Causality

A near-new modern cruise liner with all the navigational aids and maps struck rocks and sank killing over 30 people and the man most responsible still walks free today.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Costa Concordia Costa Concordia Disaster Costa Concordia - What Happened The Costa Concordia Sinking Costa Concordia Maritime Accident Casebook Draft (hull) Costa Concordia Captain’s Appeal Rejected Italy Court Upholds Costa Concordia Captain’s Sentence Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The Mont Blanc tunnel cut hours off the journey between Italy and France and in 1999 in a fire emergency services were unable to save 38 lives. We look at why.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Mont Blanc Tunnel Culvert NFPA - Highway Vehicle Fires The Fire Triangle Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

For decades Flint Michigan derived safe drinking water from Detroit. When the supply was switched to save money a series of events unfolded and their supply became undrinkable. How could this happen?With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Lead and Copper Rule Here’s what drinking water pipes look like with and without corrosion control Flint Corrosion Control Presentation (PDF) How Lead Ended Up In Flint’s Tap Water List of Five Basic & Immediate Needs for Physical Human Survival How Long Can Someone Go Without Breathing? How Long Can You Live Without Water? Chlorination of Drinking Water Lead Poisoning and Rome Lead Poisoning 2 Flint employees EM OK’d river water plan Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The Comet was the worlds first commercial jet aeroplane and those that flew aboard it formed the so-called JetSet. When they started to crash, the world of aviation changed forever.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: de Havilland Comet ASN Aviation Safety Database Flying back to the Fifties Frank Whittle Effects of high altitude on humans Material Fatigue de Havilland BOAC Flight 781 Disaster in the Air Non-destructive Testing Applications in Commercial Aircraft Maintenance Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The largest airship ever constructed burst into flames when trying to land in 1937 in New Jersey in what has become one of the most striking disasters of modern times.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: LZ 129 Hindenburg Hindenburg Disaster R101 Flash Point Hindenburg Passenger Ticket Herbert Morrison Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Chris Stone and John Whitlow.

The Challenger Space Shuttle was directed to launch on the coldest day on record in Florida and 73 seconds after launch it exploded but the engineers saw it coming.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: The Challenger Crew Plunged to Their Deaths Moonraker - IMDb Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster NASA Shuttle Missions List of Space Shuttle Missions Thiokol Challenger: Twenty Years Later, Lessons Never Learned Space Ship Two Max Q The Challenger Launch Decision Weather and the Shuttle Challenger Disaster Weather Source: 1986 January “Star Trek: The Next Generation” Time’s Arrow: Part 1 (TV Episode 1992) - Quotes - IMDb Challenger Shuttle Engineer Sheds 30 Years Of Guilt Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The Piper Oil field in the North Sea became the site of one of the worst Offshore Oil Rig disasters in history when Piper Platform Alpha went up in flames.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Human Factors and Ergonomics for Shift Handover Piper Alpha Natural-gas Condensate Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.

The Amagasaki rail crash was entirely caused by human error but was it a fear of punishment by the company that was ultimately the cause.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Amagasaki Rail Crash Fukuchiyama Line ICAO - Annexes Booklet ICAO - Personnel Licensing FAQ JTSB Accident Report English Extract Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Fatigue JR West Punished Staff Support Causality on Patreon

The 15th Maccabiah Games in 1997 had a temporary bridge for the opening ceremony. The world was shocked when it failed and it did so on every level.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: 1997 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Bridge Collapse Google Maps: The Site of the Disaster Australia/Israel Review: The Bridge Too Far Phil Moss Recalls the Tragic Death of Four Aussies… Maccabiah Tragedy Australian Jews blast Rehiring of Officials Responsible for the Maccabiah Tragedy Stage Design Israel American Jewish Year Maccabiah Bridge Collapse: Initial Investigations | The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The Titanic famously sank on her maiden voyage with a huge loss of life. No ship is unsinkable.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: List of Ships Sunk by Icebergs Titanic Timeline Time Line Titanic: The Myth of the Unsinkable Ship Seamen’s Act RMS Titanic Titanic Facts: Statistics about The Sinking of the Ship Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic Was the Titanic Ever Publicised as Unsinkable? Why Did People Believe Titanic Was Unsinkable? Titanic Deckplans : Tank Top RMS Republic International Ice Patrol Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

What went wrong with Fukushima 1 Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: List of Nuclear Power Stations Nuclear Reactor Water for Power Plant Cooling Why Fukushima Was Preventable Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster 2011 Toøhoku Earthquake and Tsunami Soøma, Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant S.C.R.A.M. Chicago Pile-1 Zirconium Alloy Review of the Oxidation Rate of Zirconium Alloys IAEA Warned Japan Over Nuclear Quake Risk Timeline for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Fukushima Accident The Fukushima Wasteland Electricity Generation Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

Roll cages in cars are supposed to improve safety but do they actually cause the problem they're trying to protect you from?With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Rollover A METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING VEHICLE ROLLOVER PROPENSITY THAT COMBINES STABILITY FACTOR AND HANDLING METRICS (PDF) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Center of Mass CDC Mining Risks Traffic Safety Facts: Pedestrians U.S Census Bureau Population Estimates (2004) List of Motor Vehicle Deaths in U.S. by Year Safety Cell 6 Point Internal ROPS BHP Accused of Rolling Over on Vehicle Safety Operator Roll-over Protection on Small Vehicles Roll-over Protection Structure ANCAP Frequently Asked Questions 5 Star ANCAP Rating Changes to BMA Site Vehicles (PDF) Follow Up Evaluation of Electronic Stability Control Effectiveness in Australasia Tilt test (vehicle safety test) Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Silver Producer: Chris Stone.

The BP Texas City Oil Refinery disaster in 2005 shocked the world. With many safe-guards in place and lost-time injury rates so low, how could so many people be killed in a wholly preventable disaster?With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: The U.S. Chemical Safety Board Texas City Refinery Explosion Isomerization Human Factors Influencing The Texas City Incident (PDF) (Archive.org) Lessons from Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur Diesel Engine Runaway BP Completes Sale of Texas City Refinery (Archive.org) The Refinery Today (Archive.org) Texas City, Texas: Google Maps Location BPs Statement of Facts (PDF) (Archive.org) Notes: Original version released: 16th October, 2015 Re-written and Re-recorded: 20th August, 2023 Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.With John Chidgey.Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented. This is Causality and I’m John Chidgey. An electrical engineer by degree, Chartered Professional Engineer in Electrical, Information, Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering, with a passion for fault finding, root cause analysis and above all else, learning lessons from our collective mistakes. Because when we don’t understand our collective history, we’re doomed to make the same mistakes, over and over again. I’m the creator, writer, researcher, host, editor and producer of Causality. My goal: not only explore what went wrong with major incidents that occurred around the world throughout history, but to explore what people, real people that could have made a difference at the time, what could they have done differently to prevent that from happening. How can we design things better? How can prevent incidents from occurring. From Titanic to Challenger, from Piper Alpha to Flint Michigan, from Bhopal to Deepwater Horizon, there are always things we could have done, to prevent them. No actors, no sound effects, no re-enactments, no nonsense. If you’re an engineer, an operator, a designer, a developer or a person that’s just curious and cares, I hope you’ll join me as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented. I’m John Chidgey. This is Causality. Thanks in advance for listening. Support Causality on Patreon