PILOTS Database "Incidents" Term List These terms are used in the "Descriptors" field of the PILOTS record to identify specific traumatic incidents. All papers indexed under any of these terms are also indexed under the appropriate generic descriptors. For example, all papers indexed under "Armenian Earthquake (1988)" are also indexed under "Earthquakes." Aberfan Slag Heap Collapse (1966)
Air France Flight 139 Hijacking (1976)
Albion Tornado (1985)
Alexander L Kielland Capsizing (1980)
American Embassy Bombing (Nairobi, 1998)
Armenian Earthquake (1988)
Armero Mudslide (1985)
Ash Wednesday Brush Fire (1983)
Baldwin Hills Fire (1985)
Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire (1977)
Bhopal Toxic Gas Accident (1984)
Bijlmermeer Air Crash (1992)
Birmingham Pub Bombings (1974)
Borås Hotel Fire (1978 )
Bradford Football Club Fire (1985)
Branch Davidian Fire (1993)
Buffalo Creek Mudslide (1972)
Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion (1986)
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986)
Chowchilla School Bus Hijacking (1976)
Clapham Rail Crash (1988)
Coalinga Earthquake (1983)
Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire (1943)
Cyclone Tracy (1974)
Dresden Bombing (1945
Dunblane School Massacre (1996)
Enniskillen Bombing (1987)
Erzincan Earthquake (1992)
Estonia Ferry Sinking (1994)
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989)
Furiani Stadium Collapse (1992)
Gander Air Crash (1985)
Granville Rail Crash (1977)
Great Adventure Fire (1984)
Groningen Rail Hijacking (1975)
Hebei Earthquake (1998)
Herald of Free Enterprise Ferry Sinking (1987)
Hillsborough Football Stadium Crush (1989)
Hinton Rail Crash (1986)
Hiroshima Atomic Bombing (1945)
Hungarian Uprising (1956)
Hurricane Alicia (1983)
Hurricane Andrew (1992)
Hurricane Eloise (1975)
Hurricane Erin (1995)
Hurricane Hugo (1989)
Hurricane Iniki (1992)
Hurricane Marilyn (1995)
Hurricane Opal (1995)
Hyatt Regency Kansas City Collapse (1981)
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Derailment (1982)
Imperial Foods Processing Plant Fire (1991)
Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)
Jonestown Mass Suicide (1978)
Jupiter Cruise Ship Sinking (1988)
Kegworth Air Crash (1989)
Kings Cross Railway Station Fire (1987)
Kobe Earthquake (1995)
Littleton School Shooting (1999)
Lockerbie Air Crash (1988)
Loma Prieta Earthquake (1989)
London Fire (1666)
Los Angeles Riots (1992)
Luby's Massacre (Killeen, 1991)
Ma'alot Terrorist Attack (1974)
Marchioness Riverboat Sinking (1989)
Mexico City Earthquake (1985)
Midwest Floods (1993)
Mount Erebus Air Crash (1979)
Mount St Helens Volcanic Eruption (1980)
New South Wales Bushfire (1994)
Newcastle Earthquake (1989)
Northridge Earthquake (1994)
Oakland Fire (1991)
Oklahoma City Bombing (1995)
Omagh Bombing (1998)
Parsons Flood (1985)
Piper Alpha Explosion (1988)
Port Arthur Shootings (1996)
Queen Street Shootings (Melbourne, 1987)
Ramstein Air Show Disaster (1988)
Red River Flood (1997)
Roanoke Flood (1985)
Russelville Mass Murder (1987)
San Ysidro Mass Murder (1984)
Santa Cruz Flood (1982)
Santiago Earthquake (1985)
Sierra Madre Earthquake (1991)
Tambacounda Air Crash (1997)
Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
Thredbo Landslide (1997)
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident (1979)
Times Beach Flood (1982)
Tokyo Subway Attack (1995)
Tuscaloosa School Hostage Taking (1988)
TWA Flight 800 Crash (1996)
United Flight 232 Crash (Sioux City, 1989)
USAir Flight 427 Crash (Pittsburgh, 1994)
USS Belknap Collision (1975)
USS Iowa Explosion (1989)
USS Pueblo Capture (1968)
USS Stark Missile Attack (1987)
Vaucluse Flood (1992)
Whittier Narrows Earthquake (1987)
World Trade Center Bombing (1993)
Please note that this list contains only those incidents for which a significant amount of published literature has been identified for indexing purposes. The fact that a particular incident does not appear on this list means only that we have not located literature on it to be indexed in the PILOTS database, and should not be construed as expressing an opinion on the significance of the incident. (We would welcome having our attention called to published literature on any incidents not included in the above list.) Return to Previous Page Return to Home Page
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