Disappointment Island is an uninhabited island in New Zealand. Over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross live there. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed on the island, killing 68 people, and leaving the 15 survivors waiting 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship ended up crashing there, and 12 men drowned.
100 Mind-Blowing Crashed Facts
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane and unknowingly disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed everyone on board.
In 1986, a soviet Aeroflot pilot tried to land the plane blindly with all the windows curtained due to a bet with the co-pilot. He crashed and killed 70 of the 94 passengers on board.
A meteor with the force of 10 atomic bombs crashed on Earth and no one noticed. On December 18, 2018, a meteor hit our atmosphere but failed to be detected by NASA at the time. The reason for this is because it took place in the Bering Sea which was a closed area.
Tallest tsunami. In July 1958 the tallest tsunami ever recorded crashed through the quiet fjord of Lituya Bay in Alaska. At 1,720 feet, the megatsunami was higher than the Empire State Building.