Sentence examples for transport disaster from inspiring English sources

The last time the US hosted the Summer Games was in 1996, when Atlanta was the venue for an Olympics later described as an "unmitigated transport disaster".

The Hindenburg crash was the first major transport disaster captured on film, in dramatic footage ever since paired with recorded commentary by a radio reporter who reacted in horror to the shocking scene before him.

When Airplane! stormed cinemas in 1980, it was hailed as the perfect spoof of transport disaster movies – and a useful coda to a decade that had been obsessed with them: Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, The Hindenburg, Airport 1975, Airport '77, Airport 80 … The Concorde etc.

The founders also think there's a sizable opportunity to transport disaster relief supplies for governments and NGOs and to serve islands and remote areas around the globe where road networks are sparse.

The 21 remaining Sea Kings are tasked to a variety of roles including SAR, transport, disaster relief, tactical land sea transport, evacuation, surveillance, reconnaissance and naval support.

In addition to the direct health and survival consequences of extreme weather events, many of the health risks associated with climate change arise less directly via pathways relevant to the agriculture, water and sanitation, transport, disaster management, planning and health sectors.

Address the year's devastating series of transport disasters?

All kinds of transport disasters surfaced: trains didn't turn up, operators went on strike.

Thirty-one people died in one of the worst transport disasters in British history.

Farming, fishing and transport disasters can be set aside when modern industries are humming and leisure pursuits proliferating.

Last night, Mr Straw said the transport disasters of recent years had demonstrated that the present law on corporate manslaughter was undeniably ineffective.