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Engineering Disasters 20

In March of 2005, the BP Refinery in Texas City, Texas, suffered a series of explosions that decimated a large portion of the facility and killed 15 workers. Then the unusual series of events that caused American Airlines flight 587 to fall from the sky. What happened in Times Beach, Missouri, when a local waste hauler oiled down dusty roads with oil that was laced with dioxin? Look at what went wrong with NASA's Skylab in 1974 and finally examine the fire that destroyed the gas company, Praxair, in June of 2005.

English
  • Originally Aired December 6, 2006
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network H2
  • Created July 9, 2017 by
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  • Modified July 25, 2024 by
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Name Type Role
W. Scott Goldie Writer