Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. This entry aggregates articles on and lists of modern infrastructure failures by category (type of infrastructure).

Structural

• Structural failures and collapses

Collapsed buildings

• Bridge failures
• Dam failures

:Category:Dam disasters

• Levee failures and breaches
• Catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers

Electrical and Utility

• Power outages
• 2007 New York City steam explosion
  2007 New York City steam explosion
  The July 18, 2007 New York City steam explosion sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.It was caused by the failure of a...
  
  

Blackouts

Transportation

• Lists of rail accidents
• Accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
• Airship accidents
• Accidents and disasters by death toll
• Road accidents
• :Category:In-flight airliner structural failures
• Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure

Nuclear

• Nuclear accidents
• Nuclear and radiation accidents
  Nuclear and radiation accidents
  A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility...
  
  
• Military nuclear accidents

Civilian nuclear power accidents
Nuclear accidents

Space

• Space Shuttle: Columbia disaster
  Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
  The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members...
  
  , Challenger disaster
  Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
  The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38 am EST...
  
  

Space accidents and incidents

Other

Engineering failures
Collapsed oil platforms
Software engineering disasters