The Most Expensive Accidents in History
I bet we all know about some of these accidents (they’re all well publicised and known), but have you ever wondered how much money these accidents cost? Funnily enough wrecked exotics (A website that’s specialty is wrecked exotic sports cars) has put together an interesting list of the top ten most costly accidents in history. Here’s an interesting one I didn’t know about (and it’s only number 7 in terms of cost).
Here we have our first billion dollar accident (and we’re only #7 on the list). This B-2 stealth bomber crashed shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam on February 23, 2008. Investigators blamed distorted data in the flight control computers caused by moisture in the system. This resulted in the aircraft making a sudden nose-up move which made the B-2 stall and crash. This was 1 of only 21 ever built and was the most expensive aviation accident in history. Both pilots were able to eject to safety.
You can read the full list here, though number two and one are pretty easy to guess.
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