• 2007
Shockwave

Summary The cause of some of the most dramatic disasters ever caught on tape are explained. View more details

  • 2007

Shockwave

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jim Howe Mike McDonald Dilip Khatri Craig Schmitman

All cast & crew

6.8

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 19, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Cottonwood, Arizona, USA

Production companies : Cheri Sundae Productions

Summary The cause of some of the most dramatic disasters ever caught on tape are explained. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 19, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Cottonwood, Arizona, USA

Production companies : Cheri Sundae Productions

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Shockwave (2007) The Ramstein air show disaster (2008)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 29, 2007
Episode #1.1
Amsterdam, New York: A fire fighter is caught in a house explosion. Passengers escape a 737 fire and explosion. Okinawa: A couple survives in a tornado resistant house. Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam: A missile is accidentally launched on the fight deck of the USS Forestall. Jefferson, Georgia: Family members see their loved ones in a car race crash. A rescue helicopter crashes on Mount Hood.
Episode 2 • Dec 06, 2007
Air Show Crash
An F-18 Hornet Marine pilot survives a 75 G crash. A Firefighter falls into a burning pool of diesel fuel. A raging river undermines the foundations of several houses and destroys them. A crane topples during the erection of a water tower causing two workmen to fall over 100 feet and observers to scatter. Two police officers barely survive the explosion of a distraught suicidal bomber. An ammonium perchlorate fire at a rocket fuel plant results in a massive explosion.
Episode 3 • Dec 13, 2007
News Chopper Goes Down
News chopper goes down; Snake-eye Bomb hits A-4 Skyhawk; Grain silo collapses on tractor; Drag Race Crash; Fireworks explosion; helicopter crane rescue.
Episode 4 • Dec 20, 2007
Episode #1.4
Persian Gulf, USS Theodore Roosevelt: An aircraft carrier crewman survives being sucked into a jet engine. South Africa, Indian Ocean: The captain and crew abandon sinking cruise ship loaded with passengers. El Mirage, California: A motorcycle rider is dragged behind his bike at near world record speed and crashes again two weeks later. Comoros Islands: A pilot ditches his hijacked 767 at sea near a beach when the plane runs out of fuel. Three Rivers, Texas: A burning oil tank explodes.
Episode 5 • Dec 27, 2007
Tail Rotor Fails
Milwaukee, Wisconson: A chopper pilot carrying a 3400-pound air conditioning unit crashes after his tail rotor stops spinning; Ennis, Texas: A drag racer t-bones another at 200 mph; Tucson, Arizona: Three men are trapped in a flash flood in a previously dry creek bed; USS Kitty Hawk: Two pilots have to eject from a fighter jet that crashes onto the carrier deck; Poipu, Hawaii: A family rides out Hurricane Iniki while part of their house crashes around them.
Episode 6 • Jan 03, 2008
Episode #1.6
A man standing in the water on the edge of Niagra Falls contemplates suicide. A drag boat racer rolls and disintegrates. A volcanic eruption devastates Plymouth, Montserrat. An elderly couple is rescued from flood waters by helicopter, An experimental airship, the Helistat, shakes apart. A kite surfer is swept 300 feet into the air by and updraft.
Episode 7 • Jan 24, 2008
Episode #1.7
Clinton Township, Michigan: A magician's escape stunt goes wrong when he falls into the river after flames burn his rope; Sioux City, Iowa: United Flight 232; Rantoul, Illinois: A skydiver's chute opens too soon and gets snagged on the airplane's tail; Bowling Green, Kentucky: A man being pursued by cops holes up inside his former employer's house after ramming git with his car; Portland, Oregon: Two men in a truck have to outrace an oncoming mud slide.
Episode 8 • Jan 31, 2008
Episode #1.8
A fishing boat flounders in the ice choked Bering sea. Riders collide in a jet ski race. An ejection seat malfunction results in an navy airman precariously caught half way out of his cockpit. A man with a long standing grudge goes on a rampage in an armored bulldozer. Finally, Shockware provides a close up look at one of California's devastating forest fires.
Episode 9 • Feb 07, 2008
Episode #1.9
Murdock, Illinois: Tank cars full of liquid propane and other volatile chemicals explode following a train crash. Daytona, Florida: A rescue worker is tossed into the air when an out of control race car ventures into the infield. Cook Inlet, Alaska: A Coast Guard helicopter comes to the rescue as a fishing boat sinks in frigid Alaskan waters. Cornwall, England: A world famous ATV stunt driver crashes when he can't get enough speed for his jump over a paddle-wheel boat. Cape Canaveral, Florida: A Delta 2 rocket experiences an anomaly after rising 2000 feet.
Episode 10 • Feb 14, 2008
Episode #1.10
Englishtown, New Jersey: A funny car driver is knocked unconscious in a crash but his car drives on out of control. Cerro Negro, Nicaragua: A down hill biker crashes and rolls down a volcano when his bike breaks apart. Ontario, Canada: A boat crashes into a draw bridge and floats away out of control and burning. USS America, Mediterranean Sea: A pilot ejects from the deck of an aircraft carrier when his tale hook malfunctions. Oahu, Hawaii: A large wave sweeps a man out to sea and into a cave.
