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Disasters Engineered
S1, EP7 "Design Failures"Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP2 "Construction Catastrophe"A towering inferno that killed 72 residents becomes Britain's deadliest fire; a pedestrian bridge collapses in Florida over eight lanes of traffic, killing six people; how can fatal design flaws happen in such important constructions?
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP4 "Beneath the Surface"Nothing can stop an earthquake and while the ground may feel solid, below our feet, the earth is shifting constantly, sometimes violently.
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP7 "Unnatural Causes"The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown hit Japan in the wake of a tsunami, creating a crisis on a par with Chernobyl; just a few months later, a lightning strike affected signaling on a bullet train in China, leading to a catastrophic collision.
Air Disasters
S2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
Air Disasters
S7, EP2 "Falling From the Sky"A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.
Air Disasters
S16, EP5 "Cabin Catastrophe"A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.
Air Disasters
S5, EP11 "Titanic in the Sky"On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.
