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69 Of The Most Expensive Fails That Hurt So Bad To Look At, You May Physically Feel It (New Pics)
We all make mistakes. They are essential for our growth as individuals. And oftentimes, we can eventually brush these blunders off and move on.
However, some slip-ups can be costly. And as much as you want to charge it to experience and soldier on, the amount incurred may be too painful to simply walk away from.
Here are some specific examples, as featured on the That Looks Expensive subreddit. If the name itself isn’t enough of a giveaway, check out some of the posts from the page, which we’ve compiled for this list.
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#2
In 2007, A Brand-New Airbus A340-600 (For Etihad) Was Wrecked During A Ground Engine Test In Toulouse
No wheel blocks were used; parking brake failed to hold it. Plane rolled forward, crew delayed cutting engines - hit a wall at ~35 mph. Nose smashed through; plane totaled before delivery
Jerome Lenovo 5 months ago
We french people, don't make things halfway, when we wreck, we wreck, on rigole pas xD
#3
A BMW Wrecked By A Tree
#4
Sinkhole In Germany Yesterday
#5
So Thats How You Make A Convertible Car
michael Chock 5 months ago (edited)
By the 3rd crash the driver was pretty sure they were in trouble
#6
A Family Left Their House Over Winter And A Water Boiler Broke, Causing Mold
#7
Bus Crashed Through A Glass At The Train Station In Hamburg
#8
Supercar Storage In Cheshire Burned Down
#9
A Fire On A Private Jet Hangar Triggered The Foam Extinguisher System
#10
Expensive Tip
#11
Giant Beehive Takes Over Roof. That's A Lot Of Honey
Brian Droste 5 months ago (edited)
That is cool to me. Yeah, I know that isn't good for the roof. This reminds me of a time where I heard of a guy was doing some work around his front door. Maybe he was going to replace his front door. Anyway he starts to take some siding off to replce the door. When he did that he found a hive of honey bees right by his door frame.
#13
Dumb Truck 70mph+ Hits Interstate Bridge
#14
That's An Expensive Paint Job!
Andrea Olds 5 months ago
It would make these pix a lot more interesting if there was a brief back story to them.
#15
Someone's Insurance Company Isn't Going To Be Happy
#16
“We Have Destroyed Iran’s Offensive Capabilities”
#17
Silly Tank Can't Pole Vault
#18
Someone Spent ~$850,000 USD On Roses To Fill An Entire Apartment Lobby In Moscow. The Person They Did It For Still Hasn't Shown Up
So this happened in Moscow's luxury residential building.
Someone ordered 1 million roses (yes, million) and had delivery crews unloading them all night. Total cost - roughly $850,000 USD.
The entire first floor lobby is now a wall-to-wall carpet of red roses. Looks like a movie set.
The person they were for hasn't shown up.
Neighbors say nobody has come to claim the flowers.
#19
Tractoff
#20
In Germany, A Fully Loaded Truck With Meat Scraps, Tipped Over On The Highway
#22
My Buddy Hit A Muskrat Hole While Out On The Lake
#23
I Think We Need Some Aircraft Tape
#24
Project That Failed Near Me. In Your Opinion, What Went Wrong?
#25
You Know It's Expensive When You Need A Seat To Call The Insurance Company
#26
A Fokker 50 Turboprop After Suffering A Malfunction On Takeoff Today In Mogadishu, Somalia
#27
Things Got A Little Out Of Hand While Cooking Breakfast Yesterday
#28
Truck Crash On I-49
Speak easy buttercup 5 months ago
(David Attenborough voice) "Ah!! Watch as the wild truck sneaks a quick drink of water from the brook"
#29
Train And Plane Crash. That’s A Logistics Nightmare No Insurance Wants To Deal With
#30
Customer Ignored The Pressure Rating Of His Cylinder And Shot Oil Out At Such A High Pressure It Cut 1 Inch Thick Steel
#31
Discovered That My Porcelain Countertop Was Actually Tempered Glass
#32
The Genesis Space Probe, After Its Parachute Failed To Open
Genesis was a NASA mission to collect samples of the solar wind in 2004. It was to have returned these samples to Earth in a capsule that would have landed by parachute in the Utah desert, but the parachute failed to open, so the capsule crash-landed at over 200 miles per hour.
Spencers slave no more 5 months ago
From what I can find: the parachutes failed to deploy because someone (?) installed the sensors upside down 😬
#33
I Like My Yachts Extra Crispy!
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 5 months ago
I did my predoctoral internship right near there! Thats Seattle, Washington!
