55K views · 1.2K reactions | On this day in 1989, the nation would wake up to the news of a tragic accident on the the River Thames. The Marchioness pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger and 51 people sadly lost their lives. Following the recommendations of the inquiry into the disaster, the RNLI’s rescue service began on the Thames in January 2002, with lifeboats stationed at Teddington, Chiswick, Tower (Waterloo Bridge) and Gravesend. | RNLI | Facebook

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ITV Thames | strike continuity | 3rd September 1984

1.4K views · 54 reactions | After Plane Crash Survivors Eat Dead Humans to Stay Alive | Andes Plane Crash The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972. The accident and subsequent survival became known as the Andes flight disaster and the Miracle of the Andes. After plane crash the survivors ate dead people to survive for days. | Faisal Zulfiqar | Facebook