2004

S6.E1 ∙ Norway Massacre: I Was There

Sun, Oct 28, 2012

On July 22, 2011, lone gunman Anders Behring Breivik emerges from a western Norwegian suburb to commit one of the worst terrorist atrocities in Europe since World War II. The massacre starts with an explosion in Oslo and finishes with the slaughter of dozens of teenagers at a youth camp on the isolated island of Utoya. But was Breivik a lone extremist or was this attack the first warning of a world terror?

7.9 /10

S6.E2 ∙ Jonestown Cult Suicide

Sun, Nov 04, 2012

Seconds from Disaster (2004) reveals how charismatic church leader from San Francisco Jim Jones was able to lead over 900 US citizens to their deaths, in what became one of the most famous cases of mass suicide in world history.

7.6 /10

S6.E3 ∙ Fire in the Cockpit

Sun, Nov 11, 2012

Seconds from Disaster reveals how a tiny mechanical fault was able to bring a modern commercial airliner crashing into the sea, killing everyone on-board.

7.8 /10

S6.E4 ∙ Black Hawk Down

Sun, Nov 18, 2012

Seconds from Disaster reveals how a US mission in Somalia quickly turns from a raid to a search and rescue mission leaving 18 American soldiers dead and another 73 injured.

7.4 /10

S6.E5 ∙ Into the Death Zone

Sun, Nov 25, 2012

Seconds from Disaster reveals the contributing factors that made the 11th of May, 1996 the most deadly day on Everest.

7.5 /10

S6.E6 ∙ Terrified Over Tokyo

Sun, Dec 02, 2012

Seconds from Disaster reveals the contributing factors that contributed to the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.

7.8 /10

S6.E7 ∙ Runaway Train

Sun, Dec 09, 2012

Seconds from Disaster investigates the sequence of events that led to a seven car Japanese commuter train to derail and ram into a nearby apartment building.

7.9 /10

S6.E8 ∙ Nagasaki: The Forgotten Bomb

Sun, Dec 16, 2012

The use of the atomic bombs still excites controversy, and in particular the necessity for the second bomb on Nagasaki. The argument that it was the only way to bring a swift end to the war, and save thousands of American lives, wins the day - in public. But did President Truman have another secret agenda?

7.6 /10

S6.E9 ∙ Sinking the Coventry

Sun, Dec 23, 2012

May 25 1982, The Falklands War. HMS Coventry is on operations with HMS Broadsword. They are tasked with shooting down Argentinian jets. They face a low level attack from 4 fighters which leads to the loss of Coventry. Her main weapon system, the Sea Dart missile can't engage the targets as they are flying too low, and Broadsword's Sea Wolf Close in weapon system powers down at a crucial moment. Both ships are bombed and Coventry sinks in 20 minutes. However most of the crew, although badly injured manage to escape.

7.4 /10

S6.E10 ∙ Chinook

Sun, Dec 30, 2012

The retelling of the shooting down of two American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Somalia in 1993, and the crash of a British CH-47 Chinook helicopter in 1994.

7.3 /10

S6.E11 ∙ Head on Collision

Mon, Sep 11, 2006

A passenger train and an enormous freight train collide head-on near Hinton, Alberta (Canada) in 1986.

7.7 /10

S6.E12 ∙ Helicopter Down

Tue, Oct 25, 2005

A helicopter full of oil-rig workers is struck by lightning and goes down in the violent weather of the cold North Sea. How big of a role did the weather play that day?

7.7 /10