Episode 11 • Feb 21, 2008
Episode #1.11
A midget car crashes, spills methanol and nearly burns the driver alive. A sinkhole caused by faulty sewer work swallows a million dollar house. A jet boat goes airborne and crashes. A pregnant skydiver goes into a spin and lands on her face in a parking lot. A rescue helicopter crashes in a canyon then fire erupts while a man is pinned underneath.
Episode 12 • Feb 28, 2008
Episode #1.12
A time bomb explodes in a bomb squad officer's face. A skydiver gets snagged in the airplanes landing gear. A motorcyclist's jump is just a little bit short. A skier tumbles down a rock strewn mountain. A practice motorcycle jump ends on a bulldozer. A city worker is sucked into a sewer pipe.
Episode 13 • Mar 13, 2008
Episode #1.13
Boston, Massachusetts: A bomb explodes near a bomb technicians face; Dunbar, Pennsylvania: A skydiver's suit gets snagged on the airplane's landing gear; Del Mar, California: A daredevil attempting to jump over 22 cars crashes on the landing ramp; Valdez, Alaska: A skier falls 600 feet down a mountain; Anne Arundel, Maryland: A dirt biker attempting a 360 comes off his bike and crashes onto a tractor parked beside his intended landing area; Brisbane, Australia: A maintenance worker gets caught in a storm drain that had been clogged up in a recent storm.
Episode 14 • May 01, 2008
Stunt Plane Crash
Episode 15 • May 08, 2008
Episode #1.15
Episode 16 • May 15, 2008
Episode #1.16
Episode 17 • May 22, 2008
Episode #1.17
Astealth fighter plane looses part of its wing and crashes into a house. A hot air balloon shaped like smokey the bear hits a tower with 50,000 volts of electricity running through it-there are two boys in the basket with no way to reach them. Motorcycle daredevil Mike Brown crashes attempting a record setting jump of more than two hundred feet. A man wheels a bomb into Harvey's Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, with a demand for three million dollars or he'll blow it up. A stunt skier coming off a jump, slams into a ramp-the crash shatters both his ankles. A couple on a four wheeler on the treacherous rock, Lions Back, in Moab, Utah, loose their brakes on the way down and crash at the bottom.
Episode 18 • May 29, 2008
Episode #1.18
Episode 19 • Jun 05, 2008
Episode #1.19
Cottonwood, Arizona: A fire department training exercise goes wrong due to a flashover; Queensland, Australia: A drag racer goes airborne and crashes; Jalalabad, Afghanistan: A convoy is attacked by bombers in a vehicle-based IED; Mohawk River, New York: Boaters are trapped near a lock after their boat capsizes; Los Angeles, California: Skateboarder Jake Brown crashes attempting a 720º turn in mid-air; Hakkari, Turkey: A crew filming a music video are engulfed by an avalanche.
Episode 20 • Jun 12, 2008
Episode #1.20
Oceanside, Californa: A wheel of a CH-46 Sea Knight catches the edge of a ship during a training exercise, causing it to lose control and drop into the water; Oklahoma City: An 18-year-old woman crashes near a burning tanker truck carrying 9000 gallons of fuel, and can't see how to get out of the inferno because of all the thick, black smoke; Lake Austin, Texas: Boaters in a boat with a stalled engine are headed toward a dam with a 60-foot drop; St. Lawrence River, Canada: A man attempts to fly a rocket-powered Lincoln across the St. Lawrence River; Liberty Island, New York: A man flying a motorized para-glider gets snagged on the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
Episode 21 • Jun 19, 2008
Episode #1.21
Episode 22 • Jun 26, 2008
Episode #1.22
Moreton Bay, Australia: A barge that is being sunk to form an artificial reef explodes with much greater force than expected; Dayton, Ohio: A man and his grandson crash in a home-built airplane; Sandy Springs, Georgia: A bomb explodes outside a professional office building; Waialua, Hawaii: A utility worker rushes to save a helicopter pilot who has crashed into an irrigation canal; Corsica, France: A mountain kayaker comes out of his kayak and is trapped in the churning wake below a waterfall.
Episode 23 • Jul 10, 2008
Episode #1.23
Episode 24 • Jul 17, 2008
Episode #1.24
Episode 25 • Jul 24, 2008
Episode #1.25
Episode 26 • Aug 07, 2008
Episode #1.26
Episode 27 • Aug 14, 2008
Landing Gear Stuck
St. Augustine, Florida: A Piper Turbo is in danger of crashing when one of its landing gear gets stuck in the wheel well; Honolulu, Hawaii: A 21-year-old African elephant goes on a rampage; Cedar Valley, Utah: A helicopter pilot attempting a loop crashes; Santa Fe, Argentina: A bus goes off a bridge after a car crashes into it; Plymouth, England: Two boat racers have to escape from their overturned speedboat after it wipes out at 270 kph.
Episode 28 • Aug 21, 2008
Ford Trimotor Crash
Fullerton, California: A replica of a 1930s Ford Trimotor crashes in front of a crowd; Salt Lake City, Utah: A motorist who has skidded of the road from a patch of black ice is struck by a rock band's van that has hit the same patch; An EA-6 Prowler crashes into S-3 Viking about the carrier USS Enterprise; Assisi, Italy: Inspectors in a church damaged by a quake are surprised when an aftershock causes a roof fall; Sydney, Australia: A surf boat crashes into another.
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