Experts examine how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Challenger space shuttle disaster happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine the sinking of the Titanic and the Hindenburg airship fire. How did they happen, what were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine the devastating Aberfan mine disaster in Wales and the Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine what caused the Zeebrugge ferry tragedy and the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine what caused Kegworth air disaster in 1989 and the tragic Concorde crash in 2000. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Experts examine how engineering faults allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. How could they have been avoided?
Experts examine the devastating collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh and of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy. How could the disasters have been avoided?
Experts examine the fatal explosion at a chemical factory in China and at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Cyprus. How could these disasters have been avoided?
Experts examine the fatal Clapham Junction rail crash in 1988 and the high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. How could the disasters have been avoided?
We take modest engineering masterpieces, like the homes we live in and the bridges we walk across, for granted. So, when disaster strikes, it sends shockwaves throughout society. When London's Grenfell Tower catches fire, its hundreds of residents must escape a deadly inferno; expert engineers investigate and reveal how the building's engineering caused the disaster to escalate tragically. Also investigated is the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in 2018 at Florida International University in Miami.
The aviation industry's quest to conquer the skies led to some great achievements. But engineering errors and human mistakes have caused tragic disasters along the way. The disaster of Air France Flight 447 and the crash of NASA's Skylab in 1979 are catastrophes of aviation with a mysterious legacy; experts investigate these historic tragedies to determine what caused these monumental failures of flight.
Disasters like the MS Estonia and Boeing 737 crashes are rare, but they are stark reminders of the speed at which tragedy can strike
Operating in hostile environments presents unique challenges, extreme temperatures, intense pressure, and no room for error. After a groundbreaking NASA mission, the space shuttle Columbia meets catastrophe as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere. Also investigated is the Piper Alpha oil platform explosion.
Across history, humanity has tried to build structures that defy the forces of nature - sometimes leading to catastrophic disasters. The largest earthquake in the history of Japan and a resulting tsunami lead to one of the most catastrophic nuclear disasters in history. Also investigated is the 2011 Wenzhou train collision.
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, two cases which reveal what happens when poor engineering meets a natural disaster.
Each time oil is spilled or lead contaminates our tap water, humans suffer and our environment pays a price. When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills millions of gallons of crude oil at sea, it contaminates Alaska's pristine coastline and creates an apocalyptic environmental catastrophe. Also investigated is the Flint water crisis.
What is the dark side to 'clean energy', and what can we learn from the Three Mile Island and Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accidents?
Discover how flawed engineering caused the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel to collapse in 2019 and the displacement of 1.5 million Haitians in 2010.
Disasters like the MS Estonia and Boeing 737 crashes are rare, but they are stark reminders of the speed at which tragedy can strike
