The Most Expensive Mistakes in History!

From idiotic cruise captains to drilling disasters, here are 6 of the most expensive mistakes in history.

Number 6 Costa Concordia
In January 2012, Captain Francesco Schettino was commanding the Costa Concordia cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea. During the voyage he decided to bring the ship ranger us Lee close to the coast of Isola de Giglio. The rumor is that he did it to impress his love her, a young Moldavian dancer, but Francesco has denied that claim. Either way he was playing fast and loose with the 4,252 lives on board, including his own. The massive ship struck a rock in the shallows which tore a 160-foot cash in its hull. The Costa Concordia started sinking and then capsized. Francesco quickly realized that he wasn’t the type of captain to go down with his ship so he took off on a life boat. Afterwords he did drown, in legal battles. He was hit with charges that ranged from causing a maritime disaster to man’s hotter. The Costa Concordia disaster cost approximately $2 billion which was more than three times the expense of actually building the ship and more importantly it claimed the lives of 32 people.
Number 5 B-2 Crash
It wasn’t in him he tire that doomed one B-2 Stealth palm her but rather an avoidable mistake. In 2008, it was the US Air horse’s most expensive aircraft. In February of that year, a B-2 palm her known as the “Spirit of Kansas” took off from a base in Guam. Beforehand, the maintenance crew hadn’t been properly informed on how to deal with moisture infiltrating the plane’s air-data sensors. This term in all he compromised readings causing the aircraft to stall and crash shortly after takeoff. Both crew members successfully ejected but the Spirit of Kansas was lost. Since it cost about $1.4 billion, it remains the most expensive aircraft crash in history.

Number 4 Deep Water Horizon
It’s typically a bad call to cut costs at the expense of safety and when you’re drilling for oil deep in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s a recipe for a flaming disaster. On April 20, 2010, high-pressure methane gas caused an next low shun on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. As it ignited, the platform was engulfed in flames and the working crew was trapped in the blaze. British Petroleum, the rig’s owner, would be blamed for an inadequate safety system and bed see cost-cutting decisions. The company would also plead guilty to 11 counts of man’s lot her for the workers who pear wished in the disaster. It remains the largest marine oil spill and one of the worst environmental disasters in history. An estimated 210 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Atlantic Ocean. The fines, clean up and legal fees cost British Petroleum reached $65 billion. A decade later, the incident still serves as a stark reminder that safety should come before profit.
Number 3 Alaska Purchase
Back in 1867 Russian Emperor Alexander II looked at Alaska and probably asked himself “Does this spark joy?” The country was recovering from the Crimean more and decided to part with 586,412 square miles of its chilly territory. The United States, itself recovering from the Civil more, said “dibs” and so a $7.2 million check was signed. Even for those times, the US got Alaska for a steal at 2 cents per acre. This would end up being one of the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals. A ton of gold was
Number 2 Mars Climate Orbiter
Up nest is a story of how the clash between the imperial and metric systems claimed the life of one unlucky space probe. The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11, 1998, destined for the orbit of the red planet. Communication with the orbiter was lost on September 23, 1999. Miscalculations of its trajectory sent the robotic probe either to the
Number 1 Superman’s Moustache
Unless he’s starring in a 1970s style add bolt film, Superman doesn’t have a mustache. This hard fact created a multi million dollar conflict during the production of the Justice league movie. Actor Henry Cavill, who played the man of steel in his latest on screen appearance, became the man with the million-dollar moustache. While filming for the Justice League, with Warner Bros, Cavill was also working with Paramount for a new Mission Impossible movie. Somebody should have really navigated those waters better, especially when considering the rivalry between the studios. Paramount considered that the moustache that Cavill had to grow for his character was of… paramount importance. They refused to allow the actor to shave it off for the Superman role. So Warner Brothers

[Bad_Badger]

What is the most expensive mistake you've ever made??

[WhatLurksBelow]

Costa Concordia has some of the craziest photos of a sunken ship ever - triggers many phobias.

[theywillkillyou]

I feel bad for the workers who perished during the oil disaster you mentioned...must have been a miserable/tragic way to die 😰

[explainedplanet]

193 million!? That is "astronomical!"

[calrocket]

ADELE’s lack of a pre-nup could have been on the list ... lol or perhaps included in another video.

[nora_nayeli]

I bet everyone and their mom got chewed out for crashing the spirit of Kansas. Glad everyone was ok though.

[ricardoarzola]

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