If third in the series implies accidents happen in threes (or whatever): There is no "...third in the dreaded series". The 'series' has been acruing continuously since Icarus. It's another fatal to add to the woe of all the previous ones. The significance of 'three' is only because people choose to reset their counter to zero after the number reaches '3'. They could choose any arbitrary number they like but it's still meaningless. I think I'll choose 1.9070874443 x 10^978810908675.