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72 Times Things Went Wrong In The Most Expensive Way Possible And Someone Got A Very Big Bill For It
No one wants an unfortunate accident. Still, these moments can blindside you, even when you try your hardest to be as careful as possible.
Assuming no one got seriously hurt, your next worry becomes the financial consequences. Sometimes, such mishaps come with a price tag so hefty, you’re left in pain, almost as if you'd suffered an injury.
Here are photos of some of the most expensive accidents you’ll see online, as shared by the subreddit of the same name. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself wincing as you scroll through.
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Behind The Scenes Of The New Fast & Furious Movie
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Investigation Has Determined That The Wreck And Fuel Spill Of The Mv Wakashio In Mauritius In 2020 Was Caused By The Captain Diverting His Course Attempting To Find A Cell Phone Signal
#3
Spacex's Sn9 Has Collapsed In Its Hanger
As unfortunate as these costly mistakes are, you can’t deny the funny element in them. You may have found yourself giggling while looking at a few of these photos, and that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a bad person.
It does, however, say a lot about how you view your self-worth, according to psychologist Dr. Mark Travers.
#4
2003 - The Noaa-N Prime Satellite Toppled As It Was Being Spun On A Turntable, Causing $135 Million Worth Of Damage. An Official NASA Inquiry Revealed It To Have Been Caused By The Undocumented Removal Of 24 Bolts From The Platform Prior To Mounting, And A Failure To Check Said Bolts
#5
Tower Block In China Collapsed Due To A Faulty Foundation
#6
Montreal's Biosphère Transparent Acrylic Dome Set On Fire During Renovations (1976)
General Anaesthesia 5 days ago
Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome, the US pavilion at EXPO 67 in Montreal. Celebration of Canada's hundredth birthday.
As Dr. Travers explains, Schadenfreude, or the guilty pleasure we feel when we see another person fail, can be like a “shot of self-esteem.”
“Psychologists refer to this as ‘downward social comparison,’” he said. “(It reminds) that you may not be so bad after all, and that others are worse off.”
#7
Aston Martin That Was Worth £1.5m
#8
The Container Ship Ym Efficiency Docking In Sydney Australia After Losing 81 Of Its Containers Overboard On 2018-June-1st Through 'Rolling Heavily' In 'Strong Gale Force Winds And Very Rough Seas Off Newcastle'
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That Can't Be Cheap
On the flip side, Schadenfreude can also feel like “cosmic justice,” Dr. Travers says. This is especially true when seeing malevolent individuals get what is coming to them.
“When a repeat offender in the bad-behavior department gets their karma, you can’t help but feel a sense of justice served. It feels like the universe is giving them a little nudge to shape up,” Dr. Travers said, noting that it helps “maintain a sense of fairness” in the world.
#10
Overnight Coworker Sent Me This Last Night
Upstaged75 5 days ago
I'd rather quit than deal with cleaning up that mess if I had done it! 😂
#11
Anyone Missing A Boat?
#12
Accident That Literally Cost An Entire Town: The ~2.9kt Explosion In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, On 1917-December-6th, Caused By The Cooking-Off Of The Explosives That Were The Cargo Of A Ship Conveying Them To Europe, After Its Runnning-Aground Through Collision With Another Ship
Upstaged75 5 days ago
I took a tour when I was in Halifax, and we were WAY up on top of a hill looking down at the harbor when the tour guide told us that the effects of the explosion had reached where we were standing. It's hard to imagine how devastating it was.
Meanwhile, looking at the photos may also make you feel for the individuals who made these costly mistakes. One possible explanation is that they were under immense pressure, causing them to fumble.
According to cognitive scientist Sian Beilock, choking under pressure is more an indicator of suboptimal performance, where you make a mistake because you feel the need to get everything right.
#13
Aftermath Of The Landslide At Surte, Sweden In 1950
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Now That Is Expensive
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That Was Expensive Mistake
Performance anxiety may happen whenever you’re doing something that requires your full attention. It can happen even with an endeavor or activity you’ve done many times before. This is why Beilock advises focusing on the present, not on the outcome.
“Remind yourself that you have the background to succeed and that you are in control of the situation,” she said. “This can be the confidence boost you need to ace your pitch or to succeed in other ways when facing life’s challenges.”
#16
A Freight Train Carrying Corn Had A Leak
#17
Yep Just Right Through That Swamp
David Paterson 5 days ago
The A20 in Germany. "Germany's A20 autobahn suffered a major structural failure near Tribsees in 2018, when a section of the highway built over unstable peat deposits collapsed into a massive sinkhole".
#18
Truck Accident In Poland 28.12.2023
Spencers slave no more 5 days ago
A suspected fault on the transporter carrying the wind turbine blade, causing the load to shift upwards and hit the newly constructed highway bridge.
#19
Mclaren vs. Guardrail
David Paterson 5 days ago
Now this ... is funny. It's exactly why this type of guardrail is being replaced by a very different type of crash barrier in my country. Two many vehicles were tunneling under the old style of guardrail, not normally quite to this extent.
