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When Big Things Go Wrong

Season 1

2021 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Overloaded

    2021-10-10 · 40m

    Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.

  2. 2. Ripple Effect

    2021-10-17 · 40m

    A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.

  3. 3. Man vs. Machine

    2021-10-24 · 40m

    A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.

  4. 4. Doomed From The Start

    2021-10-31 · 41m

    Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

  5. 5. Hidden Flaws

    2021-11-07 · 41m

    37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.

  6. 6. House of Cards

    2021-11-14 · 41m

    In busy downtown New Orleans, a high-rise hotel under construction unexpectedly comes crashing to the ground; as the dust settles, the question on everyone's lips is why?

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