AMERICAN TRAGEDIES

TITANIC

• Built on 31 March 1999
• Took 26 months to build
• British Passenger Liner
• RMS Titanic

TITANIC

• Also called "The Unsinkable"
• 882 feet, 6 inches long
• Had 9 decks (A-G)

TITANIC EXTERIOR

TITANIC INTERIOR

TITANIC

• 11:40 pm Ship's Time
• 14 April 1912
• Sank 2 hours and 40 minutes
• Hit an iceberg
• Sank in the North Atlantic Ocean

TITANIC

• 2,224 passengers
• Over 1,500 people died
• Around 720 people survived

HINDENBURG

• Began construction in 1931
• Took 5 years
• German Passenger Airship
• LZ 129 Hindenburg

HINDENBURG

• Named after German president
• Made of a cotton canvas-like fabric
• Had an upper and lower deck

HINDENBURG EXTERIOR

HINDENBURG INTERIOR

HINDENBURG

• Crashed 6 May 1937
• Unsure of how it crashed
• Crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey

HINDENBURG

• 97 passengers
• 36 deaths
• 62 survivors

COLUMBIA

• Construction began in 1975
• Took 7 years
• NASA Orbiter Vehicle
• Columbia OV-102

COLUMBIA

• Assembled in a Los Angeles suburb (Palmdare)
• Delayed original launch date
• Delayed due to thermal protection system issues

COLUMBIA EXTERIOR

COLUMBIA INTERIOR

COLUMBIA

• Disintegrated over North Texas
• Exploded due to thermal protective system issues
• 1 February 2003

COMUMBIA

• 160 Crew Members
• All Died
• No Survivors

CHALLENGER

• Began construction in 1976
• Took 6 years
• Space Shuttle Challenger

CHALLENGER

• Christa McAuliffe was on board
• McAuliffe was the first teacher to be in space
• Approximately 17% of America witnessed the launch
• The crew compartment was on the ocean floor

CHALLENGER EXTERIOR

CHALLENGER INTERIOR

CHALLENGER

• Crashed 26 January 1986
• Exploded after 73 seconds into flight
• Unsure of cause for explosion

CHALLENGER

• 7 passengers
• 7 deaths
• No survivors