#34
I Hope He Has Good And Full Insurance, On Everything
Sara Frazer 5 months ago
I see the flag on the back and can't help but feel a little schadenfreude
#35
Expensive BBQ
#36
Something Tells Me, Unlike The Last Plane Post On Here, This Is Not Something To "Buff-Out"
#37
Expensive Mistake
#38
Over The PA "Clean Up On Isle 4"
#39
Phuket Airport Is Closed After A Landing Incident Involving Air India Express Flight #ix938 (Boeing 737 Max 8)
Spencers slave no more 5 months ago
The nose gear collapsed on landing, with the wheels shearing off. All passengers and crew disembarked safely. Phuket airport has just the one runway, so it was closed until repairs were made. The plane was removed and the runway repaired in less than 8 hours.
#40
Excavator Falls Off Truck After Hitting Bridge On A52 Near Radcliffe On Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK
#41
Corvettes Doing Mustang Things!
#42
The Museum Ship USS Sullivans Has Partially Sunk At The Military Park Pier On Buffalo's (NY, USA) Waterfront
#43
Seen In The Mojave Desert This Afternoon
#44
Summary Of The Article: The Truck Was Loaded With Beer. The Driver Was Also Full Of Alcohol
MalayDragon 5 months ago
For those interested: A truck carrying nearly 27,000 liters of beer overturned. A tanker truck crashed in Thuringia. Beer leaked from the damaged trailer. The driver was seriously injured and, according to the highway patrol, had apparently been drinking alcohol before the accident.
#45
Pretty Self Explanatory
#46
Gents And Gels, I Have Lost My Job
Max Robitzsch 5 months ago
What the heck IS that? Its says "crushr" on the hood, and there does seem to be some weird spiky drum at the end of the extension arm... for, presumably, crushing things... but why?
#47
If You Think You're Having A Bad Day, Spare A Thought For This Poor Old Driver In Shoreditch
#48
Structural Member Failure
#49
Tough Day At The Airport
#50
Anyone For BBQ?
#51
Steam Locomotive + No Water × Heat = No Bueno
#52
Oops
Russell Bowman 5 months ago
More like the hoist support arm was not properly, or perhaps slipped, off the lift point
#53
This Cat Will Never Purr!
#54
There Are Load Charts For A Reason!
Max Robitzsch 5 months ago (edited)
I suspect it was more like the ground where they were setting up wasn't stable. The load chart / max load stuff is pretty easy really, and often computerised / max load-locked anyway. But none of those safety features help if the ground caves in under your support outriggers...
#55
Lambo
#56
And No Insurance. That's Gonna Hurt. Key Largo FL
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago
"Nah, this beauty here cost me my last 150 k - ain't got no money for no stupid insurance!" alternatively "God is my insurance!"
#57
Slab Grabber Tongs Hit Interstate 224 Bridge Whill Traveling On 224
#59
This Poor Beautiful Corvette
#60
Thank You For Flying Northwest Airlink
#61
Eggs...scrambled
#62
Money Down The Drain
Kabuki Kitsune 5 months ago
Insurance MAY cover this, but given the cone we see behind the car, it's likely these vehicles were illegally parked in a "construction" zone... which would mean the car owners would have assumed responsibility for any and all damage that might happen to their vehicles.
#63
How To Politely Explain To The Owner That He Can't Park Like That In The Shop ?
#64
Took A Huge Chunk Out Of The Bridge, Wonder What The Cost To Repair Will Be
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
THAT route will be down a while. US10 central Michigan: M30 overpass had beams set. MDOT discovered they failed testing. Bridge down additional 2 months. I would bet one of the safest overpasses in the state now.
#65
Sir, You Can't Park There!
Max Robitzsch 5 months ago
"I can however berth here though. Show me where there's a no-berthing restriction in your bylaws? Huh? Didn't thing so."
#66
Car Crashed Through Panera Bread WV
#67
Signs Point To This Being Expensive
#68
Grimace Paid A Visit
#69
Shattered Glass Elevator At A Hospital
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Brian Droste 5 months ago (edited)
I see here there was quite a few where a vehicle was carrying some type of equipment and went to go under a under pass. They didn't make it. This reminds me of a time here in Indiana a truck was carrying some type of equipment with a arm unit. The arm was secured down enough. The arm came up. The truck went to go under a under pass. The arm of the truck hit a beam of the under pass. Did some damage. City/state had to shut that under pass dowm to get it fixed. The city end up charging the company of the truck to repair the under pass.
PenguinEmp 5 months ago
Hard to see around the pop ups, the banner bar the ad bar and now the new navigation button on your site.
Brian Droste 5 months ago (edited)
I see here there was quite a few where a vehicle was carrying some type of equipment and went to go under a under pass. They didn't make it. This reminds me of a time here in Indiana a truck was carrying some type of equipment with a arm unit. The arm was secured down enough. The arm came up. The truck went to go under a under pass. The arm of the truck hit a beam of the under pass. Did some damage. City/state had to shut that under pass dowm to get it fixed. The city end up charging the company of the truck to repair the under pass.
PenguinEmp 5 months ago
Hard to see around the pop ups, the banner bar the ad bar and now the new navigation button on your site.
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