11.   Under aviation regulations, airplanes whose fuel tanks are vulnerable to catastrophic damage from ruptured-tire debris may not be certified as airworthy.

12.   Under aviation regulations, airplanes whose fuel tanks are vulnerable to catastrophic damage from burst-tire debris may not be certified as airworthy.

13.   A blast involving even a few torpedoes would have caused catastrophic damage.

14.   Alternatively, manufacturers would have to design tanks so that an aircraft does not suffer catastrophic damage if there is ignition in a tank.

15.   An explosion involving even a few torpedoes would have caused catastrophic damage, officers said.

16.   But Floyd made a northward turn that spared Florida and Georgia the catastrophic damage many had feared.

17.   Summer rains cause severe flooding throughout parts of southern and central China each year, causing catastrophic damage and loss of life.

18.   Television broadcasts showed most of the white-colored plane intact with catastrophic damage to the nose.

19.   Using an Air Force telescope ... the group is scanning the heavens for moving objects with the potential to crash into Earth and cause catastrophic damage.

20.   Environmentalists warn the project will inflict catastrophic ecological damage, while human-rights groups say more than a million people will face forced resettlement.