@noahdean9685]

I was born in 1997 2001 was 9/11 I'm surprised that wasn't on here that and Pearl harbor I guess some events are just so terrible that it's hard to discuss about it

[@Wolffen51]

@@noahdean9685 guess so

[@SnoochyB]

3:57 Napoleon had been steaming in there 100 years before saying "Oh, I'm going to kill them, I'm going to kill them... Oh IT'S A BIT COLD, IT'S A BIT COLD! ... Okay, Okay, bad idea..." And then Hitler said "I've got a better idea, I've got a better idea, OH Its the same idea, IT'S THE SAME IDEA!" -Eddie Izzard

[@duncancurtis5108]

The firework party that led to a motorway crash. Don't light fireworks next to a road.

[@roywilliams660]

Oh dear some human made BIG Mistake.

[@frankhardin8124]

Bhopal?

[@emiliobello2538]

Missed this

[@brandonstraubel29]

Deepwater Horizon is not a worse mistake than Operation Barbarossa

[@danwindler9400]

What about Munich Olympics Tragedy, Uruguayan Air Force Plane Crash in 1972 which 16 men survived.

[@Frazsier-lx1gr]

The list is about human mistakes not terrorist attacks (Munich Olympics).

[@disneyfan8178]

@@Frazsier-lx1gr Well, there is an element of human error in the Munich Olympics tragedy. The lack of security at the Olympic village allowed the terrorists to get in where the Israeli team's dormitory.

[@maximaldinotrap]

I am pretty sure war blunders don't count. The other side takes advantage if the blunder rather than standing still.

[@gb1reinwald]

Chernobyl - I was at school. Titanic, Gettysburg, WW2 - not born yet. Did not really take notice of the other disasters. I remember the rocket explosion on TV, I was at home watching. Wasn't there the first female astronaut on bord as well? I would have liked to see the Hindenburg here as well as it was a human error case. Also, there are probably many more war scenarios that resulted in disaster due to human error.

[@vesper0721]

no first teacher. the first female was Sally Ride passed away in 2012

[@MADBD619]

Oh, how foolish we were for creating these horrible catastrophes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vesper0721]

it was an accident honest

[@lachbullen8014]

The Deepwater Horizon disaster was only caused by corporate greed..

[@katiebonser9712]

Ha, I knew the Chernobyl disaster was at number 1!!

[@Scrantonicity2]

Really the only one I was there for was the most recent one, I was non existent for the rest.

[@berrybannanas]

What about the London plane crash? When two planes went into each other?

[@D2RCR]

It's the deadliest mid-air collision in UK history but there have been a lot of deadlier ones. I'm actually surprised GOL Flight 1907 or the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (the world's deadliest) are not on this list.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@D2RCR The one that comes to my mind was the collision over Überlingen, Germany-the Russian pilots in the Tupolev jet obeyed the controller instead of their TCAS and descended while the other plane followed their TCAS and descended as well. Some of the blame went to ICAO for not clarifying which instructions are to be followed when TCAS conflicts with a controller's instructions.

[@matthewporrini50]

Deep water horizon happened 3 weeks after my 10th birthday

[@Rosastar]

yo, awesome that you make this many videos and all, but can you please not forget to equalize the audio please? my ears are being blasted to hell

[@PeterSwinkels]

Those set designers for the Tenerife disaster documentary were idiots, they overlooked the fact that 90's style computers didn't exist yet.

[@vesper0721]

where did you see this?

[@Jcmprofessional]

Two of the events happened in 1986 before I was born on the same year

[@neilalcoseba6978]

The driver of Archduke Franz Ferdinand who made a wrong turn of the car?

[@noahdean9685]

The catalyst that began world war 1 that could have been a part of the honorable mention also talked about being at the right place at the wrong time or vice versa, something like that!

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@noahdean9685 Wasn't a sandwich involved at some point?

[@D2RCR]

@@JamesDavy2009 yup, the assassin had given up and gone to get a sandwich for lunch when Franz Ferdinand's car made that wrong turn and passed right in front of the restaurant he was eating at

[@davinp]

Another mistake was the Titanc submersible implosion last year killing all 5 people aboard

[@niftybass]

watch mojo? watch volume! (please?)

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

You guys forgot about the costa Concordia disaster the ship sailed too close to the island and struck a rock formation on the sea floor which caused it to partially sink landing unevenly the captain abandoned ship and 32 people died

[@mikeawesome9212]

They know.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@dvongrad]

1986: The "CH" year-Challenger and Chernobyl.