Episodes (13)
Jul 06, 2004
A recounting of what happened when the prestige object Concorde found its devastating crash end.
Jul 13, 2004
A recounting of what happened when a deadly fire broke out in Europe's longest tunnel.
Jul 20, 2004
A recounting of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist bombing of a US federal government building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
Jul 27, 2004
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.
Aug 03, 2004
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.
Aug 10, 2004
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.
Aug 17, 2004
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant kills 56 people while the health of thousands more continue to be affected.
Aug 24, 2004
Days after residents of Guadalajara complained of a foul smell, a series of gasoline-fueled explosions in the sewers kills 206 people.
Aug 31, 2004
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.
Oct 05, 2004
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.
Oct 12, 2004
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.
Oct 19, 2004
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.
Oct 26, 2004
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.
About
Seconds from Disaster Season 1 (2004) is released on Jul 06, 2004 and the latest season 7 of Seconds from Disaster is released in 2012. Watch Seconds from Disaster online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Seconds from Disaster is directed by Russell Eatough,Sean Smith,Steve Webb,Stan Griffin and created by Jim Greayer with Richard Vaughn and Ashton Smith.
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