Tragedy Today | Iguassu Observatory Falls Bridge Massacre in Japan's Hanshin

I. Tragedy of the Guanguai Bridge in Iguassu

January 17, 1982, 50 Japanese, Brazilian tourists are bridge gallery tour on the occasion, the bridge suddenly breaks, fall river bridge with tourists, all died.

The Iguazu Falls is 5 kilometers wide and 70 meters deep . It is located at the confluence of the Iguaçu River, which borders Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, and joins the Parana River. It is the 6th largest waterfall in the world. National parks are built on both sides of the waterfall for visitors to watch. On the Brazilian side, a promenade-style waterfall and waterfall bridge is built on the bank of the Parana River. The bridge is 50 meters away from the river and tourists can enjoy a panoramic view of the waterfall on the bridge.

Second, the Great Hanshin Earthquake in Japan

Japan's Kobe earthquake in 1995 losses: US $ 144 billion

January 17, 1995 5:46 early in the morning, where a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit Japan's bustling Kansai region, epicenter near Kobe, Osaka and other major cities. This is the largest earthquake in Japan in the past 70 years. The quake was devastating. Nearly 10,000 buildings in Kobe, the worst-affected city, were destroyed and nearly 5,000 people were killed in the earthquake . More than 20,000 people were injured and property losses of nearly 10 trillion yen.

Kobe citizens arranging long lines consciously at drinking fountains

The Japanese police and the Self-Defense Forces dispatched in an emergency to fully rescue and rescue the disaster

Homeless people sleep in open areas

III. Shipwreck in Yemen Sea Area

January 17, 2009, the Yemeni sea boat incident.

January 17, 2009, a boat carrying nearly 300 Somali and Ethiopian migrants sank ships in the waters of Yemen, there are still nearly 170 passengers missing.

A Coast Guard official at the Red Sea port of Hudi Dida stated that 130 people were ashore or rescued by the Coast Guard team and local fishermen. The official, who declined to be named, said that so far, rescue workers have found three bodies. He said that the wooden boat hit a rock in the storm, which caused a large hole in the hull. The Yemeni Ministry of the Interior stated that the Coast Guard authorities had sent emergency rescue teams to find survivors. The Interior Ministry said in a statement: "At present, the fate of most passengers is still unclear."

Rescue workers said that in another incident, a smuggling ship carrying immigrants sank in the southern waters of Yemen, 7 people were drowned, 13 people were missing, and 99 people swam on the Dahumah Beach near Anwar town. A Somali woman was seriously injured and she was rushed to a hospital in Aden.

Many African immigrants want to arrive in Yemen. They think Yemen is a transit station for Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of people each year lost their lives on a voyage to Yemen on a smuggler-operated boat. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says there are more than 50,000 immigrants in 2008, went to Yemen by sea by smugglers, mostly Somalis, have at least 590 people were drowned when crossing, and another 359 people missing.

Fourth, the collision of U.S. planes caused the loss of hydrogen bombs over Spain.

January 17, 1966, nine US aircraft participating in military exercises near the Spanish Mediterranean fly over, where a "B52" strategic bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs. 10 am, a "KC a 135" tanker fleet to refuel; 10:10 and "B52" to achieve air connection, start refueling; 15 points accidentally collide, "B52" of an engine explosion, two machine becomes Two groups of fireballs; after the driver dropped four hydrogen bombs that had been insured, he abandoned the aircraft and parachuted.

Under the explosion point of the plane is Palomarez Village, which is 1,200 people in Spain . The farmers are working in fields and seeing the fireball rolling down toward the top of the head, scared to flee. Two aircraft debris scattered around the village around 39 square kilometers of ground and sea. All four hydrogen bombs were tied under a large parachute and slowly landed. At the time of collection, one piece was missing. The United States dispatched 24 ships and spent 84 million U.S. dollars. Three months later it was salvaged from the bottom of the sea. Each of these hydrogen bombs weighs 25 million tons, equivalent to 1,250 Hiroshima atomic bombs. As long as there is an explosion, everything within a 15 km radius can be destroyed , killing at least 50,000 people. Fortunately, the four hydrogen bombs have been insured and will not explode on landing. However, uranium 235 and plutonium 239 have been slightly leaked due to slight damage to the ground , contaminating 100 hectares of land in Palomares Village . The United States scraped this away. The "dirty soil" on the land was transported back to the United States for deep-buried disposal.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.