1986 K2 disaster
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The 1986 K2 disaster was a tragic mountaineering season on K2 in which multiple climbers from several expeditions died amid severe weather and hazardous conditions, making it one of the deadliest episodes in the mountain’s history.
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| 1986 K2 disaster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13956245 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1986 K2 disaster Context triple: [Kurt Diemberger, notableEvent, 1986 K2 disaster]
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A.
1996 Mount Everest disaster
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster was a deadly mountaineering tragedy in which multiple climbers were killed during severe storms near the summit, becoming one of the most infamous incidents in Everest climbing history.
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B.
1997 Brenva Glacier avalanche
The 1997 Brenva Glacier avalanche was a massive ice and rock slide on the Italian side of Mont Blanc that swept down the Brenva Glacier, causing significant destruction and highlighting the hazards of glacial instability in the Alps.
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C.
Ramstein airshow disaster
The Ramstein airshow disaster was a 1988 mid-air collision and crash during an air display in Germany that killed dozens of spectators and became one of the deadliest airshow accidents in history.
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D.
1953 Tangiwai disaster
The 1953 Tangiwai disaster was one of New Zealand’s worst railway tragedies, in which a passenger train plunged into the Whangaehu River after a lahar destroyed the Tangiwai rail bridge on Christmas Eve.
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E.
1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash
The 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash was a fatal sightseeing flight disaster in Antarctica in which a DC-10 airliner struck Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board and becoming one of New Zealand’s worst aviation tragedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1986 K2 disaster Target entity description: The 1986 K2 disaster was a tragic mountaineering season on K2 in which multiple climbers from several expeditions died amid severe weather and hazardous conditions, making it one of the deadliest episodes in the mountain’s history.
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A.
1996 Mount Everest disaster
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster was a deadly mountaineering tragedy in which multiple climbers were killed during severe storms near the summit, becoming one of the most infamous incidents in Everest climbing history.
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B.
1997 Brenva Glacier avalanche
The 1997 Brenva Glacier avalanche was a massive ice and rock slide on the Italian side of Mont Blanc that swept down the Brenva Glacier, causing significant destruction and highlighting the hazards of glacial instability in the Alps.
-
C.
Ramstein airshow disaster
The Ramstein airshow disaster was a 1988 mid-air collision and crash during an air display in Germany that killed dozens of spectators and became one of the deadliest airshow accidents in history.
-
D.
1953 Tangiwai disaster
The 1953 Tangiwai disaster was one of New Zealand’s worst railway tragedies, in which a passenger train plunged into the Whangaehu River after a lahar destroyed the Tangiwai rail bridge on Christmas Eve.
-
E.
1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash
The 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash was a fatal sightseeing flight disaster in Antarctica in which a DC-10 airliner struck Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board and becoming one of New Zealand’s worst aviation tragedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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