But this also avoids pointless wrangling over whether each accident should be called an accident, incident, disaster, terrorist attack, hijacking, etc.
FWIW, the Japanese/Chinese 事件 literally translates as "incident", which can be controversial in itself. For example, the Nanking Massacre is typically called the "Nanking Incident" (南京事件) in Japanese.
But this also avoids pointless wrangling over whether each accident should be called an accident, incident, disaster, terrorist attack, hijacking, etc.
FWIW, the Japanese/Chinese 事件 literally translates as "incident", which can be controversial in itself. For example, the Nanking Massacre is typically called the "Nanking Incident" (南京事件) in Japanese.