#20
Helicopters After Strong Storms Come Through Hampton Roads
Spencers slave no more 5 days ago
Chambers Field, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. July 26th 2022. No, they weren't on any roads, despite what the heading says.
#21
Insurance Premiums Unite
#22
Insurance Company: Hello Sir, How May I Help Wait… You Hit What!!!!!
VisuallyChallengedPew 5 days ago
Remember, when driving in New York City the driver with the cheapest car wins.
#23
Like A Glove
#24
Crane Meets River
#25
This Train Derailment In Hong Kong Could Cost The Operator A Fine Of Over USD $3 Million
Kabuki Kitsune 5 days ago
Clarification: Not the train driver himself. Operator meaning the company.
#26
No News Is Good News
#27
Remains Of The Plane-Crash In (Then) Northern Rhodesia (Now) Zambia In Which Un Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld Perished: Possibly Most Exceedingly Expensive In That He Was On His Way To Brokering End Of Extremely Asper Civil War In The Congo That Some Preferred To Remain Unsettled
#28
I Was Cruising About 50mph, Then The Plastic Snapped
#29
Well... I Think The Image Speaks For Itself
#30
My Dad Shredded An Envelope Full Of $20 Bills
#31
Ratchet Straps
#32
Red Wine Cistern Ruptures
Beak Hookage 5 days ago (edited)
I need my bathing suit and a plate of assorted cheese and crackers ASAP
#33
Driving A 3 Million Dollar Ferrari On A Damp Road
#34
The Remains Of The Rand Powder Mill ('powder' Being Gunpowder) @ Uniontown Near Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, That Underwent A Catastrophic Explosion That Prettymuch Utterly Destroyed It On 1905-September-9th
#35
Nantes Cathedral Fire (2020)
#36
A Truck Lost A Large Part Of A Windmill Near Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Today
#37
Boeing 747-400 Crashes Airbus A330 On The Ground
VisuallyChallengedPew 5 days ago
Wing-tip contacts are the most common type of taxiing collision.
#38
Dogs Have Expensive Taste
#39
Someone Lost Their Job Today
VisuallyChallengedPew 5 days ago
That's a jack for lifting the airplane to work on the landing gear.
#40
Towing A Camper After An Ice Storm
#41
Lamborghini vs. Rolls Royce
Spencers slave no more 5 days ago
On a council estate in Walsall, West Midland, UK. The driver of the Rolls legged it.
#42
Another Expensive Parking Lesson
#43
Something Tells Me A Floating Home Actually Needs To Float
liam newton-harding 5 days ago
Libertarian “sea pods”. These were never going to work. The design was unstable from the very first drawings.
#45
Don't Trust The 'Cut Here' Lines
#46
Someone In The Assembly Line Did An Oof
#48
This Plane Stuck In A Electrical Pylon
#49
A Guy In Michigan Sunk His $3000,000+ Boat And Then Swamped His Jeep And Truck Trying To Get It Out
#50
Hmmm
#51
California Storm And Floods
Stuart Griffiths 5 days ago
At the point the water was at a certain level you could of saved the cars and trucks just by moving them onto the hill behind i give you the house would still have been on s**t street but 4 vehicles saved
#52
Uh Oh
#53
Thank God The Air-To-Air Missile Broke Its Fall
VisuallyChallengedPew 5 days ago (edited)
Eurofighter Typhoon. It looks like the gear went through a gap in the drainage grating. This is why we use wing walkers, folks
#54
A Cattle Truck Drove Into A Wind Turbine Blade, Which Then Push It Into The Pilot Truck, Which Then Caught Fire
#56
Lamborghini Huracán Crashed And Abandoned In Hong Kong
#58
Happened Yesterday On Highway 39/59 In Denison, TX
#59
A Fire Burns Down The Entire Mall In Lahore Pakistan. 18 October 2020
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Aftermath Of The Autorack Incident
Kabuki Kitsune 5 days ago
Context: Low bridge near where the loading yard was. Locomotive was a remote control unit, and the operator was new on the job. He was on the far end, away from the locomotive, and was backing the train up after loading to reposition it at a different loading point. Normally this isn't an issue, as they are supposed to only move four or five cars at a time. However the operator had close to thirty during the movement. While the locomotive cleared the bridge... the cars... did not. The operator did not realize his mistake until he was some ten cars deep into the damage.
#62
Looks Like The Driver Wasn’t Used To How The Car Drives
Chich the witch 5 days ago
Getting the feeling that many sports cars have "Hold my beer" drivers.
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40 Mins Ago, Qld. Real Deal Or Kit Car?
Spencers slave no more 5 days ago
Ferrari F40, on its final test run after being in storage, before being sold. It was not insured.
#65
Golden Audi R8 Crashed
#66
Adam Ruins Everything: Stanley Cup Edition
#67
Expensive Rv Accident I’ve Seen In Oregon
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Lance Stroll’s Upgraded F1 Car
#71
Engine In Ruins After Exploding Through Being Driven Too Hard Attached To Dynamometer On Test-Rig [1511×2015]
#72
Oh Boy Someone Getting Fired
Spencers slave no more 5 days ago
Humvee after an it hit an IED. It's photographed in the "boneyard" being stripped for parts.
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