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The list of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by
The list of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failure
Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to ...
s summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a 1964 B-52 test that landed after the 
vertical stabilizer
A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed surface and one or more movable rudders hinged to it. Their role is to provide control, sta ...
broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by:
* faulty design
* faulty maintenance
* manufacturing flaws
* pilot error
* weather conditions
* sabotage (e.g., an airliner bombing or takeover by a skyjacker).
See also
*List of building and structure collapses
This is a list of structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.
Antiquity to the Middle Ages
17th–19th centuries
1900–1949
1950–1979
1980–1999
2000–2009
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* List of airliner shootdown incidents
Airliner shootdown incidents have occurred since at least the 1930s, either intentionally or by accident. This chronological list shows instances of airliners being brought down by gunfire or missile attacksincluding during wartimerather than by Ti ...
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A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as ...