• 2004
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  • 1h
Seconds from Disaster

Summary Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations. View more details

  • 2004
  • TV-PG
  • 1h

Seconds from Disaster

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jonathan Aris Stephen Bogaert Richard Vaughn Ashton Smith

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 3, 2004

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Alabama, USA

Production companies : Darlow Smithson Productions

Summary Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 3, 2004

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Alabama, USA

Production companies : Darlow Smithson Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 03, 2004
The Crash of the Concorde
A recounting of what happened when the prestige object Concorde found its devastating crash end.
Episode 2 • Jul 12, 2004
Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire
A recounting of what happened when a deadly fire broke out in Europe's longest tunnel.
Episode 3 • Jul 19, 2004
The Bomb in Oklahoma City
A recounting of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist bombing of a US federal government building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
Episode 4 • Jul 26, 2004
Fire Onboard the Star
Friday 06 April 1990, the newly renovated ferry Scandinavian Star sets sail after a delay in the loading. A calm 13 hour voyage with a party like atmosphere is expected by all. Then it all went wrong for 482 passengers in just 45 minutes.
Episode 5 • Aug 02, 2004
Derailment at Eschede
A recounting of what happened on 3 June 1998, when it came to the worst train disaster of an ICE with 101 dead in Germany.
Episode 6 • Aug 09, 2004
Wreck of the Sunset Limited
When a boat in southern Alabama gets lost and bumps into a small bridge, a Amtrak train going at high speed derails into a small canal outside of Mobile.
Episode 7 • Aug 16, 2004
Meltdown in Chernobyl
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant kills 56 people while the health of thousands more continue to be affected.
Episode 8 • Aug 23, 2004
Inferno in Guadalajara
Days after residents of Guadalajara complained of a foul smell, a series of gasoline-fueled explosions in the sewers kills 206 people.
Episode 9 • Aug 30, 2004
Fire on the Ski Slope
In Kaprun, Austria, a mountain train to bring skiers up the mountain erupts in fire as it passes through a tunnel. 155 people die. The cause is an electric heater that catches fire and ignites hydraulic fluid dripping from a leaky line.
Episode 10 • Oct 04, 2004
Explosion in the North Sea
Detailed account of the Piper Alpha oil rig that was destroyed in 1988 after a gas leak caused by faulty maintenance led to a series of massive explosions. Includes testaments from eye witnesses and survivors.
Episode 11 • Oct 11, 2004
Flood at Stava Dam
The Stava Dam consisted of two basins arranged on on top of the other. Due to this poor design, they could not cope with the quantity of waste from the nearby mining operation and a catastrophic collapse followed.
Episode 12 • Oct 18, 2004
Collision on the Runway
On Tenerife, a Pan Am flight taxied on the runway, while a KLM flight took off. But miscommunication caused one of the worst aviation disasters when the two jumbo jets collided, killing 583 people. The second by second analysis with interviewed survivors is covered in this episode.
Episode 13 • Oct 25, 2004
Pentagon 9/11
On 11th September 2001, an American Airlines flight was hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the Pentagon building. The resulting fire weakened the damaged structure causing further collapses at various points.
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